Ruth de Souza
Born: 1921-05-12 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Died: 2019-07-28
Known For: 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.
Filmography
2022
- Conversations with Ruth de Souza
- Primavera as Josephina / Matilda / Madre Amélia
2020
- O Cinema das Mulheres as Self
- Emicida: AmarElo - It's All for Yesterday as Self (archive footage)
- Ney - À Flor da Pele as Self
2019
- Pressed, Ripped Apart as (archive footage)
- Filhas de Lavadeiras as herself
- If I Close My Eyes Now as Madalena dos Santos
2018
- Inezita
- Carolina Maria de Jesus as Self
2016
- Pitanga as Self
2014
- O Vendedor de Passados as Dona Célia
2011
2009
2005
- Daughters of the Wind as Cida
2001
- The Clone as Dona Mocinha da Silva
- Movie Theaters of Rio as Self
- Distraída para a Morte as Carolina de Jesus
2000
- O Aleijadinho - Paixão, Glória e Suplício as Joana
- Denying Brazil as Herself
1999
- A Fit of Rage as Mariana
1994
- Boca as Mrs. Esteban
- Memorial de Maria Moura as Sia Mena
- O Construtor de Sonhos
- Eu, Mulher Negra
1991
- High Art as Old Woman Kissing
1990
- Rainha da Sucata as Juíza Elizabeth Andrade
- Only One Survived as Mama Santa
1989
- Pacto de Sangue as Mãe Quitinha
- As Divas Negras do Cinema Brasileiro
1988
- Wildcat as Cecília
1987
- Mandala as Zezé (Maria José Barbosa)
- Jubiabá as Tia Luiza
- The Legacy of Guldenburgs as Antonia
- Memória Vera Cruz: A Recuperação de um Sonho
1986
- Sinhá Moça as Balbina
1984
- Corpo a Corpo as Jurema Nascimento Rangel
1982
- Sétimo Sentido as Jerusa
1981
1980
- Olhai os Lírios do Campo as Mariana
1978
- Sinal de Alerta as Adelaide
1977
- Sweet Thieves as Rainha Louca
- Sinhazinha Flô as Justina
- Who Killed Pacifico?
1976
- O Casarão as marchand da galeria de arte
- Duas Vidas as Elisa
- Pontal da Solidão as Narração
1975
- O Grito as Albertina
- Pureza Proibida
- Helena as Madalena
1974
- Um Homem Célebre
- O Rebu as Lourdes
1973
- O Bem-Amado as Francisca (Chiquinha do Parto)
- Os Ossos do Barão as Elisa
1972
- Bicho do Mato as Zilda
1971
- Caso Especial as Laura
- O Homem Que Deve Morrer as Das Dores (Ma. das Dores)
1970
- Pigmalião 70
- Assim na Terra Como no Céu as Isabel
1969
- Verão Vermelho as Clementina
- A Cabana do Pai Tomás as Cloé
1968
- Passo dos Ventos as Mãe Tuiá
- The Naked Man as Testemunha de Jeová
1965
- A Deusa Vencida as Narcisa
1962
- Assault on the Pay Train as Judith
1961
- Bruma Seca as Luisa
1960
- Macumba Love as Mama Rata-loi
- Death Commands Brigandage as Rezadeira
- Favela
1959
1956
- Quem matou Anabela? as Shirley
1954
- Candinho as Dona Manuela
1953
- The Landowner's Daughter as Sabina
1949
- Também Somos Irmãos as Rosália
- Terra Violenta as Empregada