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Portrait of Ruth Brown

Acting

Ruth Brown

Career

Active from 1981 to 1993, with up to 1 main title a year.

Leading roles
1
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score80/100
Highest rated
Poster for Hairspray
Hairspray
GoodWatch score80/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 8 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.6 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.8 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.7 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Ruth Brown Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    3.2, average 5.4
  • Tension
    4.1, average 6.0
  • Psychological
    3.7, average 5.5
  • Melancholy
    2.9, average 4.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Family-Friendly 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

    Movies and TV shows

    12
    Type
    Role
    Score
    Decade
    Genre
    Group by

    2000s

    1 title
    Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
    Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards (2005)

    as Singer (segment "Black and Blue") (archive footage)

    1990s

    6 titles · average score 58
    Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
    Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1995)
    GoodWatch score 66

    TV show · as Tortoise / Ant (voice)

    Rebel Highway
    Rebel Highway (1994)
    GoodWatch score 69

    TV show · as Ella Baldwin

    Shake, Rattle and Rock!
    Shake, Rattle and Rock! (1994)
    GoodWatch score 56

    as Ella

    Black and Blue: A Musical Revue
    Black and Blue: A Musical Revue (1993)

    as Singer

    Hallelujah
    Hallelujah (1993)

    as Mrs. Sherman

    True Identity
    True Identity (1991)
    GoodWatch score 43

    as Martha

    1980s

    4 titles · average score 58
    Hairspray
    Hairspray (1988)
    GoodWatch score 80

    as Motormouth Maybelle

    American Playhouse
    American Playhouse (1982)
    GoodWatch score 69

    TV show · as Mrs. Sherman

    Checking In
    Checking In (1981)

    TV show

    Under the Rainbow
    Under the Rainbow (1981)
    GoodWatch score 25

    as Cleaning Woman

    1970s

    1 title · average score 54
    Hello, Larry
    Hello, Larry (1979)
    GoodWatch score 54

    TV show · as Leona Wilson