Isabel de Castro
Isabel de Castro | |
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Born | Isabel Maria Bastos Osório de Castro e Oliveira August 1, 1931 Lisbon, Portugal |
Died | November 23, 2005 | (aged 74)
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1946-2003 |
Isabel Maria Bastos Osório de Castro e Oliveira (August 1, 1931 – November 23, 2005) was a Portuguese film actress.
Biography[]
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 .[1]
Castro's career began with the movie 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 , in 2004. She appeared in about 50 films and appeared in theatre and television.
She died of cancer in Borba near Évora.
Personal life[]
In 1948, she married , she later married Miguel Luke[1]
Selected filmography[]
Year | Film | Role |
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1946 | Ladrão, Precisa-se! | |
1950 | Criminal Brigade | |
1951 | Under the Skies of the Asturias | Angelina Quirós |
1952 | Forbidden Trade | |
The Pelegrín System | Luisa | |
Persecution in Madrid | ||
1953 | Lawless Mountain | María |
The Dance of the Heart | Elena Montes | |
1981 | Francisca | |
1987 | O Desejado | |
1988 | Hard Times | |
1992 | Xavier | |
1995 | Down to Earth | |
1995 | The Island of Contenda | Nha Caela |
2004 | A Casa Esquecida |
Short films[]
- A Voice of the Night (1998)
- Jerónimo (1998)
- Henrique (2001)
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Os Luso-Descendentes da Índia Portuguesa", Jorge Eduardo de Abreu Pamplona Forjaz ans José Francisco Leite de Noronha, Fundação Oriente, 1st ed., Lisbon, 2003, Vol. III, p. 202 (in Portuguese)
External links[]
- Portuguese film actresses
- Portuguese television actresses
- People from Lisbon
- 1931 births
- 2005 deaths
- Deaths from cancer in Portugal