Ruth Brown

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Known For

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962 • as Self

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

2005 • as Singer (segment "Black and Blue") (archive footage)

Shake, Rattle and Rock!

1994 • as Ella

Hairspray

1988 • as Motormouth Maybelle

Austin City Limits

1975 • as Self

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

1995 • as Tortoise / Ant (voice)

Filmography

2005

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

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

Movie - Released: 8/7/2005

1996

Bonnie Raitt: Road Tested

as Self - Guest star - Vocals

Movie - Released: 3/11/1996

1995

B.B. King: Blues Summit

Movie - Released: 7/6/1995

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

as Tortoise / Ant (voice)

TV - Released: 3/12/1995

1994

Shake, Rattle and Rock!

as Ella

Movie - Released: 8/26/1994

Rebel Highway

as Ella

TV - Released: 7/7/1994

1993

Black and Blue: A Musical Revue

as Singer

Movie - Released: 2/17/1993

Movie

Hallelujah

as Mrs. Sherman

Movie - Released: 12/22/1993

1991

True Identity

as Martha

Movie - Released: 8/23/1991

Montreux Jazz Festival 1991

Movie - Released: 7/13/1991

1990

Movie

Blues Alive

as Herself

Movie - Released: 1/9/1990

1988

That Rhythm, Those Blues

Movie - Released: 10/21/1988

Hairspray

as Motormouth Maybelle

Movie - Released: 2/26/1988

1981

Under the Rainbow

as Cleaning Woman

Movie - Released: 7/31/1981

Checking In

TV - Released: 4/9/1981

1979

Hello, Larry

TV - Released: 1/26/1979

Hello, Larry

as Leona Wilson

TV - Released: 1/26/1979

1975

Austin City Limits

as Self

TV - Released: 1/1/1975

1962

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self

TV - Released: 10/1/1962

1958

The Dick Clark Show

as Self

TV - Released: 2/15/1958

1955

Rhythm and Blues Revue

as Self

Movie - Released: 1/1/1955