• As per the proverb, Face is the index value of mind, she keeps her heart and her health young. She herself said this during an interview. The actress was so health conscious.
• Manorama is the only lady to act in more number of 'Mother' characters. Right from those olden days to recent actors she has done role of 'Mother' and Grand mother.
• Cho Ramasamy has called Manorama as 'Lady Sivaji' while having an interaction with her.
• Thillana Moganambal, Chinna Thambi, Samsaram athu minsaaram, Kizhakku Vaasal, Chinna Goundar were some of her best projects and she herself feels 'Nadigan' as her best performance
• Manorama crossed 1,000 movies by the year 1985. As of 2015, she has crossed more than 1,500 movies. The exact movie count is still unknown.
• She received Padmashree by 2002. She was the first woman in Tamil cinema to grab the honour.
• She married her manager S.M.Ramanathan in 1964 and they got divorced by 1966. Sources say her husband divorced as he forced her to act soon after she gave birth to boy baby. She is survived by that one son Boopathy.
• Her original name is Govindammal. She was fondly called as Pallathur Papa and as he was brought up in Chettinad Pallathur she got the tag 'Aachi'.
• She strictly follows food habits. She doesn't eat Non-veg on Tuesdays and Fridays. She will eat Non-veg on Wednesdays and Sundays.
• MN Rajam and Sri Priya were her close friends and only they inquired about her health till the end. She also requested media not to post bad things about other actors as everyone are busy with their works
• Manorama used to be proud as she acted in P.Vasu's 'Nadigan'
• She is a good reader. Will read most of the weekly magazine. But she has studied only till third standard.
