Mona Hammond OBE was a Jamaican-British actress and co-founder of the Talawa Theatre Company. Born in Tweedside, Jamaica, Hammond emigrated to the United Kingdom in 1959, where she lived for the rest of her life. Hammond had a long and distinguished stage career.
Hammond began her career on stage and made early appearances on television shows such as Softly, Softly (1968) and The Troubleshooters (1969). Her first leading role as Lady Macbeth at the Roundhouse was in 1970 in Peter Coe’s African version of the play. She starred in many plays by an array of up-and-coming black writers: Sweet Talk by Michael Abbensetts, 11 Josephine House by Alfred Fagon, and several plays written by Mustapha Matura including, As Time Goes By, Play Mas, and Playboy of the West Indies. She also spent two years at the National Theatre in productions including Fuente Ovejuna and Peer Gynt, directed by Declan Donnellan, and The Crucible.
Mona Hammond Age: How Old Is Mona Hammond?
Mona Hammond was born as Mavis Chin on 1 January 1931 in Tweedside, Clarendon Parish.
She is dead currently at 91 years of age.
