Isabel de Castro
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
84
Gender
Female
Birthday
1931-08-01
Day of death
2005-11-23 (74 years old)
Place of Birth
Lisbon, Portugal
Isabel de Castro
Biography
Isabel Maria Bastos Osório de Castro e Oliveira (August 1, 1931 – November 23, 2005) was a Portuguese film actress. She was born in the capital Lisbon in 1931 to José Osório de Castro e Oliveira (Setúbal, 27 January 1900 - Lisbon, 3 December 1964) and writer Raquel Bastos, granddaughter of the writer Ana de Castro Osório, brother of the writer João Osório de Castro. Castro's career began with the movie Ladrão, Precisa-se! in 1946. Later, she appeared in some Spanish films including Under the Skies of the Asturias where she played as Angelina Quirós, The Pelegrín System, Lawless Mountain as Maria and in El cerco. She played in more Portuguese films including Francisca (1981), O Desejado (1987) and Hard Times (1988). In the mid-1990s, she went to Cape Verde, appearing in the films Down to Earth (1995) and The Island of Contenda (1996), the latter based on the novel by Henrique Teixeira de Sousa, in which she played the character of Nha Caela. Her last movie was A Casa Esquecida, in 2004. She appeared in about 50 films and appeared in theatre and television. She died of cancer in Borba near Évora. In 1948, she married Óscar Acúrsio, she later married Miguel Luke. Source: Article "Isabel de Castro" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Known For
El cerco
Hard Times
Blood
The Conversation Is Over
The Mountains of the Moon
Desencontros
The Island of Contenda
Traffic
Anjo Selvagem
Voyage to the Beginning of the World
Senhor Jerónimo
Fado Corrido
Us
Desvio
Xavier
Criminal Brigade
Tiaga
El presidio
O Fato Completo ou À Procura de Alberto
La danza del corazón
Sans elle...
A Grande Aposta
Le Comte de Monte-Cristo
Mercado prohibido
Música Para Si
Casa de Lava
No Trace of Sin
El sistema Pelegrín
Low-Flying Aircraft
La leyenda de Balthasar el Castrado
Three Palm Trees
The open luggage
O Miradouro da Lua
Lawless Mountain
Hay un camino a la derecha
La sombra de Caín
Souls in Danger
Here on Earth
The Life of Mirrors
Persecución en Madrid
Martes y trece
O Dinheiro dos Pobres
As Pupilas do Senhor Reitor
Chá Forte com Limão
A Casa Esquecida
Jogo de Mão
Tall Stories
A Voice in the Night
Swing troubadour
Antes de a Vida Começar
Family Matters
Under the Skies of the Asturias
La hija del mar
Procura-se
El golfo que vio una estrella
Zona+
Ladrão, Precisa-se...
Sunday Afternoon
Bronce y luna
Three Less Me
Cobardias
Abraham's Valley
A Raia dos Medos
Ideias com História
Alentejo Sem Lei
The Seventh Letter
Tudo ao Molho e Fé em Deus
Brandos Costumes
Queridas e Maduras
História do Cinema Português
Shadows in a Conflict
Amo-te Teresa
Gloria
A Portuguese Farewell
O Destino Marca a Hora
Mensagem
Passagem ou a Meio Caminho
Fado, Major and Minor
Guardian Angel
When It Thunders
Dulce nombre
O Rei das Berlengas ou a Independência das Ditas
E Não se Pode Exterminá-lo?
The Mystery Key
