Personal Info
Birth date
1921-05-12 (104 Years)
Day of death
2019-07-28
Gender
Female
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Also known as
Рут де Соуза
ルース・デ・ソウザ
루스 드 소자
露丝·德·索萨
रूथ डी सोज़ा
Ruth de Souza
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
The Clone
8
Overview:
Human cloning. The Islamic world. Two young people, two different cultures, two different beliefs. An impossible love story that not even time could erase. During a trip to Morocco, Lucas has a forbidden romance with Jade. He returns to Brazil after the death of his twin brother Diogo. A close family friend, scientist Albieri uses this situation to produce the first human clone using cells taken from Lucas. Twenty years later, Jade, Lucas and his clone form an odd love triangle.Sinhá Moça
8
Overview:
Monarchists and Republicans confront themselves in Araruna, a small town in the interior of São Paulo, in 1886, two years before the promulgation of the Golden Law. Sinhá Moça's love story, daughter of Colonel Ferreira, Baron de Araruna, and a slave-boy, with the young Dr. Rodolfo, an active Republican abolitionist, faced with the difficulties of the campaign for the abolition of slaves. The two meet on the train, when Sinhá Moça, after completing her studies in the provincial capital, returns to Araruna. Like Rodolfo, she has abolitionist ideas and criticizes her father's attitudes, fighting for the defense of blacks. Sinhá Moça, together with Rodolfo and other abolitionists, invade the slave quarters at night and liberate the blacks, giving them to the abolitionist associations, which guide them towards freedom.Corpo a Corpo
9.2
Overview:
Eloá and Osmar's marriage is thrown into crisis when a mysterious man crosses their path. With a thirst for prestige and power, Eloá will face the consequences of her ambition.Memorial de Maria Moura
7.6
Overview:
Adapted from the homonymous work by Rachel de Queiroz, it presents the saga of a woman against female submission in nineteenth-century patriarchal society.Helena
8
Overview:
When his father passes away, Estácio (Osmar Prado) and his aunt Úrsula (Ida Gomes) receive his will and are surprised to discover that most of the inheritance was left to Helena (Lúcia Alves), a previously unknown daughter. In the will, her father asks that his daughter be taken in by her relatives. The news infuriates Úrsula, who has been in charge of the family business and caring for Estácio since his mother passed away, and does not accept Helena willingly, seeing her as an intruder in the family. In addition to Úrsula, someone who is not pleased with the girl's arrival is Dr. Camargo (Rogério Fróes), father of Eugênia (Ângela Valério), Estácio's fiancée. Even so, Estácio obeys his father's request and takes the girl to live with his family. Helena has a cheerful and outgoing temperament and her arrival affects everyone's lives. At first, she is hostile to Úrsula, but later wins her sympathy.O Bem-Amado
9
Overview:
O Bem-Amado is a Brazilian telenovela that first aired on Rede Globo in 1973. It is based on a play by Dias Gomes called Odorico, o Bem-Amado ou Os Mistérios do Amor e da Morte, written in 1962. It was the first Brazilian color telenovela. It was shot in Rio de Janeiro. Broadcast by Rede Globo between January 22 and October 3, 1973.High Art
4.5
Overview:
Peter Mandrake, a North-American photojournalist becomes embroiled in South America's dangerous underworld of pimps, drug gangs and arms smugglers when he sets out to find the killer of a local call girl.Emicida: AmarElo - It's All for Yesterday
8.6
Overview:
Between scenes from his concert in São Paulo's oft-inaccessible Theatro Municipal, rapper and activist Emicida celebrates the rich legacy of Black Brazilian culture.Boca
3.5
Overview:
A photo-journalist goes to Brazil to investigate a savage crime boss. She becomes infatuated with the story.Pitanga
5.6
Overview:
