LifestyleThe GuardianVeteran actor Irma P Hall, star of The Ladykillers, dies aged 91
Veteran American actress Irma P Hall, best known for Soul Food and The Ladykillers, has died at the age of 91.
Once a Dallas school teacher, Hall became a star in later life with roles in Soul Food and Collateral
Irma P Hall, the Texas-born actress who starred in Soul Food and won a Cannes special jury prize for The Ladykillers, has died aged 91.
Hall spent 27 years as a Houston high school teacher before turning to acting in her 40s, going on to work with Denzel Washington, Tom Hanks and the Coen brothers.
Her family remembered her as an actress, author, poet and educator whose legacy includes the annual Irma P Hall Black Theatre awards in Dallas-Fort Worth.
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