Biography
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
Complete Filmography
Blue Porcelain
2022
as Great-Grandma
A woman discovers her family's magical, cathartic process of coping with death, all through her mother's sacred china.
The Golden Voices
2018
as Georgia Mae Jackson
"Golden Voices Competition" is to be held this year at Terrell Christian College (TCC), but there's one problem TCC does not have a choir. Georgia Mae...
Concrete Kids
2018
as Nana
Two nine-year-old boys from sunny Venice California set off on a mission to cross Los Angeles on skateboards at night in an attempt to reach the Stapl...
Lady Luck
2017
as Mrs. Bailey
Through their individual trials and turbulence, three strangers are drawn together under one roof.
A Heart That Forgives
2016
as Ms. Gussie
Follow two foster brothers that choose separate paths. Malcolm follows his father's footsteps and begins pastoring a small church while Silk follows a...
New Life
2016
as Margaret
Benjamin Morton's life changed forever the day he met the little girl next door. Ava was and always would be the girl of his dreams. From the innocen...
Jerico
2016
as Grandma
The story of best friends who set out on a dangerous, but comedic journey that challenges the restrictions of a Jim Crow South to fulfill their dreams...
A Man Called Jon
2015
as Sadie Johnson
"A Man Called Jon" is a light-hearted dramedy about Pastor Jon Terrell Carson's unusual style of worship. Jon's church is very traditional and is not ...
Uncommon
2015
as Aunt Shirley Bailey
Jesus combined diverse people and assorted stories to change the world! Now, He wants to use you! When the students of Rosewood High School lose their...
Steps of Faith
2014
as Dorothy Lee
What would you do if you told the world you heard God's voice and no one believed you? Steps of Faith, is a light-heart dramedy about Faith Houston a...
Changing the Game
2012
as Grandma Barnes
An epic tale about a supremely intelligent young African-American male who rises from the ferocious and oppressive streets of North Philadelphia to be...
Hiding in Plain Sight
2012
as Ida Mae Blackmon
The Blackmon family subsist in their car following the recession, desperate to keep up appearances and reclaim their silent dignity as a stable unit.
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
2010
as Mrs. Roberts
Brad has committed murder and barricaded himself inside his house. With the help of his friends and neighbours, the cops piece together the strange ta...
Hurricane Season
2009
as Grandma Rose
Based on true events amid the wreckage and chaos dealt by Hurricane Katrina; one basketball coach in Marrero, Louisiana just will not give up. Coach A...
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans
2009
as Binnie Rogers
Terrence McDonagh is a New Orleans Police sergeant, who receives a medal and a promotion to lieutenant for heroism during Hurricane Katrina. Due to hi...
Diary of a Single Mom
2009
as Dessa
Ocean a 27-year-old highly-motivated mother has found her calling in managing a neighborhood apartment building along with the residents and the probl...
Rain
2008
as Rosalie
Rain is a spirited 14-year old who, after the death of her grandmother, seeks out her estranged mother in the big city of Nassau. Her dreams of a lovi...
Meet the Browns
2008
as Mildred
A single mother living in inner city Chicago, Brenda has been struggling for years to make ends meet and keep her three kids off the street. When she'...
Uncross the Stars
2008
as Lulu
The Story follows Troy, a young man whose beloved wife passes away. The movie opens at her funeral, and Troy, ill-equipped to deal with this kind of g...
Gift for the Living
2005
as Carrie Mae
Inspired by the O. Henry short story "Gift of the Magi", Gift for the Living is a story about a grandmother and her granddaughter who, without the oth...
P.N.O.K.
2005
as Mildred Burnett
Chronicles a day in the life of 2 soldiers on Casualty Notification Duty as they bear the grim news of 3 soldiers killed in Iraq to 3 families back ho...
Collateral
2004
as Ida Durocher
Cab driver Max picks up a man who offers him $600 to drive him around. But the promise of easy money sours when Max realizes his fare is an assassin.
The Ladykillers
2004
as Marva Munson
An eccentric, if not charming Southern professor and his crew pose as a band in order to rob a casino, all under the nose of his unsuspecting landlord...
An Unexpected Love
2003
as Mary
An unhappily married housewife and mother of two children seperates from her husband and gets a new job where she develops a mutual attraction to her ...
Miss Lettie and Me
2002
as Rose Griffin
Life does a 180-degree turn for bitter spinster Lettie (Mary Tyler Moore) when she takes in her 9-year-old grandniece, Travis (Holliston Coleman), in ...
Our America
2002
as June Jones
The true story of two African-American teen radio reporters and their documentary investigation of a notorious child murder.
Bad Company
2002
as Mrs. Banks
When a Harvard-educated CIA agent is killed during an operation, the secret agency recruits his twin brother.
Don't Let Go
2002
as Hazel
Scott Wilson plays Jimmy Ray in 'Don't Let Go'. He's a Rockabilly star who's a legend both because of his great hits and because he gave up music very...
A Rugrats Kwanzaa
2001
as Aunt T. (voice)
When Aunt T. visits the Carmichaels to celebrate Kwanzaa, she tells Susie the holiday is a time to honor the legacy of our great people.
