Kaviyoor Ponnamma
ActingAlso Known As
കവിയൂർ പൊന്നമ്മ
Biography
Kaviyoor Ponnamma (10 September 1945 – 20 September 2024) was an Indian actress who appeared in Malayalam films and television. She began her career performing in theatre dramas before foraying into cinema. She also acted in TV serials and commercials and had playback singing credits in few films Ponnamma was a four-time Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Actress winner. Often called as the "mother to all actors", she acted as mother of almost all actors in her career spanning over decades. At the age of 20, she played the mother of older actors Sathyan and Madhu in Thommente Makkal (1965). She particularly gained critical acclaim for acting as the mother of Mohanlal. As a five-year-old, she learned music and sang in stage shows. In 1958, she was spotted by Kerala People's Arts Club (KPAC) who was looking for a girl who can sing in their stage play. They also gave her the role of heroine in Mooladhanam, her debut stage drama at age 13. It was directed by Thoppil Bhasi. After five years came her first movie Kudumbini, in which she did the title role of the mother of two children. Ponnamma died from cancer at Lissie Hospital in Kochi, Kerala, on 20 September 2024, at the age of 79.
Movies
(207 total)
Kireedam
as Ammu
Thenmavin Kombath
as Yeshodhamma
In Harihar Nagar
as Andrews's mother
Twenty 20
as Bharathi Amma
Oppam
as Jayaraman's valiyammayi
Sandhesam
as Bhanumathi
2 Harihar Nagar
as Andrew's mother
Mamangam
as Puthumana Thampuratti
Ividam Swargamanu
as Elssama
Vietnam Colony
as Parvathiyammal
Vandanam
as Unnikrishnan's mother
Nandanam
as Unni Amma
Vatsalyam
as Janakiyamma
Bharatham
as Devaki
Dasharatham
as Chandradas's mother
Mannar Mathai Speaking
as Meera's Mother
Chenkol
as Ammu
Christian Brothers
as Joseph Vadakkan's mother
TV Shows
(2 total)
Poacher
as Mother Finn
Lal Salam
as Herself