Isabel de Castro
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
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.
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Acting
(2025)
(2006)
Antes de a Vida Começar
as Self
(2004)
(2003)
Sans elle...
as Avo Vieira
(2003)
Us
as Sogra de Ângela
(2002)
Low-Flying Aircraft
as Sra. Ferreira
(2002)
(2000)
When It Thunders
as Palmira
(2000)
Amo-te Teresa
as Cândida
(1999)
The Island of Contenda
as Nha Caela
(1999)
(1999)
Gloria
as Teresa
(1999)
La sombra de Caín
as Doña Esther
(1998)
Traffic
as Casca in 'Julius Caesar' Play
(1998)
Guardian Angel
as Rosa
(1998)
Senhor Jerónimo
as Ester
(1997)
Voyage to the Beginning of the World
as Maria Afonso
(1996)
La leyenda de Balthasar el Castrado
as Duchess of Arcos
(1996)
(1995)
Fado, Major and Minor
as Mother Antoinette
(1995)
Casa de Lava
as Actriz convidada
(1994)
Three Palm Trees
as Atriz Velha
(1993)
(1993)
Chá Forte com Limão
as Raquel
(1993)
Family Matters
as Abbedisse
(1993)
Shadows in a Conflict
as Madre de José
(1993)
O Miradouro da Lua
as João's mother
(1993)
Here on Earth
as Miguel's mother
(1991)
Xavier
as Irmã Luz
(1991)
Swing troubadour
as Geneviève Largillière
(1989)
Blood
as The Woman
(1989)
The Seventh Letter
as Miranda
(1988)
Three Less Me
as Isabel, Rita's Mother
(1988)
Tall Stories
as Maria
(1988)
Hard Times
as Teresa Cremalheira
(1988)
Mensagem
as Ti Anica
(1987)
The Mountains of the Moon
as Housekeeper
(1986)
A Portuguese Farewell
as Piedade
(1986)
(1983)
No Trace of Sin
as Grandmother
(1983)
Jogo de Mão
as Maria de Jesus
(1982)
The Conversation Is Over
as Marinheiro: 2.º Veladora
(1981)
Tiaga
as Tiaga
(1979)
Música Para Si
as The woman
(1979)
(1978)
O Rei das Berlengas ou a Independência das Ditas
as D. Lucas' mother
(1975)
Brandos Costumes
as Older Daughter
(1970)
O Destino Marca a Hora
as Helena
(1966)
Sunday Afternoon
as Clarisse
(1964)
Fado Corrido
as Mira
(1962)
Martes y trece
as Lola
(1961)
As Pupilas do Senhor Reitor
as Clara
(1959)
(1956)
O Dinheiro dos Pobres
as Madalena
(1955)
El cerco
as Ana Méndez
(1955)
El golfo que vio una estrella
as Madre de Nuri
(1954)
El presidio
as Ana
(1953)
Hay un camino a la derecha
as Maruja
(1953)
Lawless Mountain
as Aurora
(1953)
La hija del mar
as Mariona
(1953)
(1952)
El sistema Pelegrín
as Luisa
(1952)
Mercado prohibido
as Lola
(1952)
La danza del corazón
as Elena Montes
(1952)
Souls in Danger
as Isabel
(1952)
(1952)
Persecución en Madrid
as Teresa
(1951)
Under the Skies of the Asturias
as Angelina Quirós
(1950)
(1946)
Crew
(2005)
Memórias do Cativeiro
Director