Personal info
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 5/12/1921
- Birthplace
- Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Died
- 7/28/2019 (aged 98)
- Gender
- Female
- Also known as
- Рут де Соуза, ルース・デ・ソウザ, 루스 드 소자, 露丝·德·索萨, रूथ डी सोज़ा
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.
12 titles
The Clone
2001TV
Dona Mocinha da Silva
Emicida: AmarElo - It's All for Yesterday
2020
Self (archive footage)
Assault on the Pay Train
1962
Judith
O Vendedor de Passados
2014
Dona Célia
A Fit of Rage
1999
Mariana
High Art
1991
Old Woman Kissing
If I Close My Eyes Now
2019TV
Madalena dos Santos
Rainha da Sucata
1990TV
Juíza Elizabeth Andrade
Boca
1994
Mrs. Esteban
Jubiabá
1987
Tia Luiza
Memorial de Maria Moura
1994TV
Sia Mena
The Legacy of Guldenburgs
1987TV
Antonia
