Ruth Pinto de Souza (May 12, 1921 – July 28, 2019) was a Brazilian actress.

Biography

As a member of the Black Experimental Theater (''Teatro Experimental do Negro,'' TEN), she is one of the first Black actresses in dramatic theater in Brazil and one of the first to perform at the Teatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro. The Black Experimental Theater was created in 1944 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to combat racism and create opportunities for Black talent in theater. Along with other

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women, Ruth participated in the premiere performance of TEN as a member of the chorus and later played the Native Woman, the only female character in

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's play ''

The Emperor Jones ''The Emperor Jones'' is a 1920 tragic play by American dramatist Eugene O'Neill that tells the tale of Brutus Jones, a resourceful, self-assured African American and a former Pullman porter, who kills another black man in a dice game, is jailed, ...

''. She was awarded with

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. She died in Rio de Janeiro in the neighbourhood of Copacabana in July 2019 at the age of 98.

Tribute

On May 12, 2021,

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celebrated her 100th birthday with a

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Selected filmography

* ''Terra Violenta'' (1948) * ''Falta Alguém no Manicômio'' (1948) as Júlia * ''Também Somos Irmãos'' (1949) as Rosália * ''A Sombra da Outra'' (1950) * ''Terra É Sempre Terra'' (1951) as Bastiana * ''Ângela'' (1951) * '' The Landowner's Daughter'' (1953) as Sabina * ''Candinho'' (1954) as Manuela * ''Quem Matou Anabela?'' (1956) * ''Osso, Amor e Papagaio'' (1957) * ''Ravina'' (1958) * ''Fronteiras do Inferno'' (1959) * ''

Macumba Love ''Macumba Love'' is a 1960 American adventure horror film directed and co-produced by Douglas Fowley and written by Norman Graham. The film stars Walter Reed, Ziva Rodann, William Wellman Jr., June Wilkinson and Ruth de Souza. The film cente ...

'' (1960) as Mama Rata-loi * ''

A Morte Comanda o Cangaço ''A Morte Comanda o Cangaço'' is a 1960 Brazilian Western action film directed by Carlos Coimbra and Walter Guimarães Motta. Shot in Pernambuco, it stars Alberto Ruschel, Aurora Duarte, and Milton Ribeiro in a fiction about ''cangaço''. I ...

'' (1960) as Praying Woman * ''Bruma Seca'' (1960) * ''Favela'' (1961) * ''O Assalto ao Trem Pagador'' (1962) as Judith * ''Gimba, Presidente dos Valentes'' (1963) as Chica Maluca * ''0' Cabeleira'' (1963) * ''As Cariocas'' (1966) (segment "Roberto Santos") * ''O Homem Nu'' (1968) * '' O Bem-Amado'' (1973, TV Series) as Chiquinha do Parto * ''Um Homem Célebre'' (1974) * ''Pureza Proibida'' (1974) * ''Pontal da Solidão'' (1974) as Narração * ''Ana, a Libertina'' (1975) * ''Quem Matou Pacífico?'' (1977) * ''Ladrões de Cinema'' (1977) * ''Fruto do Amor'' (1981) as Dra. Elza * ''Jubiabá'' (1986) * ''

A Grande Arte ''A Grande Arte'' (in English, ''The Great Art''; US title: ''Exposure''), is a 1991 Brazilian movie directed by Walter Salles Jr. and starring Peter Coyote. Loosely based on the book ''A Grande Arte'' by Brazilian Rubem Fonseca, it is one of t ...

'' (1991) as Old Woman Kissing (uncredited) * ''Boca'' (1994) as Mrs. Esteban * ''

A Glass of Rage ''A Glass of Rage'' is a Brazilian drama movie made in 1999. It is the first feature film directed by Aluizio Abranches. The screenplay is based on the work of the Brazilian writer Raduan Nassar. It premiered at the Berlin International Film Fes ...

'' (1999) * ''Aleijadinho - Paixão, Glória e Suplício'' (2000) as Joana Lopes * '' O Clone'' (2001, TV Series) as Dona Mocinha da Silva * ''Filhas do Vento'' (2004) as Maria Aparecida (Cida) * ''Em Quadro'' (2009) * ''O Vendedor de Passados'' (2015) as Dona Célia * ''Primavera'' (2018) as Josephina / Matilda / Madre Amélia

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* 1921 births 2019 deaths Actresses from Rio de Janeiro (city) Afro-Brazilian people Brazilian television actresses Brazilian telenovela actresses Brazilian film actresses Afro-Brazilian actresses Brazilian stage actresses 20th-century Brazilian actresses 21st-century Brazilian actresses {{Brazil-actor-stub