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Ruth Brown

Ruth Brown

Ruth Brown

1928-01-30

ACTING

Best known for:

Hairspray

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Under the Rainbow

True Identity

Austin City Limits

Shake, Rattle and Rock!

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards

Rhythm and Blues Revue

B.B. King: Blues Summit

The Dick Clark Show

Hello, Larry

Checking In

That Rhythm, Those Blues

Hallelujah

Rebel Highway

The History of Rock 'n' Roll

Bonnie Raitt: Road Tested

Blues Alive

Montreux Jazz Festival 1991

Black and Blue: A Musical Revue

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Filmography:

Under the Rainbow (1981)
APPEREAD AS:
Cleaning Woman
Hairspray (1988)
5.5
APPEREAD AS:
Motormouth Maybelle
True Identity (1991)
APPEREAD AS:
Martha
Black and Blue: A Musical Revue (1993)
APPEREAD AS:
Singer
Rebel Highway (1994)
APPEREAD AS:
Ella
Shake, Rattle and Rock! (1994)
APPEREAD AS:
Ella
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1995)
APPEREAD AS:
Tortoise / Ant (voice)
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards (2005)
APPEREAD AS:
Singer (segment "Black and Blue") (archive footage)

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