Chela Castro

Acting

Chela Castro

Born 1929-06-21 · Santiago del Estero, Argentina

Argentinian born actress and dancer who began her career in the 1930's in her native country.

Acting credits

Fatal Lottery poster
6.7

Everyone can play the Lottery but can you live to collect if you win?

Fatal Lottery

1997

Tentación poster
6.0

Upon reaching the capital, an old man and his daughter are victims of abuse, where their goodwill becomes the way to gain control of the low instincts of a man who sought favors he did for an uncontrolled temptation.

Tentación

1943

Naná poster
4.0

Based in the Émile Zola novel of the same name, which details the life of Nana, a French prostitute of the 19th century.

Naná

1944

The Minister and Me poster
7.1

Mateo Melgarejo is a notary public and scribe for the illiterate people of Santo Domingo, a neighborhood north of Mexico City's Zócalo. A squatter friend asks for his help in negotiating with the land census bureau to regularize a land title. After a great deal of frustration with the government bureaucracy, he writes a letter to the cabinet minister, earning an audience with him. The minister hires Melgarejo to reform the bureau, and the appointee proceeds to lecture the officials on their duties in a democratic society. At the end, he gives up the post, returning to Santo Domingo to help its poor residents.

The Minister and Me

1976

Black Angels poster
8.0

Starring Mexican star Pedro Infante, "Black Angels" is about a couple formed by a beautiful woman and a singer, both white, who are parents of a black girl. The woman blames him, but the girl will suffer the racist treatment from her own mother. Mexican version of the famous novel by Fannie Hurst "Imitation of Life"

Black Angels

1948

Stronger Than Love poster
5.8

Carlos, a former factory worker of humble origins, has made millions - but the upper class refuses to accept him as one of their own. Meanwhile, Barbara, the spoiled daughter of an industrialist, is to enter into a loveless marriage of convenience. Tensions arise when the two fall madly in love.

Stronger Than Love

1955

Cadetes de la naval poster
5.8

During World War II, two Mexican naval cadets become best friends and share some good times when off duty. However when Mexico joins the war effort, they must leave their carefree existence and serve in the gruesome conflict.

Cadetes de la naval

1945

No artwork available
5.8

Lawyer and his secretary enter into a midlife marriage, deal with complications coming from their adult children and the former partners of each.

Simplemente vivir

1970

The Mexican poster
6.0

Felipe Rivera is a mysterious, dedicated young Mexican revolutionary living in exile in Los Angeles. To fund the revolution against Porfirio Díaz, Rivera fights in rigged boxing matches, using his immense, revenge-fueled determination to triumph and purchase weapons for the cause.

The Mexican

1944

Palabras de mujer poster
5.4

Young songwriter falls in love with a singer he writes for... but her jealous manager fucks up both their lives.

Palabras de mujer

1946

Confidencias de un ruletero poster
6.4

Taxi driver takes the wrong passenger at the wrong time and gets caught up in a murder investigation.

Confidencias de un ruletero

1949

Opium poster
6.0

A doctor becomes entangled in the world of opium, leading to a series of tragic events that affect his personal and professional life.

Opium

1949