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Hairspray review by from CARDIFF

31 October 2004
...tch it with the kids, and they love it too! For fans of blues and soul, singer Ruth Brown appears as Motormouth Mabel.... Read customer review

Ruth Brown - filmography

Ladies Sing The Blues on DVD (2001)
Starring: Connee Boswell, Ruth Brown, Ida Cox
Director: Tom Jenz
Certificate:
LADIES SINGS THE BLUES is a compilation of rare performance footage from classic blues singers such as Bessie Smith, Peggy Lee, Sarah Vaughan and Lena Horne.

57% from 21 members

Hairspray on DVD (1987)
Starring: Divine, Michael St. Gerard, Ricki Lake
Director: John Waters
Certificate:
Forever interested in the kitsch built into past eras, director John Waters chooses the TV dance show craze of the early '60s for his playful focus in Hairspray. Ricki Lake plays Tracy Turnblad, just one of several alliteratively named characters coming of age in 1962 Baltimore, where The Corny ..read more »

66% from 5,651 members

Ruth Brown facts

5 most recent films

Ladies Sing The Blues - 3.0 stars
Hairspray - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Hairspray - 3.5 stars
Ladies Sing The Blues - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Ladies Sing The Blues - 3.0 stars
Hairspray - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Billie Holiday - 1 times - show films
Divine - 1 times - show films
Sister Rosetta Tharpe - 1 times - show films
Dinah Washington - 1 times - show films
Roy Eldridge - 1 times - show films

Most frequent directors

John Waters - 1 times - show films
Tom Jenz - 1 times - show films

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