Kamala Devi was a famous actress, singer, dubbing artist, and billiards player who died in 2010 at the age of 77. She was best known for her roles in the 1960s opposite her then-husband, Chuck Connors, an American actor and professional basketball and baseball player
Early Life and Career
Kamala Devi was born in Bombay (the current Mumbai) in British India on 8 October 1933. Her mother, Elizabeth, was of English-Welsh descent, and her father, Chandumal Amesur, was an Indian head-and-neck surgeon She started her career as a drama artist and performed in both male and female roles. She received many medals for her performances. She then shifted to the cinema field and acted in about 30 films, most of them being minor supporting roles. She also sang several songs in Telugu and Tamil films, such as the Telugu-Tamil film Patala Bhairavi, where she sang ‘Ithihasam Vinaara’ or the Tamil version ‘Ithikasam Kaetarra’. She also dubbed for actors such as Padmini, B. Saroja Devi, Lalitha, and many more
Personal Life and Achievements
Kamala Devi married Chuck Connors in 1963 and became a US citizen in 1966. They were divorced in 1972. She had a son named Avula Jaychander with him. She later married twice more, but both her husbands died before her
Kamala Devi was also a pioneer in cue sports in India. She played in various open tournaments in billiards and snooker as the only woman player at that time, competing with men at Chennai, Vijayawada, and Bangalore. She won the Indian National Billiards Women titles in 1991 and 1995, at the age of 62 and 66 respectively. She also played exhibition matches with the then world billiards champion Bob Marshall. She was awarded the Nataka Kala Prapoorna by the Andhra Pradesh Nataka Academy for her contribution to the arts
Mysterious Death
Kamala Devi died in Arlington County, Virginia on 29 November 2010. The cause of her death was not officially announced, but some sources claim that she died of pneumonia with parapneumonic effusion, a complication of lung infection .However, there are also rumors that she was killed by a wild animal, as her half-eaten body was found in the Corbett Tiger Reserve in India, where she had gone missing a few days before her death The authorities have not confirmed or denied these allegations, and the mystery remains unsolved.
