Ruth de Souza

Explore Ruth de Souza's movie filmography on ReelBot, including film credits, roles, release dates, ratings, and movie details.

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

• Ecos do Teatro Experimental do Negro (2026)
• Conversations with Ruth de Souza (2022)
• Primavera (2022)
• Emicida: AmarElo - It's All for Yesterday (2020)
• Ney - À Flor da Pele (2020)
• Women's Cinema (2020)
• Filhas de Lavadeiras (2019)
• Pressed, Ripped Apart (2019)
• Inezita (2018)
• Carolina Maria de Jesus (2018)
• Pitanga (2016)
• O Vendedor de Passados (2014)
• Inezita Barroso - A Voz e a Viola (2013)
• Abdias Nascimento (2011)
• Em Quadro: A História de 4 Negros nas Telas (2009)
• Daughters of the Wind (2005)
• A Mãe e o Filho da Mãe (2003)
• Movie Theaters of Rio (2001)
• Distraída para a Morte (2001)
• Denying Brazil (2000)
• O Aleijadinho - Paixão, Glória e Suplício (2000)
• A Fit of Rage (1999)
• Boca (1994)
• O Construtor de Sonhos (1994)
• Eu, Mulher Negra (1994)
• High Art (1991)
• Only One Survived (1990)
• As Divas Negras do Cinema Brasileiro (1989)
• Jubiabá (1987)
• Memória Vera Cruz: A Recuperação de um Sonho (1987)
• Fruit of Love (1981)
• Who Killed Pacifico? (1977)
• Sweet Thieves (1977)
• Pontal da Solidão (1976)
• Pureza Proibida (1975)
• Um Homem Célebre (1974)
• The Naked Man (1968)
• Gimba, Presidente dos Valentes (1963)
• O Cabeleira (1963)
• Assault on the Pay Train (1962)
• Bruma Seca (1961)
• Death Commands Brigandage (1960)
• Macumba Love (1960)
• Favela (1960)
• Lonesome Women (1959)
• Ravina (1959)
• Osso, Amor e Papagaios (1957)
• Quem Matou Anabela? (1956)
• Candinho (1954)
• The Landowner's Daughter (1953)
• Angela (1951)
• Terra é Sempre Terra (1951)
• The Shadow of Another (1950)
• Também Somos Irmãos (1949)
• Terra Violenta (1949)
• Falta Alguém no Manicômio (1948)