Irma P. Hall

Irma P. Hall

1935-06-03 Beaumont, Texas, USA 58 Credits

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".

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Blue Porcelain

Blue Porcelain

2022

as Great-Grandma

Acting

A woman discovers her family's magical, cathartic process of coping with death, all through her mother's sacred china.

The Golden Voices

The Golden Voices

2018

as Georgia Mae Jackson

4.0
Acting

"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

Concrete Kids

2018

as Nana

7.0
Acting

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

Lady Luck

2017

as Mrs. Bailey

Acting

Through their individual trials and turbulence, three strangers are drawn together under one roof.

A Heart That Forgives

A Heart That Forgives

2016

as Ms. Gussie

6.0
Acting

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

New Life

2016

as Margaret

6.7
Acting

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

Jerico

2016

as Grandma

Acting

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

A Man Called Jon

2015

as Sadie Johnson

6.0
Acting

"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

Uncommon

2015

as Aunt Shirley Bailey

5.0
Acting

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

Steps of Faith

2014

as Dorothy Lee

7.6
Acting

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

Changing the Game

2012

as Grandma Barnes

3.0
Acting

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

Hiding in Plain Sight

2012

as Ida Mae Blackmon

Acting

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

My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done

2010

as Mrs. Roberts

6.0
Acting

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

Hurricane Season

2009

as Grandma Rose

6.7
Acting

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

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans

2009

as Binnie Rogers

6.2
Acting

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

Diary of a Single Mom

2009

as Dessa

4.0
Acting

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

Rain

2008

as Rosalie

6.7
Acting

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

Meet the Browns

2008

as Mildred

6.6
Acting

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

Uncross the Stars

2008

as Lulu

5.4
Acting

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

Gift for the Living

2005

as Carrie Mae

Acting

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

Acting

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

Collateral

2004

as Ida Durocher

7.2
Acting

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

The Ladykillers

2004

as Marva Munson

6.1
Acting

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

An Unexpected Love

2003

as Mary

5.0
Acting

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

Miss Lettie and Me

2002

as Rose Griffin

7.0
Acting

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

Our America

2002

as June Jones

7.0
Acting

The true story of two African-American teen radio reporters and their documentary investigation of a notorious child murder.

Bad Company

Bad Company

2002

as Mrs. Banks

5.5
Acting

When a Harvard-educated CIA agent is killed during an operation, the secret agency recruits his twin brother.

Don't Let Go

Don't Let Go

2002

as Hazel

6.0
Acting

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

A Rugrats Kwanzaa

2001

as Aunt T. (voice)

6.8
Acting

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

A Girl Thing

2001

as Alice (Housekeeper)

3.8
Acting

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

Something to Sing About

2000

as Memaw

6.1
Acting

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

A Lesson Before Dying

1999

as Miss Emma

5.0
Acting

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

A Slipping Down Life

1999

as Clotelia

4.1
Acting

A young woman becomes obsessed with a small-time North Carolina rock singer.

Patch Adams

Patch Adams

1998

as Joletta

7.3
Acting

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

Beloved

1998

as Ella

5.8
Acting

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

The Love Letter

1998

as Mae Mullen

6.4
Acting

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

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

1997

as Minerva

6.3
Acting

A visiting city reporter's assignment suddenly revolves around the murder trial of a local millionaire, whom he befriends.

Soul Food

Soul Food

1997

as Mother Joe

6.3
Acting

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

Steel

1997

as Grandma Odessa

4.3
Acting

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

Nothing to Lose

1997

as Bertha "Mama" Davidson

6.6
Acting

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

Buddy

1997

as Emma

4.8
Acting

An eccentric socialite raises a gorilla as her son.

A Family Thing

A Family Thing

1996

as Aunt T.

6.4
Acting

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

In the Company of Darkness

1993

as Apartment Manager

6.6
Acting

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

Mo' Money

1992

as Lady on Phone

5.5
Acting

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

Straight Talk

1992

as Ethel

6.0
Acting

Honest and straightforward small-town Shirlee Kenyon chucks her boyfriend and heads for Chicago. Accidentally having to host a radio problem phone-in ...

Backdraft

Backdraft

1991

as Nurse

6.7
Acting

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

The Kid Who Loved Christmas

1990

as Mrs. Smith

6.6
Acting

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

Uncle Tom's Cabin

1987

as Mammy

7.0
Acting

The life of an aging black slave, Tom, and the people he interacts with.

They Still Call Me Bruce

They Still Call Me Bruce

1987

as Mrs. Brown

5.1
Acting

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

Square Dance

1987

as Preacher Dixon

4.5
Acting

An awkward 13-year-old leaves her cranky grandfather in rural Texas, to live with her mother in Fort Worth.

On Valentine's Day

On Valentine's Day

1986

as Aunt Charity

4.5
Acting

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

Split Image

1982

as Maid

5.9
Acting

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

Broken Promise

1981

as Williston

6.0
Acting

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

Crisis at Central High

1981

as Lulu Richards

6.0
Acting

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

Skyward

1980

as Mrs. Sinclair

6.9
Acting

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

Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders II

1980

as Grandma Beaumont

7.0
Acting

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

Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders

1979

as Dora

5.5
Acting

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

Book of Numbers

1973

as Georgia Brown

6.0
Acting

Two waiters in Depression-era Arkansas get involved in the numbers racket.