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Isabel de Castro

Acting Born Aug 1, 1931 Lisbon, Portugal 24 credits

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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Anjo Selvagem

as Angélica Salgado

Full filmography

  • Anjo Selvagem (2001) as Angélica Salgado
  • Desencontros (1995) as Juvelina
  • A Grande Aposta (1997) as Babiette
  • Le Comte de Monte-Cristo (1979) as Gaspard's Wife
  • Zona+ (1994) as Própria
  • Sans elle... (2003) as Avo Vieira
  • Procura-se (1993) as Matilde
  • Alentejo Sem Lei (1991) as Narradora
  • A Raia dos Medos (2000)
  • Abraham's Valley (1993)
  • Ideias com História (1993) as Catarina da Rússia
  • Cobardias (1988) as Sofia
  • Tudo ao Molho e Fé em Deus (1995) as Dulce Estefânia
  • Shadows in a Conflict (1993) as Madre de José
  • Casa de Lava (1995) as Actriz convidada
  • Queridas e Maduras (1995)
  • História do Cinema Português (2001)
  • Traffic (1998) as Casca in 'Julius Caesar' Play
  • Vertigem (1992) as D. Ilda
  • El cerco (1955) as Ana Méndez
  • Gloria (1999) as Teresa
  • Family Matters (1993) as Abbedisse
  • Xavier (1991) as Irmã Luz
  • Voyage to the Beginning of the World (1997) as Maria Afonso