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 on-screen daughter of other human characters, Antonio and Matilde, and she had a brother, Roberto. Although Matilde owned a café which specialized in ice cold refreshments, horchata, Ruth did not show an especially obssessive behaviour towards horchatas (like Cookie Monster did towards cookies, for instance).