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. Source: Article "Isabel de Castro" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Casa de Lava
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Here on Earth
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Gloria
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The Mountains of the Moon
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The Island of Contenda
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E Não se Pode Exterminá-lo?
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Tall Stories
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O Miradouro da Lua
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La danza del corazón
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as Sogra de ÂngelaFrancisco just got out of prison after a six year sentence and is now a free man. He wants to...
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As Pupilas do Senhor Reitor
as ClaraThe characteristic loves of Margarida and Clara, the distinct moral of Pedro and Daniel, the...
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Antes de a Vida Começar
as SelfBiographic documentary about the Portuguese actress, Isabel de Castro.
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No Trace of Sin
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