Kaviyoor Ponnamma
- Acting
- September 10, 1945 · Kaviyoor, Thiruvalla, Kerala
- September 10, 2024
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
- Evidam 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
- Akashathile Paravakal · Muthassi
- Kakkakuyil · Sethu Lakshmi Bhai / Thampuratty
- Arayannangalude Veedu · Lakshmi
- Njangal Santhushtaranu · Mother of the orphanage
- Ezhupunna Tharakan · Kunjannamma
- The Godman · Amarnath's Mother
- Pallavur Devanarayanan · Bhageerathi
- Kottaram Veettile Apputtan · Appottan's mother
- Poothiruvathira Raavil
- Priyuralu
- Amma Ammayiamma · Sarada
- Itha Oru Snehagatha
- Minnaminuginum Minnukettu
- No: 1 Snehatheeram Banglore North · Vijayabhaskar's mother
- Karma
- Mannar Mathai Speaking · Meera's Mother
- Saadaram
- Santhanagopalam
- Sukrutham
- Chukkan
- Njan Kodiswaran · Janaki
- Kudumba Visesham · Bharathi
- Thenmavin Kombath · Yeshodhamma
- Vendor Daniel State Licency · Annamma Daniel
- Gandharvam · Graceykutty
- Oru Kadankatha Pole
- Chenkol · Ammu
- Kalippattam · Sarojam's mother
- Maya Mayooram
- Vatsalyam · Janakiyamma
- Kavadiyattam · Sethulakshmi
- Ithu Manjukaalam
- Samagamam · Annakutty
- Sopanam · Sethulakshmi Varma
- Vietnam Colony · Parvathiyammal
- Kudumbasametham · Kochukutty Amma
- Pappayude Swantham Appoos
- Mahanagaram
- Mukhamudra · Lakshmi