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Birthday: May 12, 1921
Place of Birth: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Ruth de Souza

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.

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