Ruth (Barrio Sésamo)

Ruth was a character from Barrio Sésamo, the Spanish version of Sesame Street.

She was a Human, child character who appeared in the second period of the series, from 1983 to 1987. She interacted with Human-size muppets Espinete and Don Pimpón.

Ruth was the daughter of other Human characters, Antonio and Matilde, and she had a brother, Ruth.

Although Matilde owned a cafe specialized in ice cold refreshments horchata, Ruth did not show a specially obssessive behaviour towards horchatas (like Cookie Monster did towards cookiees, for instance).

Behind the Scenes
The child actress playing Ruth, Ruth Gabriel, reappared in 1994 as a young actress with Award-winning Spanish movie Días Contados, after seven years without a single public appearance. This caused a public revival of interest on the character she had played in the mid-1980s on Barrio Sésamo in Spain.