Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
May 12, 1921
Died
July 28, 2019
Age
98
Place of Birth
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Popularity
0.6
Ruth de Souza
Acting
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.
Also known as
Рут де Соуза · ルース・デ・ソウザ · 루스 드 소자 · 露丝·德·索萨 · रूथ डी सोज़ा
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Known For
Filmography
2026
Ecos do Teatro Experimental do Negro
Movie
0.0
2022
Conversations with Ruth de Souza
Movie
0.0
2022
Primavera
Movie · Josephina / Matilda / Madre Amélia
6.0
2020
Emicida: AmarElo - It's All for Yesterday
Movie · Self (archive footage)
8.6
2020
Ney - À Flor da Pele
Movie · Self
0.0
2020
Women's Cinema
Movie · Self
0.0
2019
Filhas de Lavadeiras
Movie · herself
10.0
2019
Pressed, Ripped Apart
Movie · (archive footage)
0.0
2019
If I Close My Eyes Now
TV · Madalena dos Santos
7.9
2018
Inezita
Movie
8.0
2018
Carolina Maria de Jesus
Movie · Self
0.0
2016
Pitanga
Movie · Self
5.6
2014
O Vendedor de Passados
Movie · Dona Célia
5.9
2013
Inezita Barroso - A Voz e a Viola
Movie
0.0
2011
Abdias Nascimento
Movie
0.0
2009
Em Quadro: A História de 4 Negros nas Telas
Movie · Self
0.0
2005
Daughters of the Wind
Movie · Cida
6.4
2003
A Mãe e o Filho da Mãe
Movie
0.0
2001
The Clone
TV · Dona Mocinha da Silva
8.1
2001
Movie Theaters of Rio
Movie · Self
7.0
2001
Distraída para a Morte
Movie · Carolina de Jesus
10.0
2000
Denying Brazil
Movie · Herself
8.4
2000
O Aleijadinho - Paixão, Glória e Suplício
Movie · Joana
7.0
1999
A Fit of Rage
Movie · Mariana
5.2