Known For
Acting
Born
Sep 10, 1945
Died
Sep 10, 2024
Place of Birth
Kaviyoor, Thiruvalla, Kerala
Credits
214 titles
Kaviyoor Ponnamma
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.
Known For
Filmography
Poacher
Mother Finn
Aaraattu
Voice (Uncredited)
Ammachi Koottile Pranayakalam
Pathumma
Aanum Pennum
Sumathiyamma
Mamangam
Puthumana Thampuratti
Lal Salam
Self
Achayans
Roy's Mother
Vedham
Hariharan's mother
Thoppil Joppan
Marykutty
Oppam
Jayaraman's valiyammayi
Pa.Va
Agnes / Sister amma
Poyi Maranju Parayathe...
Avatharam
Madhavan's Mother
Ginger
Vivekanandan's mother
Kadal Kadannu Oru Maathukutty
Mariyamma
Mr. Marumakan
Bhavani Amma
Christian Brothers
Joseph Vadakkan's mother
Collector
Avinash's and Mahendran's mother
Ithu Nammude Katha
Saraswathy
Ividam Swargamanu
Elssama
Kappalu Muthalali
Devaki
Meghatheertham
2 Harihar Nagar
Andrew's mother
Manjadikuru
Devayani
Gulmohar
Devaki
Twenty 20
Bharathi Amma
Kavyam
Anchil Oral Arjunan
Sudheendran's mother
Baba Kalyani
Meenakshiyamma
Vadakkumnadhan
Rugmavathi Amma
Mampazhakkalam
Lakshmi
Natturajavu
Charlie's Mother
Njaan Salperu Raman Kutty
Devaki
Runway
Bharathi
Vismayathumbathu
Sreekumar's Mother
Pattanathil Sundaran
Bhavaniyamma
Ammakilikkoodu
Marykutty Teacher
Hariharan Pilla Happy Aanu
Padmavathiyamma
Mr. Brahmachari
Subhadramma
Nandanam
Unni Amma
Uthaman
Jayaraj's Mother
Kakkakuyil
Sethu Lakshmi Bhai / Thampuratty
Arayannangalude Veedu
Lakshmi
Njangal Santhushtaranu
Mother of the orphanage
The Godman
Amarnath's Mother
Ezhupunna Tharakan
Kunjannamma
Pallavur Devanarayanan
Bhageerathi
Kottaram Veettile Apputtan
Appottan's mother
Poothiruvathira Raavil
Priyuralu