Isabel de Castro
ActingBiography
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.
Movies
(71 total)
Blood
as The Woman
Casa de Lava
as Actriz convidada
Voyage to the Beginning of the World
as Maria Afonso
Traffic
as Casca in 'Julius Caesar' Play
The Conversation Is Over
as Marinheiro: 2.º Veladora
Brandos Costumes
as Older Daughter
Here on Earth
as Miguel's mother
Tall Stories
as Maria
Xavier
as Irmã Luz
Fado, Major and Minor
as Mother Antoinette
Low-Flying Aircraft
as Sra. Ferreira
Shadows in a Conflict
as Madre de José
La leyenda de Balthasar el Castrado
as Duchess of Arcos
Martes y trece
as Lola
A Portuguese Farewell
as Piedade
Amo-te Teresa
as Cândida
Sans elle...
as Avo Vieira
Hard Times
as Teresa Cremalheira
No Trace of Sin
as Grandmother
TV Shows
(14 total)
Le Comte de Monte-Cristo
as Gaspard's Wife
Anjo Selvagem
as Angélica Salgado
Alentejo Sem Lei
as Narradora
Procura-se
as Matilde
Zona+
as Própria
Tudo ao Molho e Fé em Deus
as Dulce Estefânia
Ideias com História
as Catarina da Rússia
Desencontros
as Juvelina
Cobardias
as Sofia
