Hollywood Express@hollywoodexpressIrma P. Hall, the actress known for her matriarch roles, has died at 91 in Dallas. Her relatives shared the news on Wednesday.
She picked up an NAACP Image Award for Soul Food and a Cannes prize for The Lady Killers. She was 60 when she was cast in her first major movie, A Family Thing, alongside James Earl Jones and Robert Duvall.
She taught in Dallas public schools for more than 20 years before acting full time in 1980. She also founded the Dallas Minority Repertory Theatre to help develop young talent.
