Gloria Castillo (March 3, 1933 â€" October 24, 1978) was an American
stage and motion picture actress of the 1950s and a
businesswoman.Castillo was born in Belen, New Mexico. She was the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R.C. Castillo, and she graduated from Belen
High School. Her first acting experience came in a production of The
Man Who Came to Dinner in high school. She graduated from the
University of New Mexico in June 1954, majoring in music, drama, and
education. She appeared in a production of the play Late Love in July
1954, at the Little Theater in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and later at
the Pasadena Playhouse in Pasadena, California.Castillo was signed by
MGM production manager Harry Joe Brown in 1954. She first appeared on
television on the General Electric Theater (1954) and in an episode of
I'm A Fool (1954). Later she was in episodes of Disneyland (1959), The
Millionaire (1959) and Zorro (1959).Castillo's first movie roles were
in 1955 in The Night of the Hunter and The Vanishing American. Most
frequently Castillo can be seen in sci-fi and B-movie films made in
the late 1950s. Some of the titles in which she appears are Invasion
of the Saucer Men (1957), Reform School Girl (1957) and Teenage
Monster (1958).
stage and motion picture actress of the 1950s and a
businesswoman.Castillo was born in Belen, New Mexico. She was the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R.C. Castillo, and she graduated from Belen
High School. Her first acting experience came in a production of The
Man Who Came to Dinner in high school. She graduated from the
University of New Mexico in June 1954, majoring in music, drama, and
education. She appeared in a production of the play Late Love in July
1954, at the Little Theater in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and later at
the Pasadena Playhouse in Pasadena, California.Castillo was signed by
MGM production manager Harry Joe Brown in 1954. She first appeared on
television on the General Electric Theater (1954) and in an episode of
I'm A Fool (1954). Later she was in episodes of Disneyland (1959), The
Millionaire (1959) and Zorro (1959).Castillo's first movie roles were
in 1955 in The Night of the Hunter and The Vanishing American. Most
frequently Castillo can be seen in sci-fi and B-movie films made in
the late 1950s. Some of the titles in which she appears are Invasion
of the Saucer Men (1957), Reform School Girl (1957) and Teenage
Monster (1958).
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