Name
Kaviyoor Ponnamma
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1945-09-10
Deathday
2024-09-10 (79 years old)
Place of Birth
Kaviyoor, Thiruvalla, Kerala
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
Thenmavin Kombath
(37 Votes)
7.6
Sreekrishnan unknowingly falls in love with the woman his best friend, Manikyan, loves. Th...
Relase Date : 22 Jan, 1994
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In Harihar Nagar
(35 Votes)
7.2
4 unemployed men who are in Harihar Nagar tries to impress a newly came girl next door.The...
Relase Date : 17 May, 1990
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His Highness Abdullah
(17 Votes)
7.5
The story follows Abdullah (Mohanlal) who is hired by the members of a wealthy royal famil...
Relase Date : 29 Mar, 1990
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Dasharatham
(20 Votes)
6.8
Rajiv, a chronic bachelor and a business tycoon, decides to have a child. Annie, who has f...
Relase Date : 8 Oct, 1989
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Evidam Swargamanu
(21 Votes)
6.6
Mathews has a farm which is the envy of everyone in the village. It catches the attention ...
Relase Date : 24 Dec, 2009
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Kadal Kadannu Oru Maathukutty
(11 Votes)
5.5
Mathukkutty, an unemployed man, lives in Germany with his bossy wife. He is given a chance...
Relase Date : 7 Aug, 2013
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Movies
Tv Shows
- 1989 Muthukkudayum Choodi
- 1981 Vayal
- 2021 Ammachi Koottile Pranayakalam as Pathumma
- 1983 Mansoru Maha Samudram as Devaki
- 1989 Vandanam as Unnikrishnan's mother
- 1974 Chakravakam as Soshamma
- 1970 Thriveni as Parvathy
- 1993 Ithu Manjukaalam
- 1986 Ennu Nathante Nimmi as Nirmala's grandmother
- 1994 Santhanagopalam
- 1992 Mukhamudra as Lakshmi
- 2012 Mr. Marumakan as Bhavani Amma
- 1989 Kireedam as Ammu
- 2002 Nandanam as Unni Amma
- 1989 Ulsavapittennu as Kalyaniyamma
- 2009 Evidam Swargamanu as Elssama
- 2013 Kadal Kadannu Oru Maathukutty as Mariyamma
- 1993 Gandharvam as Graceykutty
- 1986 Namukku Parkkan Munthiri Thoppukal as Reetha
- 1982 Chiriyo Chiri
- 1995 No: 1 Snehatheeram Banglore North as Vijayabhaskar's mother
- 2004 Mampazhakkalam as Lakshmi
- 2006 Baba Kalyani as Meenakshiyamma
- 1991 Bharatham as Devaki
- 1988 1921
- 1983 Nathi Muthal Nathi Vare as Lakshmi
- 1978 Kodiyettam as Kamalamma
- 1984 Manithali as Zulfikar's mother
- 1984 Kodathi as Venu's mother
- 1998 Kottaram Veettile Apputtan as Appottan's mother
- 1979 The Evil Deeds of Cheriyachan
- 1974 Devi Kanyakumari as Old Lady
- 2008 Manjadikuru as Devayani
- 1985 Makan Ente Makan as Paaruvamma
- 1984 Ariyaatha Veethikal as Janakiyamma
- 1984 Kanamarayathu as Mother Superior
- 1983 Sesham Kazhchayil as Susheela
- 1981 Thrishna as Chinnammu
- 1986 Kshamichu Ennoru Vakku as Shanthamma
- 1985 Ee Thanalil Ithiri Neram
- 1985 Thinkalazhcha Nalla Divasam as Janakikutty
- 1988 Mukthi as Madhaviyamma