A Girl Thing
2001
as Alice (Housekeeper)
A Girl Thing is a mini-series that revolves around a New York city street, a coffee house and a shrinks office. Dr. Beth Noonan is the therapist to on...
Something to Sing About
2000
as Memaw
Tommy is a troubled young man with a history of crime. When he meets Memaw, an elderly lady, the two form a special bond with Memaw encouraging Charli...
A Lesson Before Dying
1999
as Miss Emma
In the 1940s South, an African-American man is wrongly accused of the killing a a white store owner. In his defense, his white attorney equates him wi...
A Slipping Down Life
1999
as Clotelia
A young woman becomes obsessed with a small-time North Carolina rock singer.
Patch Adams
1998
as Joletta
The true story of Dr. Hunter "Patch" Adams, who in the 1970s found that humor is the best medicine, and was willing to do just anything to make his pa...
Beloved
1998
as Ella
After Paul D. finds his old slave friend Sethe in Ohio and moves in with her and her daughter Denver, a strange girl comes along by the name of "Belov...
The Love Letter
1998
as Mae Mullen
20th century computer games designer Scott, Civil War buff, buys an antique desk from that era and, while polishing it, he discovers a secret compartm...
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
1997
as Minerva
A visiting city reporter's assignment suddenly revolves around the murder trial of a local millionaire, whom he befriends.
Soul Food
1997
as Mother Joe
Traditional Sunday dinners at Mama Joe's (Irma P. Hall) turn sour when sisters Teri (Vanessa L. Williams), Bird (Nia Long) and Maxine (Vivica A. Fox) ...
Steel
1997
as Grandma Odessa
When a renegade military reject puts new superweapons in dangerous hands, John Henry Irons becomes Steel. Wearing body armor, wielding a fearsome elec...
Nothing to Lose
1997
as Bertha "Mama" Davidson
Advertising executive Nick Beame learns that his wife is sleeping with his employer. In a state of despair, he encounters a bumbling thief whose attem...
Buddy
1997
as Emma
An eccentric socialite raises a gorilla as her son.
A Family Thing
1996
as Aunt T.
Earl Pilcher Jr. runs an equipment rental outfit in Arkansas, lives with his wife and kids and parents, and rarely takes off his gimme cap. His mother...
In the Company of Darkness
1993
as Apartment Manager
An undercover policewoman (Helen Hunt) alarms her colleague lover (Jeff Fahey) as she role-plays to lure out a serial killer (Steven Weber) to secure ...
Mo' Money
1992
as Lady on Phone
Trying to get his act together, a con artist gets a job in a credit card company. He falls in love with a fellow employee, he steals a couple of cards...
Straight Talk
1992
as Ethel
Honest and straightforward small-town Shirlee Kenyon chucks her boyfriend and heads for Chicago. Accidentally having to host a radio problem phone-in ...
Backdraft
1991
as Nurse
Firemen brothers Brian and Stephen McCaffrey battle each other over past slights while trying to stop an arsonist with a diabolical agenda from torchi...
The Kid Who Loved Christmas
1990
as Mrs. Smith
In this sentimental holiday tale, a young boy is taken away from his loving, adoptive household when his new mom is killed in an auto accident and his...
Uncle Tom's Cabin
1987
as Mammy
The life of an aging black slave, Tom, and the people he interacts with.
They Still Call Me Bruce
1987
as Mrs. Brown
Bruce Won arrives in America in search of an American G.I. who saved his life in the Korean War. He meets an orphan boy and together they land themsel...
Square Dance
1987
as Preacher Dixon
An awkward 13-year-old leaves her cranky grandfather in rural Texas, to live with her mother in Fort Worth.
On Valentine's Day
1986
as Aunt Charity
In 1917, Elizabeth defies her wealthy parents by running off and marrying Horace Robedaux, a young man of humble prospects. Her parents have not spoke...
Split Image
1982
as Maid
An impressionable young man finds himself literally enslaved by a modern-day religious cult. In an effort to bring him back to reality, the boy's pare...
Broken Promise
1981
as Williston
A juvenile court services director strives to fight the odds following his promise to a resourceful 11-year-old to keep her and her four younger broth...
Crisis at Central High
1981
as Lulu Richards
The historic federal-state controversy over the integration of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, as seen through the eyes of Elizabeth Huc...
Skyward
1980
as Mrs. Sinclair
Billie Dupree is a flight instructor at an old Texas airport. When a young girl in a wheelchair finds the airport by watching gliders fly, she decides...
Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders II
1980
as Grandma Beaumont
This sequel to the highly-rated 1979 TV movie provides another fictionalized behind-the-scenes glimpse at the comely squad and the pressures put on th...
Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders
1979
as Dora
To salvage his job and the circulation of his magazine, an editor decides to publish an expose revealing the inside story of the famed cheerleading sq...
Book of Numbers
1973
as Georgia Brown
Two waiters in Depression-era Arkansas get involved in the numbers racket.