Irma P. Hall

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Irma P. Hall is an American film and television actress, best known for playing matriarchal figures in feature films like "A Family Thing", "Soul Food", and "The Ladykillers".

Known For

Collateral

Ida Durocher

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Lorna Talcott

Patch Adams

Joletta

Chicago Fire

Mrs. Grady

The Ladykillers

Marva Munson

Backdraft

Nurse

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans

Binnie Rogers

Bad Company

Mrs. Banks

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2022	Blue Porcelain MOVIE	Great-Grandma
2018	The Golden Voices MOVIE	Georgia Mae Jackson
2018	Concrete Kids MOVIE	Nana
2017	Lady Luck MOVIE	Mrs. Bailey
2016	A Heart That Forgives MOVIE	Ms. Gussie
2016	New Life MOVIE	Margaret
2016	Jerico MOVIE	Grandma
2016	Hap and Leonard TV	Meemaw
2015	A Man Called Jon MOVIE	Sadie Johnson
2015	Uncommon MOVIE	Aunt Shirley Bailey
2014	Steps of Faith MOVIE	Dorothy Lee
2013	Getting On TV	Cordelia Meade
2012	Changing the Game MOVIE	Grandma Barnes
2012	Chicago Fire TV	Mrs. Grady
2012	Hiding in Plain Sight MOVIE	Ida Mae Blackmon
2012	Wolf MOVIE	Brenda
2011	Harry's Law TV	Anna Nicholson
2010	My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done MOVIE	Mrs. Roberts
2010	Hurricane Season MOVIE	Grandma Rose
2009	Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans MOVIE	Binnie Rogers
2009	Diary of a Single Mom MOVIE	Dessa
2008	Rain MOVIE	Rosalie
2008	Meet the Browns MOVIE	Mildred
2008	Uncross the Stars MOVIE	Lulu
2005	Gift for the Living MOVIE	Carrie Mae
2005	P.N.O.K. MOVIE	Mildred Burnett
2004	Collateral MOVIE	Ida Durocher
2004	The Ladykillers MOVIE	Marva Munson
2003	An Unexpected Love MOVIE	Mary
2002	Miss Lettie and Me MOVIE	Rose Griffin
2002	Our America MOVIE	June Jones
2002	Bad Company MOVIE	Mrs. Banks
2002	Don't Let Go MOVIE	Hazel
2001	The Bernie Mac Show TV	Aunt Liva
2001	A Rugrats Kwanzaa MOVIE	Aunt T. (voice)
2001	All Souls TV	Self
2001	A Girl Thing TV	Housekeeper Alice
2000	Soul Food TV	Mama Joe
2000	Something to Sing About MOVIE	Memaw
1999	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit TV	Lorna Talcott
1999	Judging Amy TV	Beverly Raymond
1999	A Lesson Before Dying MOVIE	Miss Emma
1999	A Slipping Down Life MOVIE	Clotelia
1998	Patch Adams MOVIE	Joletta
1998	Beloved MOVIE	Ella
1998	The Love Letter MOVIE	Mae Mullen
1997	Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil MOVIE	Minerva
1997	Soul Food MOVIE	Mother Joe
1997	Steel MOVIE	Grandma Odessa
1997	Nothing to Lose MOVIE	Bertha "Mama" Davidson
1997	Buddy MOVIE	Emma
1996	7th Heaven TV	Hattie
1996	To Sir, with Love II MOVIE	Old Woman
1996	A Family Thing MOVIE	Aunt T.
1994	Touched by an Angel TV	Effie Taylor
1993	In the Company of Darkness MOVIE	Apartment Manager
1992	Mo' Money MOVIE	Lady on Phone
1992	Straight Talk MOVIE	Ethel
1991	Backdraft MOVIE	Nurse
1990	The Kid Who Loved Christmas MOVIE	Mrs. Smith
1988	The George McKenna Story MOVIE	Self
1987	Uncle Tom's Cabin MOVIE	Mammy
1987	They Still Call Me Bruce MOVIE	Mrs. Brown
1987	Square Dance MOVIE	Preacher Dixon
1986	On Valentine's Day MOVIE	Aunt Charity
1985	The Long Hot Summer TV	Cecilia Howlett
1982	Split Image MOVIE	Maid
1981	Broken Promise MOVIE	Williston
1981	Crisis at Central High MOVIE	Lulu Richards
1980	Skyward MOVIE	Mrs. Sinclair
1980	Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders II MOVIE	Grandma Beaumont
1979	Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders MOVIE	Dora
1978	Dallas TV	Tilly
1973	Book of Numbers MOVIE	Georgia Brown
1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame TV	Mae

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