- Mona Hammond was well known for her role as Blossom in “EastEnders”.
- She co-founded the Black British theatre company Talawa with Yvonne Brewster, Carmen Munroe, and Inigo Espejel.
- Her most recent on-screen appearance was in 2016 short “Bucky”.
Mona Hammond, a West End trailblazer and former “EastEnders” actress has died. She was 91 years old.
There was no mention of a cause of death.
Hammond was well known for her role as “EastEnders” matriarch Blossom, as well as co-founding the Black British theatre company Talawa in 1986 with Yvonne Brewster, Carmen Munroe, and Inigo Espejel.
According to the Guardian, the actor was of Chinese and Jamaican descent and changed her name from Mavis Chin to Mona Hammond to avoid typecasting. Hammond was born in Jamaica and came to the United Kingdom in 1959, where he worked in an office while taking acting training in the evenings. She soon received a scholarship to the prestigious British acting academy RADA. She graduated in 1964 and quickly found herself on stage in venues across the country.
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