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Irma P. Hall, 'Soul Food' and 'The Ladykillers' actor who found fame at 60, dies at 91
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Irma P. Hall, the veteran actor who brought warmth and authority to matriarchal roles in “Soul Food” and “The Ladykillers,” and whose acting career took off after decades as a teacher, died Tuesday in Dallas. She was 91.
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Actress Irma P. Hall, best known as Big Mama in Soul Food, died in Dallas at 91, her family announced. A former teacher who began acting in her late 30s, she built a decades-long career in film, television and theater and earned an NAACP Image Award for Soul Food.
A Dallas schoolteacher for nearly three decades, she also appeared in 'A Family Thing,' 'Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil' and 'Hap and Leonard.'
Irma P. Hall, who played Josephine “Big Mama” Joseph in the 1997 dramedy “Soul Food,” died on Tuesday, her family confirmed. She was 91. “Irma P. Hall was a beloved actress, author, poet, educator and public speaker whose contributions touched countless lives throughout her remarkable career,” her f…
Irma P. Hall, who portrayed “Big Mama Jo” in the 1997 film Soul Food and, that same year, the memorable character of “root doctor” Minerva in Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, died Tuesday, November 10, in Dallas. She was 91. Her death was announced by family.
Once a Dallas school teacher, Hall became a star in later life with roles in Soul Food and Collateral Actor Irma P Hall, star of Soul Food and the Coen brothers’ The Ladykillers , has died at the age of 91.
Award-winning actress Irma P. Hall — who was known for her role as Josephine “Big Mama” Joseph in the 1997 film, Soul Food — died on Tuesday at the age of 91. Hall “was a beloved actress, author, poet, educator
Irma P. Hall, the veteran actor who brought warmth and authority to matriarchal roles in “Soul Food” and “The Ladykillers,” and whose acting career took off after decades as a teacher, died Tuesday in Dallas. She was 91.
Actress Irma P. Hall (Irma Dolores Player Hall) participates in a panel discussion at McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois in February 1999. (Photo By Raymond Boyd/Getty Images).
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