She also acted in TV serials and commercials and had playback singing credits in few films.

[1] At the age of 20, she played the mother of older actors Sathyan and Madhu in Thommente Makkal (1965).

[2][3][4][5] Ponnamma was born to T. P. Damodharan and Gauri, as the eldest of seven children, on 10 September 1945 in Kaviyoor, Thiruvalla.

[9] 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.

Ponnamma died from cancer at Lissie Hospital in Kochi, Kerala, on 20 September 2024, at the age of 79.