Ruth de Souza
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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
Bruma Seca (1961)
as Luisa
O Aleijadinho - Paixão, Glória e Suplício (2000)
as Joana
Memória Vera Cruz: A Recuperação de um Sonho (1987)
Actor
Candinho (1954)
as Dona Manuela
Abdias Nascimento (2011)
Actor
Death Commands Brigandage (1960)
as Rezadeira
O Cabeleira (1963)
Actor
Distraída para a Morte (2001)
as Carolina de Jesus
Primavera (2022)
as Josephina / Matilda / Madre Amélia
Daughters of the Wind (2005)
as Cida
Falta Alguém no Manicômio (1948)
Actor
Inezita (2018)
Actor
Ravina (1959)
Actor
Macumba Love (1960)
as Mama Rata-loi
Pureza Proibida (1975)
Actor
Ecos do Teatro Experimental do Negro (2026)
Actor
A Mãe e o Filho da Mãe (2003)
Actor
Angela (1951)
as Divina
Boca (1994)
as Mrs. Esteban
Osso, Amor e Papagaios (1957)
Actor
Também Somos Irmãos (1949)
as Rosália
Quem Matou Anabela? (1956)
as Shirley
The Shadow of Another (1950)
Actor
O Vendedor de Passados (2014)
as Dona Célia
Um Homem Célebre (1974)
Actor
Denying Brazil (2000)
as Herself
Fruit of Love (1981)
Actor
Terra é Sempre Terra (1951)
Actor
Who Killed Pacifico? (1977)
Actor
High Art (1991)
as Old Woman Kissing
O Construtor de Sonhos (1994)
Actor
Pontal da Solidão (1976)
as Narração
Eu, Mulher Negra (1994)
Actor
Only One Survived (1990)
as Mama Santa
Emicida: AmarElo - It's All for Yesterday (2020)
as Self (archive footage)
A Fit of Rage (1999)
as Mariana
Conversations with Ruth de Souza (2022)
Actor
Carolina Maria de Jesus (2018)
as Self
Assault on the Pay Train (1962)
as Judith
The Landowner's Daughter (1953)
as Sabina
Pitanga (2016)
as Self
Jubiabá (1987)
as Tia Luiza
Gimba, Presidente dos Valentes (1963)
Actor
The Naked Man (1968)
as Testemunha de Jeová
Women's Cinema (2020)
as Self
Favela (1960)
Actor
Terra Violenta (1949)
as Empregada
Sweet Thieves (1977)
as Rainha Louca
Ney - À Flor da Pele (2020)
as Self
Lonesome Women (1959)
Actor
Movie Theaters of Rio (2001)
as Self
Filhas de Lavadeiras (2019)
as herself
As Divas Negras do Cinema Brasileiro (1989)
Actor
Em Quadro: A História de 4 Negros nas Telas (2009)
as Self
Pressed, Ripped Apart (2019)
as (archive footage)
Inezita Barroso - A Voz e a Viola (2013)
Actor