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Ruth de Souza

May 12, 1921 (103 years old) in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Ruth Pinto de Souza was considered one of the great ladies of Brazilian dramaturgy and the first great reference for black artists on television for her notable roles. Ruth stood out for being the first black actress to star in a soap opera on Rede Globo in A Cabana do Pai Tomás (1969) — and the second on Brazilian television, after Yolanda Braga, in A Cor da Sua Pele (1965) on TV Tupi — in addition to being the first Brazilian artist nominated for the best actress award at an international film festival, for her work in Sinhá Moça (1954) at the Venice Film Festival.

Known For

The Clone

Rainha da Sucata

O Bem-Amado

Corpo a Corpo

Mandala

Credits

2022 · Conversations with Ruth de Souza as
2022 · Primavera as Josephina / Matilda / Madre Amélia
2020 · Emicida: AmarElo - It's All for Yesterday as Self (archive footage)
2019 · Filhas de Lavadeiras as herself
2019 · Pressed, Ripped Apart as (archive footage)
2018 · Inezita as
2016 · Pitanga as Self
2014 · O Vendedor de Passados as Dona Célia
2013 · Inezita Barroso - A Voz e a Viola as
2011 · Abdias Nascimento as
2009 · Em Quadro: A História de 4 Negros nas Telas as Self
2005 · Daughters of the Wind as Cida
2003 · A Mãe e o Filho da Mãe as
2001 · The Clone as Dona Mocinha da Silva
2001 · Movie Theaters of Rio as Self
2001 · Distraída para a Morte as Carolina de Jesus
2000 · Denying Brazil as Herself
2000 · O Aleijadinho - Paixão, Glória e Suplício as Joana
1999 · A Fit of Rage as Mariana
1994 · Boca as Mrs. Esteban
1994 · O Construtor de Sonhos as
1994 · Eu, Mulher Negra as
1994 · Memorial de Maria Moura as Siá Mena
1991 · High Art as Old Woman Kissing
1990 · Only One Survived as Mama Santa
1990 · Rainha da Sucata as Juíza Elizabeth Andrade
1989 · As Divas Negras do Cinema Brasileiro as
1987 · Mandala as Zezé (Maria José Barbosa)
1987 · Jubiabá as Tia Luiza
1987 · Memória Vera Cruz: A Recuperação de um Sonho as
1987 · The Legacy of Guldenburgs as Antonia
1984 · Corpo a Corpo as Jurema Nascimento Rangel
1982 · Sétimo Sentido as Jerusa
1981 · Fruit of Love as
1977 · Sinhazinha Flô as Justa
1977 · Who Killed Pacifico? as
1977 · Sweet Thieves as Rainha Louca
1976 · Pontal da Solidão as
1975 · Pureza Proibida as
1974 · O Rebu as Lourdes
1974 · Um Homem Célebre as
1973 · O Bem-Amado as Francisca (Chiquinha do Parto)
1971 · O Homem Que Deve Morrer as Das Dores (Ma. das Dores)
1969 · A Cabana do Pai Tomás as Cloé
1968 · The Naked Man as
1963 · Gimba, Presidente dos Valentes as
1963 · O Cabeleira as
1962 · Assault on the Pay Train as Judith
1961 · Bruma Seca as Luisa
1960 · Death Commands Brigandage as Rezadeira
1960 · Macumba Love as Mama Rata-loi
1960 · Favela as
1959 · Lonesome Women as
1959 · Ravina as
1957 · Osso, Amor e Papagaios as
1956 · Quem matou Anabela? as Shirley
1954 · Candinho as Manuela
1953 · The Landowner's Daughter as Sabina
1951 · Terra é Sempre Terra as
1951 · Angela as
1950 · The Shadow of Another as
1949 · Também Somos Irmãos as Rosália
1949 · Terra Violenta as Empregada
1948 · Falta Alguém no Manicômio as