《灵魂大捕贴》「大妈妈」Irma P. Hall在达拉斯逝世，享年91岁：曾凭《快闪杀手》获戛纳评审团奖
以《灵魂大捕贴》中一家之主「大妈妈」一角深受观众喜爱的美国演员 Irma P. Hall，11月10日在德克萨斯州达拉斯逝世，享年91岁。她的家人11月11日发表声明公布死讯，没有说明死因，并表示她是在亲人陪伴下离世的。
Hall 本名 Irma Dolores Player，1935年6月3日生于德克萨斯州博蒙特，在芝加哥长大，后回到德克萨斯州上大学。她在达拉斯公立学校教了二十多年英语和外语。1973年，演员兼导演 Raymond St. Jacques 在达拉斯听她朗诵诗歌后，邀她出演电影《Book of Numbers》，她由此入行，一边教书一边演戏，1980年代起全职从艺。她还参与创办了达拉斯少数族裔剧目剧场。
她60岁时凭《家庭事物》中的重要角色崭露头角。1997年，她在《灵魂大捕贴》中饰演 Joseph 一家的主心骨「大妈妈」Josephine Joseph，拿下有色人种促进协会形象奖最佳女配角，之后又在该片衍生的电视剧集中回归同一角色。2004年，她在科恩兄弟的喜剧《快闪杀手》中与汤姆·汉克斯对戏，饰演读圣经的房东 Marva Munson，凭此角获得戛纳影展评审团奖。她的其他作品包括《午夜善恶花园》《心灵点滴》《落日杀神》与《遇见布朗一家》。
Hall 长期居住在达拉斯，是当地 Inspiring Body of Christ Church 的资深成员。她留下的亲人包括女儿 Irma Hall Crayton。女儿在家人声明中说：「她一开始是教室里的老师，最后成了教导全世界的老师。」追悼安排将由家人另行公布。
汤姆·汉克斯11月13日在社交媒体发文悼念这位昔日搭档，称她「是纯粹的快乐」，并祝愿她的记忆永存。
（来源：Irma P. Hall 家人）
Irma P. Hall, Big Mama in 'Soul Food' and a Cannes Jury Prize Winner for 'The Ladykillers,' Dies in Dallas at 91
Irma P. Hall, the American actor beloved as Big Mama, the matriarch in Soul Food, died on November 10 in Dallas, Texas. She was 91. Her family announced her death in a statement on November 11, giving no cause, and said she died surrounded by loved ones.
Born Irma Dolores Player on June 3, 1935, in Beaumont, Texas, Hall was raised in Chicago and later returned to Texas for college. She taught English and foreign languages in Dallas public schools for more than two decades. In 1973, actor and director Raymond St. Jacques heard her recite poetry in Dallas and cast her in his film Book of Numbers. She continued teaching while taking acting roles, then made performance her full-time work in the 1980s. She also helped establish the Dallas Minority Repertory Theatre.
She was 60 when A Family Thing brought her a major film role. In 1997 she played Josephine "Big Mama" Joseph, the steadying force of the Joseph family in Soul Food, a role that earned her the NAACP Image Award for outstanding supporting actress and that she later reprised in the television series based on the film. In 2004 she played Marva Munson, a Bible-reading landlady opposite Tom Hanks in the Coen brothers' comedy The Ladykillers, a performance that won her the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival. Her other films include Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, Patch Adams, Collateral and Meet the Browns.
Hall was a longtime Dallas resident and a longtime member of the city's Inspiring Body of Christ Church. She is survived by her daughter, Irma Hall Crayton, who said in the family's announcement: "She started as a teacher in the classroom but ended up being a teacher to the world." The family said memorial arrangements would be announced later.
Tom Hanks paid tribute to his former co-star on social media on November 13, calling her "a sheer joy" and writing, "May her memory be eternal."
(Source: Statement from Irma P. Hall's family)
来源：Irma P. Hall 家人
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图片来源：图：法国戛纳影节宫与门前台阶。Hall 凭《快闪杀手》在戛纳获评审团奖；其本人无开放授权照片，本图为影展会场实景、非本人照（原图经裁切）。Jorge Láscar 摄，CC BY，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: The Palais des Festivals in Cannes, France, and its front steps. Hall won the Jury Prize at Cannes for The Ladykillers; no openly licensed portrait of her exists, so this is the festival venue, not a portrait of her (cropped from the original). Photo by Jorge Láscar, CC BY, via Wikimedia Commons.
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