Margalida Castro


Margalida Castro Rueda was a Colombian theatre and television actress.

Life and career

Born in San Gil, Santander, Castro grew up in Bogotá and studied music as a child. She entered Universidad Nacional de Colombia to study architecture; she also studied flute and was part of the university's orchestra, but she dropped her studies after meeting playwright Carlos Perozzo, with whom she would be married for six years. Her debut on Colombian television would be on the 1967 series La tercera palabra, directed by Bernardo Romero Lozano. Ever since she would appear in dozens of theatre plays and Colombian telenovelas and television series.
Castro died from cancer on 19 December 2024, at the age of 81.

Selected filmography

  • El secretario as Gertrudis Dudis Buenahora
  • Chepe Fortuna as Úrsula
  • Victoria as Mercedes "Memé" de Santiesteban
  • La Tormenta as María Teresa Marrero "La Sibila"
  • La viuda de la mafia
  • La venganza
  • Luzbel está de visita
  • A dónde va Soledad
  • Yo amo a Paquita Gallego as María Isabel Vargas aka tía Chavela
  • María bonita
  • Solo una mujer
  • Caballo viejo as La sietelenguas
  • Gallito Ramírez
  • El taxista millonario
  • Yo y tú as Gringa Peggy