This documentary investigates the aesthetic, political and existential trajectory of emblematic Black Brazilian actor Antônio Pitanga. His career spans over five decades, and he has worked with iconic Brazilian filmmakers Glauber Rocha, Cacá Diegues and Walter Lima Jr. He was a prominent figurehead and outspoken activist during the Brazilian dictatorship, a period of unrest in Brazilian cinema. "Pitanga" deep dives into the world of Antônio and the history of Brazil. The documentary was directed by his daughter Camila Pitanga, one of widely recognised faces in Brazilian television and cinema right now. The film is also a poem, and a tender ode to fatherhood.Acting
2022Conversations with Ruth de Souza as Unknown
2022Primavera as Josephina / Matilda / Madre Amélia
2020Emicida: AmarElo - It's All for Yesterday as Self (archive footage)
2020O Cinema das Mulheres as Self
2019Filhas de Lavadeiras as herself
2019Pressed, Ripped Apart as (archive footage)
2018Inezita as Unknown
2018Carolina Maria de Jesus as Self
2016Pitanga as Self
2014O Vendedor de Passados as Dona Célia
2013Inezita Barroso - A Voz e a Viola as Unknown
2011Abdias Nascimento as Unknown
2009Em Quadro: A História de 4 Negros nas Telas as Self
2005Daughters of the Wind as Cida
2003A Mãe e o Filho da Mãe as Unknown
2001The Clone (221 Episodes) as Dona Mocinha da Silva
2001Movie Theaters of Rio as Self
2001Distraída para a Morte as Carolina de Jesus
2000Denying Brazil as Herself
2000O Aleijadinho - Paixão, Glória e Suplício as Joana
1999A Fit of Rage as Mariana
1994Boca as Mrs. Esteban
1994O Construtor de Sonhos as Unknown
1994Eu, Mulher Negra as Unknown
1994Memorial de Maria Moura (19 Episodes) as Sia Mena
1991High Art as Old Woman Kissing
1990Only One Survived as Mama Santa
1990Rainha da Sucata (2 Episodes) as Juíza Elizabeth Andrade
1989As Divas Negras do Cinema Brasileiro as Unknown
1987Mandala (185 Episodes) as Zezé (Maria José Barbosa)
1987Jubiabá as Tia Luiza
1987Memória Vera Cruz: A Recuperação de um Sonho as Unknown
1987The Legacy of Guldenburgs (1 Episode) as Antonia
1986Sinhá Moça (173 Episodes) as Balbina
1984Corpo a Corpo (179 Episodes) as Jurema Nascimento Rangel
1982Sétimo Sentido (1 Episode) as Jerusa
1981Fruit of Love as Unknown
1980Olhai os Lírios do Campo (108 Episodes) as Mariana
1978Sinal de Alerta (130 Episodes) as Adelaide
1977Sinhazinha Flô (1 Episode) as Justa
1977Who Killed Pacifico? as Unknown
1977Sweet Thieves as Rainha Louca
1976Pontal da Solidão as Unknown
1976Duas Vidas (157 Episodes) as Elisa
1976O Casarão (159 Episodes) as marchand da galeria de arte
1975O Grito (135 Episodes) as Albertina
1975Helena (20 Episodes) as Madalena
1975Pureza Proibida as Unknown
1974O Rebu (112 Episodes) as Lourdes
1974Um Homem Célebre as Unknown
1973Os Ossos do Barão (127 Episodes) as Elisa
1973O Bem-Amado (178 Episodes) as Francisca (Chiquinha do Parto)
1972Bicho do Mato (167 Episodes) as Zilda
1971O Homem Que Deve Morrer (1 Episode) as Das Dores (Ma. das Dores)
1970Assim na Terra Como no Céu (177 Episodes) as Isabel
1970Pigmalião 70 (204 Episodes) as Unknown
1969Verão Vermelho (1 Episode) as Clementina
1969A Cabana do Pai Tomás (1 Episode) as Cloé
1968Passo dos Ventos (1 Episode) as Mãe Tuiá
1968The Naked Man as Testemunha de Jeová
1965A Deusa Vencida (106 Episodes) as Narcisa
1963Gimba, Presidente dos Valentes as Unknown
1963O Cabeleira as Unknown
1962Assault on the Pay Train as Judith
1961Bruma Seca as Luisa
1960Death Commands Brigandage as Rezadeira
1960Macumba Love as Mama Rata-loi
1960Favela as Unknown
1959Lonesome Women as Unknown
1959Ravina as Unknown
1957Osso, Amor e Papagaios as Unknown
1956Quem matou Anabela? as Shirley
1954Candinho as Manuela
1953The Landowner's Daughter as Sabina
1951Terra é Sempre Terra as Unknown
1951Angela as Unknown
1950The Shadow of Another as Unknown
1949Também Somos Irmãos as Rosália
1949Terra Violenta as Empregada
1948Falta Alguém no Manicômio as Unknown