Acting De Castilla made her film debut in
Julián Soler's
Los tres alegres compadres (1952), starring
Jorge Negrete,
Pedro Armendáriz, and
Andrés Soler. As the second female lead after
Flor Silvestre, she co-starred in a western trilogy:
El lobo solitario,
La justicia del lobo, and
Vuelve el lobo (all in 1952). In 1954, she was nominated for an
Ariel Award for Best Actress in a Minor Role for
Rogelio A. González's
Tal para cual (1953). She starred as the female lead in two films in
Eastmancolor:
Ismael Rodríguez's
Mexican Revolution drama
Tierra de hombres (1956), her first color film, and
Jaime Salvador's musical comedy
¡Aquí están los aguilares! (1957). Other notable films she appeared in during the late 1950s are the
Mexiscope productions of
Yo... el aventurero (1959) and
Tan bueno el giro como el colorado (1959). She played the
ranchera singer wife of
Demetrio González in
Dos corazones y un cielo (1959). In the 1960s, she starred in mostly westerns or comedies such as
Héroe a la fuerza (1964), co-starring
Eulalio González and
Sara García. By the early 1970s, her career had waned, though she made some comebacks in the late 1990s.
Singing De Castilla sang
ranchera songs in most of her films. In 1956,
Capitol Records released her album
The Sounds of Old Mexico, which also featured
Antonio Aguilar,
Luis Pérez Meza, and
Rosita Quintana. In 1967, she signed with
RCA Víctor; her records were "beginning to sell" in
Australia that same year. ==Filmography==