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Irma Dolores Player Hall is an American actress who has appeared in numerous films and television shows since the early–1970s. Hall is perhaps best known for playing matriarchal figures in the films such as A Family Thing, The Ladykillers and Soul Food, in which she portrayed Josephine "Big Mama Joe" Joseph, a role she reprised in the television series of the same name.
Birth Name
Irma Dolores Player Hall
Born
Monday, 03 June 1935
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Golden Voices | Georgia Mae Jackson | 2018 |
| Concrete Kids | Nana | 2018 |
| Lady Luck | Mrs. Bailey | 2017 |
| A Heart That Forgives | Ms. Gussie | 2016 |
| New Life | Margaret | 2016 |
| Jerico | Grandma | 2016 |
| Hap and Leonard | Meemaw | 2016 |
| Chi-Raq | Ms. Doctor Aesop | 2015 |
| A Man Called Jon | Sadie Johnson | 2015 |
| Base | Auntie | 2015 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Golden Voices | Georgia Mae Jackson | 2018 |
| Concrete Kids | Nana | 2018 |
| Lady Luck | Mrs. Bailey | 2017 |
| A Heart That Forgives | Ms. Gussie | 2016 |
| New Life | Margaret | 2016 |
| Jerico | Grandma | 2016 |
| Hap and Leonard | Meemaw | 2016 |
| Chi-Raq | Ms. Doctor Aesop | 2015 |
| A Man Called Jon | Sadie Johnson | 2015 |
| Base | Auntie | 2015 |
| Uncommon | Aunt Shirley Bailey | 2015 |
| Steps of Faith | Dorothy Lee | 2014 |
| Getting On | Cordelia Meade | 2013 |
| Jayne Mansfield's Car | Dorothy Lambert | 2013 |
| Hiding in Plain Sight | Ida Mae Blackmon | 2012 |
| Chicago Fire | Mrs. Grady | 2012 |
| Changing the Game | Grandma Barnes | 2012 |
| Wolf | Brenda | 2012 |
| Harry's Law | Anna Nicholson | 2011 |
| 3 Blind Saints | Sister Louise | 2011 |
| My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done | Mrs Roberts / Mrs. Roberts | 2009 |
| Hurricane Season | Grandma Rose | 2009 |
| Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans | Binnie Rogers | 2009 |
| Diary of a Single Mom | Dessa | 2009 |
| Rain | Rosalie | 2008 |
| Meet the Browns | Mildred | 2008 |
| Uncross the Stars | Lulu | 2008 |
| Gift for the Living | Carrie Mae | 2005 |
| P.N.O.K. | Mildred Burnett | 2005 |
| Collateral | Ida / Ida Durocher | 2004 |
| The Ladykillers | Marva Munson | 2004 |
| An Unexpected Love | Mary | 2003 |
| Miss Lettie and Me | Rose Griffin | 2002 |
| Our America | June Jones | 2002 |
| Bad Company | Mrs. Banks | 2002 |
| Don't Let Go | Hazel | 2002 |
| The Bernie Mac Show | Aunt Liva | 2001 |
| All Souls | Nurse Glory St. Claire | 2001 |
| A Girl Thing | Alice (Housekeeper) | 2001 |
| Soul Food | Mama Joe | 2000 |
| Something to Sing About | Memaw | 2000 |
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Lorna Talcott | 1999 |
| Judging Amy | Beverly Raymond | 1999 |
| A Lesson Before Dying | Miss Emma | 1999 |
| A Slipping-Down Life | Clotelia | 1999 |
| Patch Adams | Joletta | 1998 |
| Beloved | Ella | 1998 |
| Getting Personal | Mrs. Buckley | 1998 |
| The Love Letter | Mae Mullen | 1998 |
| Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil | Minerva | 1997 |
| Soul Food | Mother Joe | 1997 |
| Steel | Grandma Odessa | 1997 |
| Nothing to Lose | Bertha 'Mama' Davidson / Bertha "Mama" Davidson | 1997 |
| Buddy | Emma, Lintz's Maid / Emma | 1997 |
| 7th Heaven | Hattie | 1996 |
| To Sir, with Love II | Old Woman | 1996 |
| A Family Thing | Aunt T. | 1996 |
| Wishbone | Dr. Thelma Brown | 1995 |
| Touched by an Angel | Effie Taylor | 1994 |
| Missing Persons | Mrs. Davison | 1993 |
| In the Company of Darkness | Apartment Manager | 1993 |
| Mo' Money | Lady on Phone | 1992 |
| The Babe | Fanny Baily | 1992 |
| Straight Talk | Ethel | 1992 |
| Rugrats | Aunt T. | 1991 |
| Backdraft | Nurse | 1991 |
| The Kid Who Loved Christmas | Mrs. Smith | 1990 |
| They Still Call Me Bruce | Mrs. Brown | 1987 |
| Square Dance | Preacher Dixon | 1987 |
| The George McKenna Story | (as Irma Hall) | 1986 |
| On Valentine's Day | Aunt Charity | 1986 |
| The Long Hot Summer | Cecilia Howlett | 1985 |
| He's Not Your Son | Nurse Anne Hall | 1984 |
| Split Image | Maid | 1982 |
| Crisis at Central High | Lulu Richards | 1981 |
| Skyward | Mrs. Sinclair | 1980 |
| Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders | Dora | 1979 |
| Dallas | Tilly / Rosa, Graison's Maid | 1978 |
| Book of Numbers | Georgia Brown | 1973 |
