Ruth de Souza
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.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 3.471 |
| Birthday | 1921-05-12 |
| Place of Birth | Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Also Known As | Рут де Соуза, |
2005
Daughters of the Wind
6/5
In a small town in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil, two sisters meet again after years apart.
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Daughters of the Wind
1954
Candinho
6.9/4
Candinho is a hillbilly who leaves the countryside, taking his donkey along, and goes to São Paulo, trying to find his mother.
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Candinho
1994
Boca
3.5/6
A photo-journalist goes to Brazil to investigate a savage crime boss. She becomes infatuated with the story.
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Boca
1956
Quem matou Anabela?
0/0
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Quem matou Anabela?
1974
Um Homem Célebre
10/2
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Um Homem Célebre
1960
Macumba Love
5/1
A writer who specializes in exposing fake witchcraft journeys to Brazil to investigate a voodoo cult.
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Macumba Love
1960
Death Commands Brigandage
5.8/4
A man's farm is attacked and his mother gets killed. Looking for revenge, he goes about chasing the men who killed her.
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Death Commands Brigandage
1953
The Landowner's Daughter
5/3
In 19th century Brazil, young people in the State of São Paulo fight against black slavery and the farmers who support it. Against this backdrop, Sinh...
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The Landowner's Daughter
1963
Gimba, Presidente dos Valentes
0/0
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Gimba, Presidente dos Valentes
1962
Assault on the Pay Train
7.923/25
Based on true events in Rio de Janeiro, in 1960, when a gang having the infamous outlaw Tião Medonho as a leader performed a sensational railroad hold...
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Assault on the Pay Train
1999
A Fit of Rage
5.3/12
The torrid love affair between a 40-year-old man who lives isolated from the world, in his small farm nearby São Paulo and a politically engaged 30-ye...
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A Fit of Rage
1968
The Naked Man
6.2/5
A man gets locked naked outside of his apartment.
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The Naked Man
1949
Também Somos Irmãos
7.8/2
Renato and Miro are black brothers raised by a white family in an old mansion in Rio de Janeiro. Renato, a graduated lawyer, has always looked for dig...
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Também Somos Irmãos
1987
Jubiabá
5.2/6
Jubiabá is a French-Brazilian film based on the homonymous novel by Jorge Amado. The film tells the story of the interracial love between the daughte...
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Jubiabá
1957
Osso, Amor e Papagaios
0/0
A small town is taken upside down when an inventor finds a way to turn bones into gold.
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Osso, Amor e Papagaios
1961
Bruma Seca
5.7/3
An executive inherits a mine and decides to visit it with his wife, with the help of an airplane pilot who knows the whole area. The group gets in tro...
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Bruma Seca
1948
Falta Alguém no Manicômio
0/0
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Falta Alguém no Manicômio
2009
Em Quadro: A História de 4 Negros nas Telas
0/0
A documentary that tells the history of 4 famous actors in Brazil.
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Em Quadro: A História de 4 Negros nas Telas
2000
Denying Brazil
8.2/6
A documentary film about the taboos, stereotypes, and struggles of black actors in Brazilian television "soaps". Based on his own memories and on a st...
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Denying Brazil
2014
O Vendedor de Passados
5.7/14
A man, who creates pasts for a living, struggles to find his own past while a mysterious woman takes a dangerous step.
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O Vendedor de Passados
1959
Lonesome Women
0/0
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Lonesome Women
1981
Fruit of Love
0/0
Blum and Elza conduct Scientific and anthropological researches in a desert island, where they use as subjects a old fisherman, the house keeper and a...
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Fruit of Love
1959
Ravina
5/1
A woman, who believes she has a curse, sees an engineer die in an accident while building a bridge. Considering two men who were courting her responsi...
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Ravina
1975
Pureza Proibida
0/0
Baby is found by nuns, who raise her inside the convent. When she grows up, she moves to a fishing village and gives up religious life when she falls...
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Pureza Proibida
1951
Angela
0/0
A woman marries a gambler, thinking she could straighten him up, but he loses all their assets, even their own house, and tries to commit suicide. But...
