Ruth de Souza
Known for Acting
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
Boca
1994
as Mrs. Esteban
High Art
1991
as Old Woman Kissing
Macumba Love
1960
as Mama Rata-loi
Terra Violenta
1949
as Empregada
The Naked Man
1968
as Testemunha de Jeová
A Fit of Rage
1999
as Mariana
Denying Brazil
2000
as Herself
Pitanga
2016
as Self
Emicida: AmarElo - It's All for Yesterday
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Angela
1951
Terra é Sempre Terra
1951
Assault on the Pay Train
1962
as Judith
Daughters of the Wind
2005
as Cida
O Aleijadinho - Paixão, Glória e Suplício
2000
as Joana
Sweet Thieves
1977
as Rainha Louca
Gimba, Presidente dos Valentes
1963
Também Somos Irmãos
1949
as Rosália
Um Homem Célebre
1974
Jubiabá
1987
as Tia Luiza
Abdias Nascimento
2011