Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1931-08-01
Day of Death
2005-11-23
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.
Filmography (72)
The Life of Mirrors
2025
Antes de a Vida Começar
2006A Casa Esquecida
2004
Us
2003
Sans elle...
2003
Low-Flying Aircraft
2002
O Fato Completo ou À Procura de Alberto
2002
When It Thunders
2000
Amo-te Teresa
2000
Gloria
1999
The open luggage
1999La sombra de Caín
1999
The Island of Contenda
1999
Traffic
1998