- 1987 Anantaram as Yoginiyamma
- 1994 Sukrutham
- 1993 Vatsalyam as Janakiyamma
- 1992 Mahanagaram
- 1990 Midhya as Rajagopal's Mother
- 2000 Arayannangalude Veedu as Lakshmi
- 1999 Ezhupunna Tharakan as Kunjannamma
- 1999 The Godman as Amarnath's Mother
- 1999 Pallavur Devanarayanan as Bhageerathi
- 1995 Mannar Mathai Speaking as Meera's Mother
- 2008 Kavyam
- 2004 Vismayathumbathu as Sreekumar's Mother
- 2004 Natturajavu as Charlie's Mother
- 2003 Hariharan Pilla Happy Aanu as Padmavathiyamma
- 2003 Mr. Brahmachari as Subhadramma
- 2001 Kakkakuyil as Sethu Lakshmi Bhai / Thampuratty
- 1993 Chenkol as Ammu
- 1993 Kalippattam as Sarojam's mother
- 1993 Maya Mayooram
- 1991 Dhanam as Sivasankarans mother
- 1991 Kizhakkunarum Pakshi as Ananthu' Mother
- 1991 Ulladakkam as Sunny's Mother
- 1992 Ponnurukkum Pakshi
- 1989 Peruvannapurathe Visheshangal as Devaki
- 1989 Adhipan as Shyam Prakash's mother
- 1986 Sukhamo Devi
- 1986 Iniyum Kurukshetrum as Kartyayani
- 1986 Manasilloru Manimuthu
- 1985 Adhyayam Onnu Muthal as Maash
- 1984 Swanthamevide Bandhamevide as Lakshmi
- 1997 Itha Oru Snehagatha
- 1978 Avalude Ravukal as Lakshmi
- 1978 Randilonnu
- 1987 Thaniyavarthanam
- 1973 Nirmalyam as Velichapad's Wife
- 1990 In Harihar Nagar as Andrews's mother
- 1990 Ee Thanutha Veluppan Kalathu as Nurse Leeladevi
- 1977 Itha Ivide Vare as Kamalakshi
- 1990 Rajavazhcha as Naniyamma
- 1970 Cross Belt as Bhavani
- 1990 His Highness Abdullah as Bhagirathi Valiya Thampurati
- 1991 Sandhesam as Bhanumathi
- 1994 Thenmavin Kombath as Yeshodhamma
- 2003 Pattanathil Sundaran as Bhavaniyamma
- 1980 Manushya Mrugam as Babu's Mother
- 2004 Njaan Salperu Raman Kutty as Devaki
- 2004 Runway as Bharathi
- 1993 Kavadiyattam as Sethulakshmi
- 1976 Thulaavarsham
- 1998 Amma Ammayiamma as Sarada
- 1989 Mazhavilkavadi as Velayudhankutty's Mother
- 1995 Karma
- 1991 Apoorvam Chilar as Sarojam
- 2006 Vadakkumnadhan as Rugmavathi Amma
- 1991 Pookkalam Varavayi as Nandan's Mother
- 1995 Minnaminuginum Minnukettu
- 1987 Irupatham Noottandu as Meenakshiyamma
- 1994 Kudumba Visesham as Bharathi
- 1994 Chukkan
- 1992 Aayushkalam as Aby Mathew's Mother
- 1990 Kuruppinte Kanakku Pustakom as Vinayachandran's Mother
- 1990 Purappadu
- 1967 Anweshichu Kandethiyilla
- 2009 2 Harihar Nagar as Andrew's mother
- 2008 Twenty 20 as Bharathi Amma
- 2011 Christian Brothers as Joseph Vadakkan's mother
- 1984 Face to Face
- 2016 Pa.Va as Agnes / Sister amma
- 2016 Thoppil Joppan as Marykutty
- 1973 Ponnapuram Kotta
- 2016 Oppam as Jayaraman's valiyammayi
- 1975 Prayanam as Amminiyamma
- 1978 Rathinirvedam as Saraswathi
- 1978 Aniyara
- 1987 Oru Maymasa Pulariyil
- 1974 Nellu as Savithri Varassyar
- 1981 Maniyanpilla Adhava Maniyanpilla
- 2017 Vedham as Hariharan's mother
- 1965 Odayil Ninnu as Kalyani
- 2008 Gulmohar as Devaki
- 2011 Collector as Avinash's and Mahendran's mother
- 2017 Achayans as Roy's Mother
- 1994 Njan Kodiswaran as Janaki
- 2016 Poyi Maranju Parayathe...
