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IRMA Player HALL – Acting Credits
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SAG, AFTRA, AEA Manager: Harrise Davidson, phone # = 773-743-3619 E-mail: hdtalent@aol.com
FILMS = Theatrical // Character Release Yr. Production
BAD LIEUTENANT // as:
HURRICANE SEASON // as:
MEET THE BROWNS // as: Mildred Tyler Perry / Lionsgate March 21, 2008
UNCROSS THE STARS
(aka VACUUMING THE CAT) // as: In Production: 2007 Indie
RAIN (shot in Bahamas with Calvin Lockhart) // as: Rosalie In Production: 2007
Indie; directed by Maria Gova
GIFT FOR THE LIVING // as: Carrie Mae 2005 Directed by Tamika Miller
COLLATERAL // as: Ida ( = Max’s mother in Hospital ) 2004 Dreamworks
LADYKILLERS, THE // ( = Won CANNES Film Festival Jury Prize ) as: Marva Munson [ = co-star
with Tom Hanks ] 2004 Coen Bros. / Buena Vista
SLIPPIN’ DOWN LIFE, A // as: Clotelia 2004 Lions Gate
BAD COMPANY // as: Mrs. Banks 2002 Schumacher
DON’T LET GO, [ aka VEGAS, TEXAS ] // as: Hazel 2002
PATCH ADAMS // as: Joletta (nurse) 1998 Universal
BELOVED // as: Ella 1998 Buena Vista (Harpo)
MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD & EVIL // as: Minerva ( = witch ) 1997 Warner Bros.
SOUL FOOD ( = Won NAACP IMAGE AWARD ) // as: Mother Joe = Big Mama
1997 20th Century Fox
NOTHING TO LOSE // as: Bertha (= Mama Davidson) 1997 Disney
STEEL // as: Grandma Odessa 1997 Warner Bros.
BUDDY // as: Emma, the Lintz’s maid 1997 Columbia Pictures
A FAMILY THING ( = Won CHICAGO FILM CRITICS award as: Best Supp. Actress ) //
as: Aunt "T" 1996 MGM / United Artists
I'LL WAVE GOODBYE // as: Hazel 1994 ? Indie; Jimmy Ray Productions Thing
TEXAS: VEAL // as Deloris 1993 ? Indie
THE PENELOPE GANG // as: Mrs. Miles 1993 Koontz Bros. / Dove
MO' MONEY // as: Old Lady on phone 1992 Columbia Pictures
STRAIGHT TALK, // as: Ethel 1992 Disney
BABE, THE // as: Nurse Fanny Bailey 1992 Universal
BACKDRAFT // as: Nurse 1991 Universal / Imagine
THEY STILL CALL ME BRUCE // as: Mrs. Brown 1987 Still Bruce
ON VALENTINE'S DAY (aka: STORY OF A MARRIAGE [and] 1918) // as: Aunt Charity
1986 Horton Foote
SPLIT IMAGE (aka: CAPTURED = Canada) // as: Maid 1982
SQUARE DANCE (aka: HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS = US TV title ) // as: Preacher
(Rev.) Dixon 1987 Pacific Arts / Island
BEN & GIOVANNI // as: Mother of black basketball player 1973 Noni Loi (= Italian)
BOOK OF NUMBERS, // as: Georgia Brown 1973 Avco Embassy
FILMS = Television // Character Year Production
P.N.O.K. // as: Mildred Burnett 2005 Directed by Carolyn McDonald (18 min)
