Isabel de Castro

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

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

Desencontros
Anjo Selvagem
A Grande Aposta
Dulce nombre
Low-Flying Aircraft
Fado Corrido
Gloria
O Miradouro da Lua
Souls in Danger
O Dinheiro dos Pobres
A Casa Esquecida
Shadows in a Conflict
The open luggage
La leyenda de Balthasar el Castrado
Abraham's Valley
Senhor Jerónimo
The Conversation Is Over
Blood
Lawless Mountain
Hard Times
La sombra de Caín
La danza del corazón
Here on Earth
El sistema Pelegrín
Sans elle...
El cerco
As Pupilas do Senhor Reitor
Traffic
Casa de Lava
Criminal Brigade
Le Comte de Monte-Cristo
Antes de a Vida Começar
Ladrão, Precisa-se...
A Voice in the Night
Martes y trece
El presidio
Us
The Island of Contenda
Voyage to the Beginning of the World
Tiaga
No Trace of Sin
A Raia dos Medos
The Life of Mirrors
Tall Stories
Persecución en Madrid
The Mountains of the Moon
Chá Forte com Limão
Xavier
Zona+
The Mystery Key
Jogo de Mão
Desvio
Ideias com História
História do Cinema Português
Alentejo Sem Lei
The Seventh Letter
Música Para Si
Family Matters
Procura-se
Queridas e Maduras
La hija del mar
Under the Skies of the Asturias
O Destino Marca a Hora
Hay un camino a la derecha
Three Less Me
Tudo ao Molho e Fé em Deus
Mercado prohibido
Cobardias
Bronce y luna
Sunday Afternoon
El golfo que vio una estrella
Three Palm Trees
Swing troubadour
Fado, Major and Minor
Brandos Costumes
O Rei das Berlengas ou a Independência das Ditas
O Fato Completo ou À Procura de Alberto
A Portuguese Farewell
E Não se Pode Exterminá-lo?
When It Thunders
Guardian Angel
Amo-te Teresa
Mensagem
Passagem ou a Meio Caminho