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.

Filmography

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

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 2006Antes de a Vida Começar — Self