Overview
Known for
Acting
Gender
Other
Birthday
May 12, 1921 (104 years old)
Death date
Jul 28, 2019
Ruth de Souza
Known For
Emicida: AmarElo - It's All for Yesterday
Between scenes from his concert in São Paulo's oft-inaccessible Theatro...
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.
Acting
2022
Conversations with Ruth de Souza
2020
Emicida: AmarElo - It's All for Yesterday
2020
O Cinema das Mulheres
2019
Filhas de Lavadeiras
2018
Inezita
2018
Carolina Maria de Jesus
2016
Pitanga
2013
Inezita Barroso - A Voz e a Viola
2011
Abdias Nascimento
2009
Em Quadro: A História de 4 Negros nas Telas
2003
A Mãe e o Filho da Mãe
2001
The Clone
2001
Movie Theaters of Rio
2001
Distraída para a Morte
2000
Denying Brazil
2000
O Aleijadinho - Paixão, Glória e Suplício
1999
A Fit of Rage
1994
O Construtor de Sonhos
1994
Eu, Mulher Negra
1994
Memorial de Maria Moura
1991
High Art
1990
Only One Survived
1989
As Divas Negras do Cinema Brasileiro
1987
Mandala
1987
Jubiabá
1987
Memória Vera Cruz: A Recuperação de um Sonho