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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
January 30, 1928
Died
November 17, 2006
Place of Birth
N/A
Ruth Brown
0.1 Popularity
Known For
7.2
Singer (segment "Black and Blue") (archive footage)
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
2005
7.0
Self - Guest star - Vocals
Bonnie Raitt: Road Tested
1996
7.1
B.B. King: Blues Summit
1995
6.0
Tortoise / Ant (voice)
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995
5.8
Ella
Shake, Rattle and Rock!
1994
7.5
Ella
Rebel Highway
1994
🎬
6.0
Mrs. Sherman
Hallelujah
1993
0.0
Singer
Black and Blue: A Musical Revue
1993
5.5
Martha
True Identity
1991
0.0
Montreux Jazz Festival 1991
1991
Credits
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
as Singer (segment "Black and Blue") (archive footage)
2005
7.2
Bonnie Raitt: Road Tested
as Self - Guest star - Vocals
1996
7.0
B.B. King: Blues Summit
1995
7.1
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
as Tortoise / Ant (voice)
1995
6.0
Shake, Rattle and Rock!
as Ella
1994
5.8
Rebel Highway
as Ella
1994
7.5
🎬
Hallelujah
as Mrs. Sherman
1993
6.0
Black and Blue: A Musical Revue
as Singer
1993
0.0
True Identity
as Martha
1991
5.5
Montreux Jazz Festival 1991
1991
0.0
🎬
Blues Alive
as Herself
1990
0.0
That Rhythm, Those Blues
1988
7.0
Hairspray
as Motormouth Maybelle
1988
6.8
Under the Rainbow
as Cleaning Woman
1981
5.2
Checking In
1981
5.0
Hello, Larry
1979
5.0
Hello, Larry
as Leona Wilson
1979
5.0
Austin City Limits
as Self
1975
6.2
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.5
The Dick Clark Show
as Self
1958
5.5
Rhythm and Blues Revue
as Self
1955
6.0