Kaviyoor Ponnamma
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1945-09-10 (79 years old)
Deathday
2024-09-10
Place of Birth
Kaviyoor, Thiruvalla, Kerala
Also known As
കവിയൂർ പൊന്നമ്മ
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
1981
1983
as Devaki
1989
as Unnikrishnan's mother
1970
as Parvathy
1974
as Soshamma
1993
1986
as Nirmala's grandmother
1994
2006
1992
as Lakshmi
2012
as Bhavani Amma
1989
as Ammu
2002
as Unni Amma
1989
as Kalyaniyamma
2009
as Elssama
2013
as Mariyamma
1993
as Graceykutty
1986
as Reetha
1982
1995
as Vijayabhaskar's mother
2004
as Lakshmi
2006
as Meenakshiyamma
1991
as Devaki
1988
1983
as Lakshmi
1978
as Kamalamma
1984
as Zulfikar's mother
1984
as Venu's mother
1998
as Appottan's mother
1974
as Old Lady
2008
as Muthassi
1985
as Paaruvamma
1984
as Mother Superior
1984
as Janakiyamma
1983
as Susheela
1986
as Shanthamma
1988
as Madhaviyamma
1985
as Janakikutty
1992
1994
1981
as Chinnammu
1993
as Janakiyamma
1987
as Yoginiyamma
1999
as Bhageerathi
1999
as Amarnath's Mother
2000
as Lakshmi
1990
as Rajagopal's Mother
1999
as Kunjannamma
1995
as Meera's Mother
2008
2004
as Sreekumar's Mother
2004
as Charlie's Mother
2003
as Ananthan Thampi's Mother
2003
as Padmavathiyamma
2001
as Sethu Lakshmi Bhai / Thampuratty
1993
as Sarojam's mother
1993
as Ammu
1993
1991
as Sunny's Mother
1991
as Sivasankarans mother
1991
as Ananthu' Mother
1989
as Shyam Prakash's mother
1989
as Devaki
1986
1986
as Kartyayani
1985
as Maash
1984
as Lakshmi
1978
as Lakshmi
1978
1987
1973
as Velichapad's Wife
1990
as Andrews's mother
1990
as Nurse Leeladevi
1977
as Kamalakshi
1990
1970
as Bhavani
1990
as Bhagirathi Valiya Thampurati
1991
as Bhanumathi
2003
as Bhavaniyamma
1994
as Yeshodhamma
2004
as Devaki
1980
as Babu's Mother
2004
as Bharathi
1993
as Sethulakshmi
1976
1998
as Sarada
1989
as Velayudhankutty's Mother
1995
1991
as Sarojam
2006
as Rugmavathi Amma
1991
as Nandan's Mother
1987
as Meenakshiyamma
1994
as Bharathi
1994
1992
as Aby Mathew's Mother
1990
as Vinayachandran's Mother
1990
2009
as Andrew's mother
2008
as Bharathi Amma
2011
as Joseph Vadakkan's mother
1984
2016
as Agnes / Sister amma
2016
as Marykutty
1974
2016
as Jayaraman's valiyammayi
1975
as Amminiyamma
1978
as Saraswathi
1978
1974
as Savithri Varassyar
2017
1965
as Kalyani
2008
as Devaki
2011
2017
as Roy's Mother
1994
as Janaki
2013
as Vivekanandan's mother
2014
as Madhavan's Mother
1974
as Queen Lakshmi
1970
as Naani
1978
1982
as Valiyamma
1989
as Chandradas's mother
1970
as Ravi's Mother
1972
as Saraswathi
1972
1972
as Thumbolarcha
1972
as Kalamezhuthu Singer
1971
as Janaki Amma
1969
as Ammini Amma
1990
as Manka
1971
as Ammini
1980
as Mohan's mother
1972
as Kochikkaavu
1976
as Lakshmi
1980
as Ravi's Mother
1971
as Tharathi
1993
as Annakutty
1977
as Kaippilly Aryadevi Antarjanam, Mother of Sankaracharyar
1965
1976
1977
as Dhakshayani
1988
as Malayali shop-owner
2003
as Marykutty Teacher
1991
1993
as Sethulakshmi Varma
2001
as Jayaraj's Mother
1986
1983
as Sharada
2009
1984
as Madhaviyamma
1985
as Rosi
1975
1972
as Bhageerathi
2019
as Puthumana Thampuratti
1980
1998
1989
as Mariamma
1994
as Annamma Daniel
1981
1980
1980
1991
as Janakiyamma
1975
1975
1976
1976
1977
1977
1980
1982
1970
1977
2021
as Sumathiyamma
2022
as Voice (Uncredited)
1999
as Mother of the orphanage
1989
as Janaki
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