Known For
Acting
Born
Aug 01, 1931
Died
Nov 23, 2005
Place of Birth
Lisbon, Portugal
Credits
88 titles
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
Filmography
The Life of Mirrors
Antes de a Vida Começar
Self
Memórias do Cativeiro
Director
A Casa Esquecida
Us
Sogra de Ângela
Sans elle...
Avo Vieira
Low-Flying Aircraft
Sra. Ferreira
O Fato Completo ou À Procura de Alberto
Alice
Anjo Selvagem
Angélica Salgado
História do Cinema Português
A Raia dos Medos
When It Thunders
Palmira
Amo-te Teresa
Cândida
Gloria
Teresa
The open luggage
The Island of Contenda
Nha Caela
La sombra de Caín
Doña Esther
Traffic
Casca in 'Julius Caesar' Play
António Silva - Um Artista Popular
Guardian Angel
Rosa
Senhor Jerónimo
Ester
A Voice in the Night
A Grande Aposta
Babiette
Voyage to the Beginning of the World
Maria Afonso
La leyenda de Balthasar el Castrado
Duchess of Arcos
Desvio
Queridas e Maduras
Tudo ao Molho e Fé em Deus
Dulce Estefânia
Fado, Major and Minor
Mother Antoinette
Casa de Lava
Actriz convidada
Desencontros
Juvelina
Zona+
Própria
Three Palm Trees
Atriz Velha
Family Matters
Abbedisse
Ideias com História
Catarina da Rússia
Shadows in a Conflict
Madre de José
Here on Earth
Miguel's mother
Abraham's Valley
Procura-se
Matilde
Chá Forte com Limão
Raquel
O Miradouro da Lua
João's mother
Vertigem
D. Ilda
Swing troubadour
Geneviève Largillière
Alentejo Sem Lei
Narradora
Xavier
Irmã Luz
Blood
The Woman
The Seventh Letter
Miranda
Hard Times
Teresa Cremalheira
Mensagem
Ti Anica
Tall Stories
Maria