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Irma P. Hall

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Irma P. Hall、Irma Dolores Player Hall、艾尔玛·霍尔

Birth data

Gender
Female
Birth date
June 3, 1935
Date of death
November 10, 2026 (died aged 91)
Birth time
10:15（UTC-06:00）
As recorded: 10:15 (= 10:15 AM )
Birthplace
Beaumont, Texas, United StatesAs recorded: Beaumont, Texas, 30n05, 94w06
Country / region
United States
Reliability
AABirth record or official document

Biography

Irma Dolores Player Hall (3 June 1935 – 10 November 2026) was an American actress who appeared in films and television shows from the early 1970s.

She often played matriarchal figures in films including A Family Thing, The Ladykillers and Soul Food, in which she portrayed Josephine "Big Mama Joe" Joseph, a role she reprised in the television series of the same name. She earned an NAACP Image Award nomination for portraying the character in the film version.

She also appeared in Collateral and in two films by director Werner Herzog. For her critically acclaimed performance in The Ladykillers, she won the Jury Prize at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival and a Black Reel Award, as well as a nomination for a Saturn Award, among numerous other honors.

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