AN UNEXPECTED LOVE, [ aka THIS MUCH I KNOW ], // as: Mary 2003 Lifetime (Dir. by Lee Rose)
OUR AMERICA // as: June Jones 2002 Dir: Ernest Dickerson
MISS LETTIE AND ME // as: Rose Griffin 2002 ALL SOULS ( series ) // as: Nurse Glory St. Claire
2001 Spelling
SOUL FOOD -- The TV Series // as: Mama Joe = Big Mama 2000-2001 Showtime
A GIRL THING [mini series] // as: Alice (housekeeper) 2001 Showtime
SOMETHING TO SING ABOUT // as: Memaw 2000 Worldwide
A LESSON BEFORE DYING ( = Movie won EMMY as outstanding made-for TV film ) // as Miss Emma
1999 HBO
LOVE LETTER, THE ( = HALLMARK HALL OF FAME ) // as: Mae Mullen 1998 Nickelodeon
TO SIR WITH LOVE - II // as: Old Lady 1996
MISSING PERSONS (series) , // as: Recurring role (3 times): Bobby's Mom 1995 ? ABC
IN THE COMPANY OF DARKNESS // as: Apartment manager 1993
IN THE SHADOW OF A KILLER, [ a/k/a EYE FOR AN EYE ], // as: Jury Forewoman 1992 NBC
GABRIEL'S FIRE ( = series ) // as: Irma ( = maid ) 1992 ? Lorimar
THE KID WHO LOVED CHRISTMAS, // as: Mrs. Smith 1990 Eddie Murphy / Paramount
THE WOMEN OF BREWSTER PLACE ( Episode 1 ) , // as: Mrs. Travis 1989 Harpo Productions
UNCLE TOM'S CABIN, // as: Mammy 1987 Taft Entertainment
GEORGE McKENNA STORY, THE (aka: HARD LESSONS on US video =’02) // as: Mrs. Baker
1986 Landsburg
LONG HOT SUMMER ( remake ) , // as: Cecelia Howlett or Mrs. Armisted ? 1985 Leonard Hill
HE'S NOT YOUR SON // as: Nurse Anne Hall 1984 CBS BROKEN PROMISE // as: Mrs. Williston 1981
CRISIS AT CENTRAL HIGH // as: Lula Richards 1981 Time / Life
SKYWARD, // as: Mrs. Sinclaire 1980 Major H. Product. (Howard)
DALLAS: COWBOY CHEERLEADERS = 2 // as: Dora 1980 Aubrey Hammer
DALLAS: COWBOY CHEERLEADERS = 1 // as: Ms. Lumas: : (= Dora) 1979 Aubrey Hammer
TV= Non-Film Appearances // Character Year Production
BERNIE MAC SHOW ( in “Sweet Home Chicago: Part 2” = episode # 1.22 ) //
as: Aunt Liva 2002 (05/15) Fox TV
BERNIE MAC SHOW ( in “Sweet Home Chicago: Part 1” = episode # 1.21 ) //
as: Aunt Liva 2002 (05-15) Fox TV
RUGRATS // ( in “A Rugrats Kwanza” episode ) as: Great Aunt “T” 2001 Nickelodeon
7th HEAVEN (in “All By Myself” = episode # 4.12 ) // as: Hattie (angel) 2000 (01/24) Spelling
JUDGING AMY ( in “An Impartial Bias” = episode # 1.7 ) // as: Beverly Raymond 1999 (11/02)
TOUCHED BY AN ANGEL ( in “Seek And Ye Shall Find” = episode # 4.21 ) // as: Effie Taylor 1998 (04/05)
GETTING PERSONAL ( in “Guess Who Else Is Coming to Dinner?”) // as: Mrs. Buckley 1998 Nickelodeon
GUTS, GUMPTION & GO ’HEAD // as: 1990 Dallas TV channel 8
DALLAS ( in “Shadow Of A Doubt” = episode # ?) // as: Tillie / Housekeeper [ = co-star ] 1984 Lorimar
