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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 1043
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WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to |
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recognize Irma P. Hall on the grand occasion of her 80th birthday; and |
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WHEREAS, A woman of great charm, grace, and talent, Irma |
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Hall is well known for her generosity of spirit, and she is a |
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beloved resident of Dallas; and |
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WHEREAS, She was born June 3, 1935, in Beaumont; she grew |
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up on the South Side of Chicago and attended Briar Cliff College |
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in Sioux City, Iowa, before returning to Texas; and |
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WHEREAS, She was enjoying a long and productive career as a |
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language teacher in Dallas when she was discovered by director |
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Raymond St. Jacques, who cast her in the film Book of Numbers; she |
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worked steadily in television and films throughout the 1980s, but |
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her career took off after her performance as Aunt T. in A Family |
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Thing in 1996 earned her a Chicago Film Critics Association Award |
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and a Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award; and |
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WHEREAS, She went on to work in such major films as Nothing |
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to Lose and Steel before being cast as Big Mama Joseph in the |
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box-office hit Soul Food, and she reprised the role in the |
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spin-off television series; she was cast in the acclaimed role of |
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Marva Munson in the 2004 remake of The Ladykillers, for which she |
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received an Image Award and a Jury Prize at the 2004 Cannes Film |
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Festival; she continues to be in great demand for television and |
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film roles; and |
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WHEREAS, A beloved and respected member of her community, |
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she is noted for her warmth, her wit, and her wise counsel, and |
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she inspires those around her with her enthusiasm for living each |
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day to the fullest; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 84th |
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Legislature, hereby extend best wishes to Irma P. Hall on the |
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occasion of her 80th birthday; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for |
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her as an expression of esteem from the Texas Senate. |
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President of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that the |
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above Resolution was adopted by |
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the Senate on May 30, 2015. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |