Mona Hammond has built a long career as an actress recognizable to viewers well beyond any single title. Steady employment, rather than one breakout, gives the career its shape. The role of Old Mother in '10,000 BC' is the one that keeps being brought up. 'Imagine Me & You' is a second title with real reach.
Mona Hammond
Actress
91 years (Jan 1, 1931 – Jul 4, 2022)Clarendon, Jamaica
Mona Hammond has built a long career as an actress recognizable to viewers well beyond any single title. Steady employment, rather than one breakout, gives the career its shape. The role of Old Mother in '10,000 BC' is the one that keeps being brought up. 'Imagine Me & You' is a second title with real reach.
Mavis Chin OBE (born January 1, 1931), known professionally as Mona Hammond is a Jamaican-British actress of Chinese descent and co-founder of the Talawa Theatre Company. Born in Jamaica, Hammond emigrated to the United Kingdom in 1959, where she has lived ever since. Hammond has had a long and distinguished stage career. She is best known for her work on British television, most notably playing Blossom Jackson in the BBC soap opera EastEnders.Mona Hammond, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.