Cast & creator
Isabel de Castro
Best known for Anjo Selvagem, Desencontros, A Grande Aposta
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.
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1946–2025 · acting roles
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Filmography (88)
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Anjo Selvagem
Angélica Salgado
2001
Desencontros
Juvelina
1995A Grande Aposta
Babiette
1997
Le Comte de Monte-Cristo
Gaspard's Wife
1979
Zona+
Própria
1994
A Raia dos Medos
2000
Ideias com História
Catarina da Rússia
1993
História do Cinema Português
2001
Contos Fantásticos
1981
Tudo ao Molho e Fé em Deus
Dulce Estefânia
1995
Swing troubadour
Geneviève Largillière
1991Vertigem
D. Ilda
1992
Shadows in a Conflict
Madre de José
1993
The Life of Mirrors
2025
La leyenda de Balthasar el Castrado
Duchess of Arcos
1996
Alentejo Sem Lei
Narradora
1991
Voyage to the Beginning of the World
Maria Afonso
1997
Hard Times
Teresa Cremalheira
1988
Tall Stories
Maria
1988
Low-Flying Aircraft
Sra. Ferreira
2002
Cobardias
Sofia
1988
Family Matters
Abbedisse
1993
La danza del corazón
Elena Montes
1952
Procura-se
Matilde
1993
Queridas e Maduras
1995La sombra de Caín
Doña Esther
1999
Fado, Major and Minor
Mother Antoinette
1995
No Trace of Sin
Grandmother
1983
Sunday Afternoon
Clarisse
1966
Brandos Costumes
Older Daughter
1975
Abraham's Valley
1993
O Dinheiro dos Pobres
Madalena
1956
E Não se Pode Exterminá-lo?
1979
Guardian Angel
Rosa
1999
A Portuguese Farewell
Piedade
1986
Blood
The Woman
1989
António Silva - Um Artista Popular
1998
Persecución en Madrid
Teresa
1952
Hay un camino a la derecha
Maruja
1953
El golfo que vio una estrella
Madre de Nuri
1955
The Mountains of the Moon
Housekeeper
1987
O Rei das Berlengas ou a Independência das Ditas
D. Lucas' mother
1978
Casa de Lava
Actriz convidada
1995
Under the Skies of the Asturias
Angelina Quirós
1951
Passagem ou a Meio Caminho
Mulher de Becker
1986
O Miradouro da Lua
João's mother
1993
Chá Forte com Limão
Raquel
1993
The Island of Contenda
Nha Caela
1999
The Conversation Is Over
Marinheiro: 2.º Veladora
1982
La hija del mar
Mariona
1953Ladrão, Precisa-se...
Bá
1946
Three Less Me
Isabel, Rita's Mother
1988
El sistema Pelegrín
Luisa
1952
Lawless Mountain
Aurora
1953
The open luggage
1999
As Pupilas do Senhor Reitor
Clara das Meadas
1961
Amo-te Teresa
Cândida
2000
Martes y trece
Lola
1962The Mystery Key
1959
Bronce y luna
1953
Senhor Jerónimo
Ester
1998
Xavier
Irmã Luz
1991O Destino Marca a Hora
Helena
1970
O Fato Completo ou À Procura de Alberto
Alice
2002
Sans elle...
Avo Vieira
2003
Three Palm Trees
Atriz Velha
1994
Here on Earth
Miguel's mother
1993
Memórias do Cativeiro
Director
2005
Us
Sogra de Ângela
2003
Dulce nombre
1952
Fado Corrido
Mira
1964Music for Herself
The woman
1979
Jogo de Mão
Maria de Jesus
1983
Criminal Brigade
1950
Gloria
Teresa
1999
Traffic
Casca in 'Julius Caesar' Play
1998
Mercado prohibido
Lola
1952
Antes de a Vida Começar
Self
2006
Souls in Danger
Isabel
1952
The Seventh Letter
Miranda
1989
El presidio
Ana
1954A Casa Esquecida
2004
When It Thunders
Palmira
2000
Mensagem
Ti Anica
1988
A Voice in the Night
1998
El cerco
Ana Méndez
1955Desvio
1996Tiaga
Tiaga
1981