Kaviyoor Ponnamma
Acting
🎂 1945-09-10
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.
Cast credits(202)
Herself
2017
Mother Finn
2024
Jayaraman's valiyammayi
2016
Malayali shop-owner
1988
Unnikrishnan's mother
1989
Voice (Uncredited)
2022
Ammu
1989
Sethu Lakshmi Bhai / Thampuratty
2001
Bharathi Amma
2008
Charlie's Mother
2004
Ammu
1993
Nurse Leeladevi
1990
1993
Andrews's mother
1990
1987
Lakshmi
1978
2017
Madhavan's Mother
2014
1986
Valiyamma
1982
Sarada
1998
Bhavani Amma
2012
Jayaraj's Mother
2001
1988
Sivasankarans mother
1991
Soshamma
1974
Nandan's Mother
1991
Reetha
1986
Janakiyamma
1984
1975
Joseph Vadakkan's mother
2011
Chandradas's mother
1989
Bharathi
2004
Zulfikar's mother
1984
Marykutty
2016
Yoginiyamma
1987
Unni Amma
2002
Vijayabhaskar's mother
1995
Devaki
1991
Appottan's mother
1998
Devaki
2008
Lakshmi
2000
Lakshmi
1983
Chinnammu
1981
1978
Lakshmi
2004
Aby Mathew's Mother
1992
Bhavaniyamma
2003
Ananthu' Mother
1991
Puthumana Thampuratti
2019
1995
Shyam Prakash's mother
1989
Kamalamma
1978
Velayudhankutty's Mother
1989
Mother Superior
1984
2006
1988
Venu's mother
1984
1992
Sarojam
1991
Nirmala's grandmother
1986
Kalyani
1965
1980
1976
Yeshodhamma
1994
Padmavathiyamma
2003
Rugmavathi Amma
2006
Mariamma
1989
Meenakshiyamma
1987
Sethulakshmi
1993
Muthassi
2008
Bhagirathi Valiya Thampurati
1990
Sumathiyamma
2021
1976
Kalyaniyamma
1989
1976
1986
Kochikkaavu
1972
Sharada
1983
Janakikutty
1985
Sunny's Mother
1991
Andrew's mother
2009
Kunjannamma
1999
1992
Elssama
2009
Vivekanandan's mother
2013
1977
Kalamezhuthu Singer
1972
1980
Mother of the orphanage
1999
Janakiyamma
1993
1994
Kaippilly Aryadevi Antarjanam, Mother of Sankaracharyar
1977
Janakiyamma
1991
Sarojam's mother
1993
Vinayachandran's Mother
1990
Susheela
1983
2011
Devaki
1989
1977
1987
Lakshmi
1992
Devaki
2004
1989
1978
Ravi's Mother
1980
Manka
1990
Bhanumathi
1991
1981
Meenakshiyamma
2006
Amminiyamma
1975
2009
Sreekumar's Mother
2004
1992
1982
1982
1990
1980
Agnes / Sister amma
2016
Marykutty Teacher
2003
Annakutty
1993
Saraswathi
1978
1993
1993
1994
Mariyamma
2013
1977
Sethulakshmi Varma
1993
Rajagopal's Mother
1990
1981
Naani
1970
Amarnath's Mother
1999
Paaruvamma
1985
Janaki
1994
1980
1981
1972
Tharathi
1971
1978
Ananthan Thampi's Mother
2003
Parvathy
1970
Dhakshayani
1977
Maash
1985
1990
Janaki Amma
1971
1965
1985
Janaki
1989
1975
1984
1974
1998
1982
1997
Bhavani
1970
Madhaviyamma
1988
1995
1991
Savithri Varassyar
1974
Graceykutty
1993
1967
Meera's Mother
1995
1977
2017
Annamma Daniel
1994
1976
1978
Bhageerathi
1999
Thumbolarcha
1972
Velichapad's Wife
1973
1998
1994
Ravi's Mother
1970
Bharathi
1994
Queen Lakshmi
1974
Shanthamma
1986
Rosi
1985
Madhaviyamma
1984
2008
1972
Devaki
1983
Kartyayani
1986
Saraswathi
1972
1979
2009
Old Lady
1974
1970
Kamalakshi
1977
Mohan's mother
1980
Lakshmi
1984
1980
1986
1972
Ammini Amma
1969
1987
Ammini
1971
2016
Babu's Mother
1980
Lakshmi
1976
1975
Bhageerathi
1972
2021