DALLAS ( in “Bar-B-Que” = episode # 1.5) // as: Tillie / Housekeeper 1978 (04/30) Lorimar
SUMMER FARE ( = PBS series ) // as: Host 1975 PBS (Dallas / LA)
THEATRE Credits // Theatre // Character // Director
RAISIN IN THE SUN // at DeSoto, TX Corner Theatre (February, 2007), // as Lena L. // William Ray
SAM'S COMING // at Goodman Theater, Chicago (2005, 11-03) // as Dor // Henry Godinez
WAITING TO BE INVITED // at Victory Gardens , Chicago (2002) // as
RAISIN IN THE SUN ( = won 2000 JEFF Award as: Best Actress ) // at Goodman Theatre, Chicago, //
as Lena Chuck Smith
RAISIN IN THE SUN // at Great Lakes, // as Lena L. Ken Richardson
RAISIN IN THE SUN (= RABIN award ) // at Dallas: Theatre Center, // as Lena L. Ken Richardson
RAISIN IN THE SUN // at Dallas: Minority Rep, // as Lena Carol Frost
TIME TO BURN ( = '97 JEFF Award ) // at Steppenwolf (Chicago) , // as Jessie T. Landau
FLYIN’ WEST // at San Diego Rep, // as Miss Leah Floyd Gaffney
JAR THE FLOOR // at ITC (IL); Geva (Roche.); Cincy Plyhs.; 2nd Stage Off Broadway (NYC) , //
as Ma Dear S. Billig; C.T. Davis
JAR THE FLOOR // at Old Globe (San Diego); Syracuse Stage (NY) , //
as Ma Dear Tazewell Thompson
JAR THE FLOOR // at Cleveland Playhouse; Northlight (Chicago) , //
as Ma Dear Tazewell Thompson
THE OHIO STATE MURDERS // at Great Lakes T Fest, Clev., // as Aunt Lou Ger. Friedman
DIVIDING THE ESTATE // at Stevens Theatre (W.-S., N.C.) , // as Mildred Ger. Friedman
LION & THE JEWEL // at Court Theatre (Chicago) , // as Sadiku Jonathon Wilson
THE ROVER // at Goodman Theatre, Chgo, // as Callis Kyle Donnelly
STEPPIN’ OUT (=89 JEFF Award) // at Steppenwolf (Chicago) , // as Rose Rondi Reed
HAVE YOU SEEN ZANDILE? ( = ’88JEFFAward) // at Chicago Theatre Comp. , //
as GoGo Gcina Mhlope
STEAL AWAY // at Chicago Theatre Comp. , // as Sudy Michael Perkins
MISS DESSA // at Chicago Theatre Comp. , // as Sister Delia J. Coy
BLACK GIRL // at Dallas: Minority Rep. , // as Rose Carol Frost
ZOOMAN AND THE SUN // at New Arts Theatre (Dallas) , // as Ash Charles Hillman
FUNNY GIRL // at Dallas: Summer Musicale, // as Emma Garson Kanin
GOD’S FAVORITE // at Granny’s Din. T. (Dallas) , // as Madie (Neil Simon play)
HOUSE OF FLOWERS // at Theatre Three (Dallas) , // as Mme. Fleur Larry O’Dwyer
FOR COLORED GIRLS // at Theatre Three, // as Lady Red Larry O’Dwyer
MEMBER OF THE WEDDING // at Theatre Three, // as Bernice Jack Alder
PURLIE // at Theatre Three, // as Missy Steve Tobolasky
Other work done in the past: Apprentice butcher, radio show host, bartender,
sign-painter, nurse’s aide (LVN), poet, painter, & writer.
