Ruth Brown
Acting Born Jan 30, 1928 22 credits
Biography
Ruth Brown works in acting. Born January 30, 1928. Archytele lists 22 screen credits below. A full profile for this page is being written and will appear here once verified against sources.
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Frequent co-stars
Career timeline
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
Bonnie Raitt: Road Tested
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every ChildB.B. King: Blues Summit
Rebel HighwayShake, Rattle and Rock!
HallelujahBlack and Blue: A Musical Revue
True IdentityMontreux Jazz Festival 1991
Blues Alive
HairsprayThat Rhythm, Those Blues
Late Night with David Letterman
Checking InUnder the Rainbow
Hello, LarryHello, Larry
Austin City Limits
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Dick Clark Show
Rhythm and Blues Revue
Full filmography
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) as Self
- Late Night with David Letterman (1982) as Self - Musical Guest
- Austin City Limits (1975) as Self
- Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1995) as Tortoise / Ant (voice)
- Rebel Highway (1994) as Ella Baldwin
- The Dick Clark Show (1958) as Self
- Hello, Larry (1979)
- Hello, Larry (1979) as Leona Wilson
- Hairspray (1988) as Motormouth Maybelle
- True Identity (1991) as Martha
- Checking In (1981)
- Under the Rainbow (1981) as Cleaning Woman
- Hallelujah (1993) as Mrs. Sherman
- Shake, Rattle and Rock! (1994) as Ella
- Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards (2005) as Singer (segment "Black and Blue") (archive footage)
- Rhythm and Blues Revue (1955) as Self
- That Rhythm, Those Blues (1988)
- Black and Blue: A Musical Revue (1993) as Singer
- Bonnie Raitt: Road Tested (1996) as Self - Guest star - Vocals
- Blues Alive (1990) as Herself
- B.B. King: Blues Summit (1995)
- Montreux Jazz Festival 1991 (1991) as Self