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Devera Burton
Actor
Born February 3, 1926Died August 25, 2003 (77 years)
Devera Burstein Kettner, a former actress and model who once managed the
Curran Theatre in San Francisco.
Born and raised in San Francisco, Mrs. Kettner was a famous beauty who
graduated from Lowell High School and worked as a professional fashion
model.
She acted in local small theater productions and then moved to Southern
California, where she studied theater at the Pasadena Playhouse. She soon
got a number of bit parts in movies.
Her big break came in 1949, when, under her screen name Devera Burton, she
landed a starring role in the South Seas epic "Omoo-Omoo the Shark God,"
which was loosely based on a novel by Herman Melville. The movie remains a
minor cult classic still available on videotape. After the film, she gave up
her screen career to marry the late Max Kettner and move to New York.
Curran Theatre in San Francisco.
Born and raised in San Francisco, Mrs. Kettner was a famous beauty who
graduated from Lowell High School and worked as a professional fashion
model.
She acted in local small theater productions and then moved to Southern
California, where she studied theater at the Pasadena Playhouse. She soon
got a number of bit parts in movies.
Her big break came in 1949, when, under her screen name Devera Burton, she
landed a starring role in the South Seas epic "Omoo-Omoo the Shark God,"
which was loosely based on a novel by Herman Melville. The movie remains a
minor cult classic still available on videotape. After the film, she gave up
her screen career to marry the late Max Kettner and move to New York.
Filmography
| 1949 | The Threat · as Ann's Friend (uncredited) |
| 1949 | Omoo-Omoo the Shark God · as Julie Guy |