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Angela
1951
Terra é Sempre Terra
0/0
The administrator of an abandoned coffee farm and inveterate gambler saves money to buy the property, even knowing of the loving connections between h...
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Terra é Sempre Terra
1977
Sweet Thieves
7/5
After assaulting a Hollywood film crew, a group of residents of a community in Rio de Janeiro decided to produce a film that would express the reality...
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Sweet Thieves
2000
O Aleijadinho - Paixão, Glória e Suplício
7/1
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O Aleijadinho - Paixão, Glória e Suplício
1963
O Cabeleira
0/0
Based on the novel by Franklin Távora, the film follows the adventures of a father and a son in 18th century Brazil.
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O Cabeleira
1991
High Art
4.4/10
Peter Mandrake, a North-American photojournalist becomes embroiled in South America's dangerous underworld of pimps, drug gangs and arms smugglers whe...
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High Art
1976
Pontal da Solidão
0/0
A young woman, victim of violence, takes refuge with an old sailor.
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Pontal da Solidão
1950
The Shadow of Another
0/0
A drama about double personality
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The Shadow of Another
1960
Favela
5/1
A girl goes from a favela to the luxurious scenarios of the international singing industry
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Favela
2016
Pitanga
5.6/5
This documentary investigates the aesthetic, political and existential trajectory of emblematic Black Brazilian actor Antônio Pitanga. His career span...
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Pitanga
1977
Who Killed Pacifico?
0/0
Roberto, Pierre and Pedro are very different men, with very different life paths; However, one thing unites them: the three are suspected of having mu...
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Who Killed Pacifico?
1989
As Divas Negras do Cinema Brasileiro
0/0
Interviews and performances with black women on film, theater and television who narrate their lives, careers, discrimination and struggles in the Bra...
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As Divas Negras do Cinema Brasileiro
2013
Inezita Barroso - A Voz e a Viola
0/0
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Inezita Barroso - A Voz e a Viola
1987
Memória Vera Cruz: A Recuperação de um Sonho
0/0
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Memória Vera Cruz: A Recuperação de um Sonho
2018
Inezita
0/0
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Inezita
2019
Pressed, Ripped Apart
0/0
What does Brazilian cinema tell us? What does Brazilian cinema tell us about black actresses and actors? ‘Pressed, Ripped Apart’ makes use of archival...
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Pressed, Ripped Apart
1994
O Construtor de Sonhos
0/0
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O Construtor de Sonhos
1949
Terra Violenta
0/0
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Terra Violenta
2019
Filhas de Lavadeiras
10/1
Stories of black women who, thanks to the relentless toil of their mothers, were able to attend school and retrace the paths treaded by their ancestor...
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Filhas de Lavadeiras
1994
Eu, Mulher Negra
0/0
Prepared by the team of the Program for Training Black Researchers, The video brings together images and voices that talk about the reproductive healt...
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Eu, Mulher Negra
2020
Emicida: AmarElo - It's All for Yesterday
8.7/48
Between scenes from his concert in São Paulo's oft-inaccessible Theatro Municipal, rapper and activist Emicida celebrates the rich legacy of Black Bra...
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Emicida: AmarElo - It's All for Yesterday
2003
A Mãe e o Filho da Mãe
0/0
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A Mãe e o Filho da Mãe
2001
Distraída para a Morte
0/0
Three black teenagers walk around town. The two boys laugh at their own racist jokes while the girl watches them in silence.
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Distraída para a Morte
2022
Primavera
2/1
Moments before a father's death, all of his family memories are transferred to his son through a dream, from the first ancestor, an Englishman living...
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Primavera
1990
Only One Survived
0/0
Four buddies set out on a three-week deep-sea fishing holiday in the Amazon and run into trouble.
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Only One Survived
2011
Abdias Nascimento
0/0
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Abdias Nascimento
2022
Conversations with Ruth de Souza
0/0
Ruth de Souza inaugurates the existence of black actresses on stage, television and cinema in Brazil. She carries within her the genesis of an importa...
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Conversations with Ruth de Souza
2001
Movie Theaters of Rio
0/0
The story of Rio de Janeiro’s movie theaters and the radical transformation they have endured since the invention of Cinema.
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