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
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
- 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 · 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)
- 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