Ganthimathi (30 August 1940 – 9 September 2011) was a Tamil stage and film actress. She acted in over 500 films.

Early life

Kanthimathi was born in Manamadurai in the then Ramanathapuram district of India. She started acting in dramas and entered films at the age of eleven.

Career

The role which got her noticed was the portrayal of Mayil's mother in '' 16 Vayathinile''. Other important Tamil films in which she acted include '' Mann Vasanai'', '' Muthu'' and '' Karagattakaran''. She was awarded the Kalaimamani Award by the Government of Tamil Nadu for her contribution to

Tamil cinema Tamil cinema, also known as Kollywood is a part of Indian Cinema; primarily engaged in production of motion pictures in the Tamil language. Based out of the Kodambakkam neighbourhood in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, it is popularly called ''Kollywo ...

. She acted as mother and grandmother almost to all actors and actresses like M.G.R, Rajinikanth, Kamalhassan, Vijaykanth, Sathyaraj, Prabhu, Vijay, Revathi, Radha, Ambika, Radhika, etc. Other actors or actresses cannot utter the non-lexical filler proverbs like "Chithada kalli viragu odaika ponalam kathala mullu kothoda kuthidichan" (When a lazy girl is forced to go for the work of cutting the firewood she may complain that aloe vera thorns poked her in a bunch) like she could.

Partial filmography

1940s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

TV Series

* 2004-2007 My Dear Bhootham as Moosa's Grandmother ( Sun TV) * 2004-2007 Kalki ( Jaya TV) * 2005 Kolangal as Narayanan's sister ( Sun TV) * 2010-2011 Pondatti Thevai ( Sun TV)

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* 1945 births 2011 deaths Actresses in Tamil cinema Actresses from Tamil Nadu People from Sivaganga district 20th-century Indian actresses 21st-century Indian actresses Actresses in Tamil television {{India-film-actor-stub