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HONORS Received: From: Year: Type: Subject:
African-American Repertory Theater [aareptheater.com]: named Irma as Artistic Director DeSoto, TX 2008, Jan. Acting Theater
SPINDLETOP FILM HALL OF FAME: Beaumont, TX 2007 Acting Film
IRMA P. HALL THEATER FESTIVAL: at A. Maceo Smith High School, Dallas 2007, April 21 Acting
Theater
TEXAS FILM HALL OF FAME: Austin, TX (introduced by Coen Bros.) 2007, March Acting Film
Interviewer for Tribute to RUBY DEE: Chicago Int'l Film Festival 2006, Oct. 13 Acting Film
BLACK HISTORY MAKER (at DuSable Museum, Chicago) 2006, Jan. 18 Acting Film, Theater
WOMEN IN FILM (Dallas; Topaz Gala) 2005, Oct. Acting Film
STREET named in Irma's Honor: Irma P. Hall Way (2005, June 3) Acting Film, Theater
2004 Acting Film 40th CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL: CAREER ACHIEVEMENT
AWARD, BLACK PERSPECTIVES Chicago Int’l. Film Festival 2004 (Oct. 16)
Career Achievement: = Film
CANNES Film Festival JURY PRIZE for work in Coen Brothers’ film “THE LADYKILLERS”
(= 2004, May; costarred with Tom Hanks) Cannes, France
LIFE & TIMES OF BLACK DALLAS WOMEN Dallas, TX 2002 Career / Life Achievement
Community Svcs., Film, Theatre,
BTAA Millennium Honoree Award 2001 Career / Life Achievement Film, Theatre Texas College:
Alumni of the Year = UNCF-CIAC Award Dallas, TX 2000 Educational Literary
JOSEPH JEFFERSON (“JEFF”) Award) as Best Actress for work in play “A RAISIN IN THE SUN”
Chicago; Theatre group 2000 Acting Theatre
Oliver Wendell HOLMES Humanities Communication Academy: award for Outstanding
Services & Dedication to EDUCATION Dallas, TX 1999 Educational Literary
Leon RABIN award as Best Supporting Actress for work in play “A RAISIN IN THE SUN”
Dallas Theatre League 1999 Acting Theatre (Figurine: Man holding star)
DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY: In Recognition of Our Heritage, award to Actress
1999 Career / Life Achievement Film, Theatre
PRIMETIME TV: EMMY for made-for-TV film “A LESSON BEFORE DYING”
Academy of TV Arts 1998-1999 Film (TV) award Film
CHICAGO Magazine’s CHICAGOAN OF THE YEAR Award Chicago, IL 1998
Career / Life Achievement Film, Theatre
WOMEN IN FILM & TELEVISION / Chicago: ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Chicago, IL 1998
Career / Life Achievement Film, Theatre (= Lucite)
BRIAR CLIFF COLLEGE award: Lifelong TEACHER & Learner – Woman of Faith & Family –
Generous Ambassador award Sioux City, IA 1998 Educational Literary
Black History Chronicles: MARION BUTTS “PILLARS OF THE COMMUNITY” LEGEND –
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT AWARD Dallas, TX 1998 Career / Life Achievement Film, Theatre
NAACP 29th annual “IMAGE” Award as Outstanding Supporting Actress for work in the
motion picture“SOUL FOOD” NAACP 1997 Acting Film (Figurine: Man holding globe aloft)
JOSEPH JEFFERSON (“JEFF”) Award) for ensemble work in play “TIME TO BURN” Chicago, IL
1997 Acting (at Steppenwolf) Theatre
CHICAGO SENIOR CITIZENS HALL OF FAME Chicago, IL 1997 Career / Life Achievement Film,
Theatre THEATRE SCHOOL OF DEPAUL UNIVERSITY Chicago, IL 1996 Career /
Life Achievement Theatre (Wedgwood vase)
CHICAGO FILM CRITICS award as: Best Supporting Actress for work in the film
“A FAMILY THING” Chicago, IL 1996 Acting Film (Lucite statue)
CAMIE (Character And Morality In Entertainment) Award for “MISS LETTIE & ME”
CAMIE 1993 Film award Film (Figurine: Woman)
JOSEPH JEFFERSON (“JEFF”) Award) for ensemble work in play “STEPPIN’ OUT” Chicago;
Theatre group 1989 Acting Theatre
JOSEPH JEFFERSON (“JEFF”) Award) as Best Supporting Actress in play “HAVE YOU SEEN ZANDILE?”
Chicago; Theatre group 1988 Acting Theatre
INTERNATIONAL BIOGRAPHY: A CENTURY OF CLASS – 100 YEARS OF EDUCATION
Literary Lions, Texas 1976 Educational Literary
Dallas Committee of 100: Outstanding Achievement in the field of FINE ARTS award
Dallas, TX 1976 Career / Life Achievement Film, Theatre, Etc.
James Madison High School: Outstanding Leadership Award (Interscholastic
League Activities) Dallas, TX 1974 Educational Literary
