Ruth de Souza
Birthday
1921/05/12
Day of death
2019/07/28 (98 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Also know as
Рут де Соуза
Biography
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.
Acting
(2003) A Mãe e o Filho da Mãe
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(2011) Abdias Nascimento
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(2022) Conversations with Ruth de Souza
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(1954) Candinho
as Manuela
(2005) Daughters of the Wind
as Cida
(2022) Primavera
as Josephina / Matilda / Madre Amélia
(2001) Distraída para a Morte
as Carolina de Jesus
(1994) Boca
as Mrs. Esteban
(1956) Quem matou Anabela?
as Shirley
(1974) Um Homem Célebre
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(1960) Macumba Love
as Mama Rata-loi
(1953) The Landowner's Daughter
as Sabina
(1960) Death Commands Brigandage
as Rezadeira
(1962) Assault on the Pay Train
as Judith
(1999) A Fit of Rage
as Mariana
(1968) The Naked Man
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(1990) Only One Survived
as Mama Santa
(1949) Também Somos Irmãos
as Rosália
(1987) Jubiabá
as Tia Luiza
(1957) Osso, Amor e Papagaios
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(2000) Denying Brazil
as Herself
(2009) Em Quadro: A História de 4 Negros nas Telas
as Self
(2014) O Vendedor de Passados
as Dona Célia
(1959) Lonesome Women
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(1981) Fruit of Love
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(1959) Ravina
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(2001) Movie Theaters of Rio
as Self
(1975) Pureza Proibida
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(1951) Angela
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(1961) Bruma Seca
as Luisa
(1948) Falta Alguém no Manicômio
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(1977) Sweet Thieves
as Rainha Louca
(1951) Terra é Sempre Terra
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(2000) O Aleijadinho - Paixão, Glória e Suplício
as Joana
(1963) O Cabeleira
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(1963) Gimba, Presidente dos Valentes
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(1991) High Art
as Old Woman Kissing
(1976) Pontal da Solidão
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(1950) The Shadow of Another
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(1960) Favela
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(2016) Pitanga
as Self
(1977) Who Killed Pacifico?
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(2013) Inezita Barroso - A Voz e a Viola
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(1987) Memória Vera Cruz: A Recuperação de um Sonho
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(1989) As Divas Negras do Cinema Brasileiro
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(2018) Inezita
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(2019) Pressed, Ripped Apart
as (archive footage)
(1994) O Construtor de Sonhos
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(1949) Terra Violenta
as Empregada
(2019) Filhas de Lavadeiras
as herself
(1994) Eu, Mulher Negra
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(2020) Emicida: AmarElo - It's All for Yesterday
as Self (archive footage)
(1973) O Bem-Amado
as Francisca (Chiquinha do Parto)
(1994) Memorial de Maria Moura
as Siá Mena
(1971) O Homem Que Deve Morrer
as Das Dores (Ma. das Dores)
(1982) Sétimo Sentido
as Jerusa
(1987) The Legacy of Guldenburgs
as Antonia
(1974) O Rebu
as Lourdes
(2001) The Clone
as Dona Mocinha da Silva
(1987) Mandala
as Zezé (Maria José Barbosa)
(1984) Corpo a Corpo
as Jurema Nascimento Rangel
(1977) Sinhazinha Flô
as Justa
(1990) Rainha da Sucata
as Juíza Elizabeth Andrade
(1969) A Cabana do Pai Tomás
as Cloé