- 2013 Ginger as Vivekanandan's mother
- 2014 Avatharam as Madhavan's Mother
- 1970 Othenante makan as Naani
- 1974 Arakkallan Mukkalkkallan as Queen Lakshmi
- 1978 Kudumbam Namukku Sreekovil
- 1978 Eeta
- 1972 Sree Guruvayoorappan
- 1993 Oru Kadankatha Pole
- 1982 Ilakkangal as Valiyamma
- 2009 Kappalu Muthalali as Devaki
- 1989 Dasharatham as Chandradas's mother
- 1970 Nizhalattam as Ravi's Mother
- 1972 Manthrakodi as Saraswathi
- 1972 Puthrakameshti
- 1972 Snehadeepame Mizhi Thurakku
- 1972 Aromalunni as Thumbolarcha
- 1972 Gandharavakshetram as Kalamezhuthu Singer
- 1971 Aabhijathyam as Janaki Amma
- 1969 Aalmaram as Ammini Amma
- 1990 Kattukuthira as Manka
- 1980 Thirayum Theeravum as Mohan's mother
- 1971 Vithukal as Ammini
- 1972 Theerthayathra as Kochikkaavu
- 1976 Amrithavaahini as Lakshmi
- 1980 Chamaram as Ravi's Mother
- 1971 Karakanakadal as Tharathi
- 1993 Samagamam as Annakutty
- 1977 Jagadguru Aadisankaran as Kaippilly Aryadevi Antarjanam, Mother of Sankaracharyar
- 1965 Daham
- 1977 Achaaram Ammini Osharam Omana as Dhakshayani
- 1976 Innale Innu
- 1988 Sathya as Malayali shop-owner
- 2003 Ammakilikkoodu as Marykutty Teacher
- 1991 Ezhunnallathu
- 1993 Sopanam as Sethulakshmi Varma
- 2001 Uthaman as Jayaraj's Mother
- 1986 Nakhakshathangal
- 1982 Kaaliya Mardhanam
- 1983 Marakkillorikkalum as Sharada
- 2009 Meghatheertham
- 1984 Thirakal as Madhaviyamma
- 1985 Angadikkappurathu as Rosi
- 1975 Tourist Bungalow
- 1972 Akkarapacha as Bhageerathi
- 2019 Mamangam as Puthumana Thampuratti
- 1980 Karimpana
- 1998 Priyuralu
- 1989 Oru Sayahnathinte Swapnam as Mariamma
- 1994 Vendor Daniel State Licency as Annamma Daniel
- 1981 Oppol
- 1980 Moorkhan
- 1980 Love in Singapore
- 1980 Agni Saram
- 1975 Thiruvonam
- 1991 Aparahnam as Janakiyamma
- 1975 Mattoru Seetha
- 1976 Appooppan
- 1976 Aruthu
- 1977 Siva Thaandavam
- 1977 Nirakudam
- 1977 Satyavan Savithri
- 1998 Poothiruvathira Raavil
- 1980 Anthappuram
- 1987 Achuvettante Veedu
- 1982 Balloon
- 1970 Vivahitha
- 1988 Unnikrishnante Adyathe Christmas
- 1977 Oonjaal
- 2021 Aanum Pennum as Sumathiyamma
- 1992 Pappayude Swantham Appoos
- 2022 Aaraattu as Voice (Uncredited)
- 1999 Njangal Santhushtaranu as Mother of the orphanage
- 1989 Jaathakam as Janaki
- 2007 Anchil Oral Arjunan as Sudheendran's mother
- 1975 Utsavam as Mother of Gopi
- 1985 Ente Ammu Ninte Thulasi Avarude Chakki
- 1978 Uthrada Rathri
- 1992 Vietnam Colony as Parvathiyammal
- 1995 Saadaram
- 1982 Beedi Kunjamma as Madhavan's Mother
- 1992 Kudumbasametham as Kochukutty Amma
- 2011 Ithu Nammude Katha as Saraswathy
- 1980 Kaantha Valayam as Mariyamma
- 1983 Enikku Vishakunnu as Chinamma
- 1975 Makkal as Leela
- 1968 Velutha Kathreena as Marthappulayi
- 1988 Vidaparayan Mathram
- 1977 Minimol
- 1977 Sree Murugan as Kamalakshi
- 1976 Amba Ambika Ambalika as Old Sathyavathi
- 1973 Divyadharsanam
- 2001 Akashathile Paravakal as Muthassi
- 1971 Makane Ninakku Vendi
