Irma P. Hall

Irma Dolores Player Hall (born June 3, 1935) is an American actress who has appeared in films and television shows since the early 1970s. Hall often played matriarchal figures in films including ''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. Hall earned an NAACP Image Award nomination for portraying the character in the film version.

She also appeared in ''Collateral'' and two films by director Werner Herzog. For her performance in ''The Ladykillers'', she won the Jury Prize at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival. Provided by Wikipedia