Irma P. Hall
Biography
Irma P. Hall is an American actress who spent years teaching languages in Houston and Dallas high schools before taking up acting full time. Born in Beaumont, Texas, she landed her first screen role, Georgia Brown in the independent film Book of Numbers, after Raymond St. Jacques saw her at a poetry reading, and she helped found the Dallas Minority Regional Theater. She worked steadily in film and television through the 1980s, then broke through as Aunt T. in A Family Thing (1996), winning two critics' awards for supporting actress. She became known for matriarchal parts, playing Big Mama Joseph in Soul Food (1997), which brought her an NAACP Image Award, and Marva Munson in The Ladykillers (2004), which won her the Jury Prize at Cannes. Her later films include Meet the Browns (2008), Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009) and Jayne Mansfield's Car (2012).
91years old
Turns 92 on June 3in 204 days
- Born Beaumont
- Star sign: GeminiThe sign runs May 21 to June 20
- Also credited as Irma Dolores Player Hall
Movie Career
- Films
- 21
- Career span
- 30 years1986 to 2016
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First role
Hall's first acting role came at 37, when Raymond St. Jacques spotted her at a poetry reading and offered her a part in Book of Numbers on the spot.
A change of course
Hall began teaching French, Spanish and other languages in 1962 at Booker T. Washington High School in Houston and James Madison High School in Dallas. She kept teaching until acting became her full time work in 1984.
Big break
Hall played the loving Aunt T. in the 1996 film A Family Thing, and critics thought she stole every scene. Her work in that part earned her Best Supporting Actress awards from the Chicago Film Critics Association and the Kansas City Film Critics Circle.
Irma P. Hall movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Werner Herzog directed two of these films. Ten actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Also two films together4 more actors
- Barry Shabaka HenleyCollateral (2004) and Patch Adams (1998)
- Hill HarperBeloved (1998) and Steel (1997)
- John AylwardBad Company (2002) and Buddy (1997)
- Phillip Edward Van LearMeet the Browns (2008) and A Family Thing (1996)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Irma P. Hall's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$733 million
15 of the 21 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 21 films: 15 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 2 never in cinemas; 3 figure not found.
- 15Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
- 2Never in cinemas
- 3Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 95% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$220M30.0% of the total
- 2$202M27.6% of the total
- 3$77M10.5% of the total
- 4$66M9.0% of the total
- 5$44M6.1% of the total
- 6$42M5.7% of the total
- 7$25M3.4% of the total
- 8$23M3.1% of the total
$33.8 millionfrom the other 7 films with a worldwide figure, 5% of the total
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.