Cast
Ruth de Souza
Acting
Cast
Ruth de Souza
Known for
Acting
Born
1921-05-12
From
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Died
2019-07-28
Also known as Рут де Соуза, ルース・デ・ソウザ, 루스 드 소자
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.
★6.3
MOVIE1961
Bruma Seca
as Luisa
MOVIE1987
Memória Vera Cruz: A Recuperação de um Sonho
★7.0
MOVIE2000
O Aleijadinho - Paixão, Glória e Suplício
as Joana
★10.0
MOVIE2001
Distraída para a Morte
as Carolina de Jesus
★10.0
MOVIE1948
Falta Alguém no Manicômio
★6.4
MOVIE2005
Daughters of the Wind
as Cida
★7.1
MOVIE1954
Candinho
as Dona Manuela
★6.0
MOVIE2022
Primavera
as Josephina / Matilda / Madre Amélia
★6.6
MOVIE1960
Death Commands Brigandage
as Rezadeira
MOVIE2011
Abdias Nascimento
★6.0
MOVIE1959
Ravina
★9.0
MOVIE1957
Osso, Amor e Papagaios
★8.0
MOVIE2018
Inezita
★7.5
MOVIE1960
Macumba Love
as Mama Rata-loi
★3.6
MOVIE1994
Boca
as Mrs. Esteban
MOVIE2003
A Mãe e o Filho da Mãe
★7.0
MOVIE1963
O Cabeleira
★7.0
MOVIE1951
Angela
as Divina
★9.0
MOVIE1975
Pureza Proibida
★7.6
MOVIE1949
Também Somos Irmãos
as Rosália
★8.0
MOVIE1950
The Shadow of Another
★9.0
MOVIE1956
Quem Matou Anabela?
as Shirley
MOVIE2026
Ecos do Teatro Experimental do Negro
★8.4
MOVIE2000
Denying Brazil
as Herself
★4.5
MOVIE1991
High Art
as Old Woman Kissing
★10.0
MOVIE1974
Um Homem Célebre
★8.0
MOVIE1990
Only One Survived
as Mama Santa
★7.0
MOVIE1951
Terra é Sempre Terra
★7.0
MOVIE1981
Fruit of Love
MOVIE1994
O Construtor de Sonhos
★5.9
MOVIE2014
O Vendedor de Passados
as Dona Célia
★8.0
MOVIE1976
Pontal da Solidão
as Narração
★8.0
MOVIE1977
Who Killed Pacifico?
MOVIE1994
Eu, Mulher Negra
★8.0
MOVIE1962
Assault on the Pay Train
as Judith
★5.2
MOVIE1999
A Fit of Rage
as Mariana
MOVIE2022
Conversations with Ruth de Souza
★5.6
MOVIE2016
Pitanga
as Self
MOVIE2018
Carolina Maria de Jesus
as Self
★9.0
MOVIE1963
Gimba, Presidente dos Valentes
★5.9
MOVIE1968
The Naked Man
as Testemunha de Jeová
MOVIE2020
Women's Cinema
as Self
★7.5
MOVIE1960
Favela
★5.8
MOVIE1953
The Landowner's Daughter
as Sabina
★5.6
MOVIE1987
Jubiabá
as Tia Luiza
★9.0
MOVIE1949
Terra Violenta
as Empregada
★8.6
MOVIE2020
Emicida: AmarElo - It's All for Yesterday
as Self (archive footage)
★9.0
MOVIE1959
Lonesome Women
MOVIE2013
Inezita Barroso - A Voz e a Viola
★7.0
MOVIE1977
Sweet Thieves
as Rainha Louca
★7.0
MOVIE2001
Movie Theaters of Rio
as Self
MOVIE2020
Ney - À Flor da Pele
as Self
MOVIE2019
Pressed, Ripped Apart
as (archive footage)
MOVIE1989
As Divas Negras do Cinema Brasileiro
MOVIE2009
Em Quadro: A História de 4 Negros nas Telas
as Self
★10.0
MOVIE2019
Filhas de Lavadeiras
as herself