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Margalida Castro

Acting Born Nov 19, 1943 San Gil, Colombia 24 credits

Biography

Maria Margalida Castro Rueda (San Gil, Santander, November 19, 1941 - Bogotá, December 19, 2024) was a Colombian actress who stood out for her appearances in numerous Colombian soap operas, films and plays. In 2015 she was awarded the Víctor Nieto Lifetime Achievement Award.

Margalida Castro grew up in the city of Bogotá. Coming from a family from Santander, her father was a renowned lawyer and her mother was a governess. She studied at the Colegio Departamental de la Merced where she deepened her knowledge of music.

She entered the National University of Colombia to study architecture; she also studied flute and was part of the university orchestra. She never thought of becoming an actress until she was called to play the flute in a children's play. In that play, future actors and directors such as Pepe Sánchez (director), Vicky Hernández and Álvaro Ruiz Zúñiga were already participating. In these plays she would meet her future husband, the playwright Carlos Perozzo. From that moment on, Margalida Castro left her studies to devote herself full time to her acting career.5

She received a scholarship from the French government to study drama. Her debut in Colombian television was in 1967, in the series La tercera palabra, directed by Bernardo Romero Lozano. Since then she appeared in dozens of plays, Colombian soap operas and films.

Margalida passed away on December 19, 2024 due to an aggressive cancer. The news was announced by Claudia Serrato, her manager, through her official Instagram account.

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Known for

I love Paquita Gallego

as Aunt Chavela

Full filmography

  • Masterchef Celebrity: Colombia (2018)
  • I love Paquita Gallego (1998) as Aunt Chavela
  • La Venganza (2002) as Concepcion Fernandez
  • Love in the Time of Cholera (2007) as Institutriz
  • Dr. Mata (2014) as Bertha Montenegro de Matallana
  • Prisioneros del amor (1996) as Rosa Menocal
  • Digging for Love (2016) as Adela de Otero
  • The Light of My Eyes (2017) as Josefina Burgos
  • Mujeres asesinas (2007)
  • Sin límites (1998)
  • A donde va Soledad (2000)
  • María Bonita (1995) as Libia Santos Yarsagaray de Carvajales
  • Manual Para Ser Feliz
  • Ruido Capital (2020) as Abue
  • Rauzán (2000) as Heraclia de Santiño
  • Sex, Lies and Death (2011) as Gerardo's Mother
  • The Trip 3 (2013) as Teresa
  • La mujer doble (1992) as La Bruja Renata, Madre de Marina
  • Los Victorinos (1992) as Rosalía Koppel
  • Mi pequeña mamá (2002) as Gertrudís
  • Teresa's Trip (2017) as Encarnación
  • Poker (2011)
  • El ángel del acordeón (2008)
  • El taxista Millonario (1979)