'Mona created a no-nonsense grandmother in Blossom Jackson, who was adored by the audience and everyone who worked with her.'
Hammond was best known to viewers as the leader of the Jackson family in the mid 1990s.
Her first appearance in the show though came in a more minor role, as Michelle Fowler's midwife in 1986. EastEnders actors Leonard Fenton, Mona Hammond, Gretchen Franklin, Tommy Eytle and Elizabeth Kelly celebrate Christmas in Albert Square in 1994 She subsequently spent two years at the Royal National Theatre, where her credits included The Crucible, Fuente Ovejuna and Peer Gynt.
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