'Auntie Susu' actress Mona Hammond dies Tributes pour in for the trailblazer of stage and screen who also set up the Talawa Theatre Company.
Tributes pour in for the trailblazer of stage and screen who also set up the Talawa Theatre Company.TRIBUTES FLOODED in as news spreads of the death of legendary actress Mona Hammond, the Desmond’s star.Theatre Company, to boost black productions and give more opportunities to aspiring black writers and directors.
Known for her infectious personality, Hammond was described as a trailblazer and had to her name Screen Nation’s highest award and an OBE for services to drama.for her portrayal of Auntie Susu from the sitcom Desmond’s, and Blossom Jackson in Eastenders. The Jamaican-born actress arrived in Britain in 1959 as one of the Windrush generation, and soon graduated from the prestigious acting school RADA before starting her six decade-long acting career.xx” Former Eastenders actress Michelle Gayle wrote: “A trailblazer. A Queen. RIP Mona Hammond.”
Entrepreneur Tru Powell said: “Thank you for kicking the door open so many can walk through.” And comedienne Angie le Mar added: “Thank you Mona Hammond OBE for leading the way. Big Respect to you RIPShe became an actress while working for a firm of architects and her big break was playing Lady MacBeth at the Roundhouse in 1970.
Many other prominent roles followed, but she will be best remembered for her hilarious Auntie Susu in Desmond’s, a character many of her fans could identify with.
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