Ruth Pinto de Souza was a Brazilian actress. She was born in Rio de Janeiro on May 12th, 1921 and died in Copacabana on July 28th, 2019. In 1945, she became the first Afro-Brazilian actress to perform at the Municipal Theater of Rio de Janeiro in the play O Imperador Jones.
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Emicida: AmarElo - It's All for Yesterday
Assault on the Pay Train
O Vendedor de Passados
High Art
A Fit of Rage
Boca
The Naked Man
Daughters of the Wind
Denying Brazil
Jubiabá
Sweet Thieves
Pitanga
Death Commands Brigandage
Candinho
The Landowner's Daughter
Também Somos Irmãos
O Aleijadinho - Paixão, Glória e Suplício
Primavera
Um Homem Célebre
Macumba Love
Favela
Ravina
Terra Violenta
Terra é Sempre Terra
Who Killed Pacifico?
Lonesome Women
Falta Alguém no Manicômio
Quem matou Anabela?
Distraída para a Morte
Movie Theaters of Rio
The Shadow of Another
Pureza Proibida
Only One Survived
O Cabeleira
Osso, Amor e Papagaios
Inezita
Angela86 credits on file
Television 24
The Clone
O Bem-Amado
Rainha da Sucata
Corpo a Corpo
Partido Alto
Sétimo Sentido
Wildcat
The Legacy of Guldenburgs
Mandala
Little Missy
Duas Vidas
O Rebu
O Homem Que Deve Morrer
If I Close My Eyes Now
O Grito
O Casarão
Assim na Terra Como no Céu
Memorial de Maria Moura
Sinal de Alerta
Pigmalião 70
Os Ossos do Barão
Verão Vermelho
Bicho do Mato
Sinhazinha FlôAwards 2
Connected to Ruth 6
About this person
Ruth Pinto de Souza was a Brazilian actress. She was born in Rio de Janeiro on May 12th, 1921 and died in Copacabana on July 28th, 2019. In 1945, she became the first Afro-Brazilian actress to perform at the Municipal Theater of Rio de Janeiro in the play O Imperador Jones. She was also the first Afro-Brazilian actress selected for the prize of best actress at an international film festival for her performance in Sinhá Moça at the Mostra of Venice in 1954.
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