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