---
name: "Rhetta Hughes"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/rhetta-hughes"
fi1m_id: "rhetta-hughes"
imdb_id: "nm0400874"
tmdb_id: 43986
wikidata_id: "Q7320475"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "9 November 1953"
died: "3 June 2019"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T17:23:48.613118+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Rhetta Hughes

## Identity

Rhetta Hughes

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/rhetta-hughes
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** rhetta-hughes
- **IMDb ID:** nm0400874
- **TMDB ID:** 43986
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7320475
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhetta_Hughes, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7320475, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0400874/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/43986

Actor. Born 9 November 1953 in Los Angeles. Died 3 June 2019.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 9 November 1953, Los Angeles
- **Died:** 3 June 2019
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhetta_Hughes, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7320475, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0400874/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/43986

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song* (1971), Fi1m 72, as Old Girlfriend — [page](https://film.one/film/sweet-sweetbacks-baadasssss-song.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *A Killing Affair* (1985), as Vinia
- *Tenement* (1985), as Leona
- *Long Day's Journey Into Night* (1982), as Cathleen
- *Purlie* (1981), as Missy
- *Don't Play Us Cheap* (1973), as Earnestine
- *Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song* (1971), as Old Girlfriend — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/sweet-sweetbacks-baadasssss-song.md)

## Awards

### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical 1984: Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical (nominated)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

---
© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/rhetta-hughes