Isabel de Castro
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
Movie
Abraham's Valley
1993
Movie
Blood
as The Woman
1989
Movie
Casa de Lava
as Actriz convidada
1995
Movie
Voyage to the Beginning of the World
as Maria Afonso
1997
TV
Le Comte de Monte-Cristo
as Gaspard's Wife
1979
Movie
Traffic
as Casca in 'Julius Caesar' Play
1998
Movie
The Conversation Is Over
as Marinheiro: 2.º Veladora
1982
Movie
Brandos Costumes
as Older Daughter
1975
Movie
Here on Earth
as Miguel's mother
1993
Movie
Tall Stories
as Maria
1988
Movie
Xavier
as Irmã Luz
1991
Movie
Fado, Major and Minor
as Mother Antoinette
1995
Movie
Low-Flying Aircraft
as Sra. Ferreira
2002
Movie
Shadows in a Conflict
as Madre de José
1993
Movie
La leyenda de Balthasar el Castrado
as Duchess of Arcos
1996
Movie
Martes y trece
as Lola
1962
Movie
A Portuguese Farewell
as Piedade
1986
Movie
Amo-te Teresa
as Cândida
2000
Movie
Sans elle...
as Avo Vieira
2003
Movie
Hard Times
as Teresa Cremalheira
1988
Movie
No Trace of Sin
as Grandmother
1983
Movie
El cerco
as Ana Méndez
1955
Movie
Sunday Afternoon
as Clarisse
1966
Movie
Gloria
as Teresa
1999
