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We just lost another legend today 😔 The beloved actress remembered for Soul Food, The Ladykillers and decades of unforgettable supporting performances has passed away at 91. Hall’s Hollywood journey was anything but conventional. Before acting became her life, she spent years teaching languages in Texas. Then an unexpected opportunity opened the door to film, beginning a career that would eventually place her alongside stars like Tom Hanks, Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx, Oprah Winfrey and Robin Williams. But it was her ability to bring warmth, strength, humor and authority to ordinary people that made audiences remember her. Some of her most beloved roles: • Josephine “Big Mama” Joseph — Soul Food / Soul Food TV Series • Marva Munson — The Ladykillers • Ida Durocher — Collateral • Minerva — Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil • Aunt T — A Family Thing • Bertha “Mama” Davidson — Nothing to Lose • Ella — Beloved • Joletta — Patch Adams • Grandma Odessa — Steel • Mildred — Meet the Browns • Miss Emma — A Lesson Before Dying • Aunt Liva — The Bernie Mac Show • Great Aunt T — Rugrats: A Rugrats Kwanzaa — Voice • Mrs. Banks — Bad Company • Grandma Rose — Hurricane Season Her work as Big Mama in Soul Food made her a familiar symbol of family, tradition and the person holding everyone together. Years later, her fearless performance opposite Tom Hanks in The Ladykillers proved she could steal a movie from some of Hollywood’s biggest names. Irma P. Hall didn't need to be the star at the center of the poster. Give her one scene, one look or one perfectly delivered line, and she could become the person you remembered when the movie was over. A remarkable late-blooming career became an enduring Hollywood legacy. Rest in paradise, Irma P. Hall 🕊️