---
name: "Gloria Castillo"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/gloria-castillo"
fi1m_id: "gloria-castillo"
imdb_id: "nm0145082"
tmdb_id: 30542
wikidata_id: "Q5571339"
roles: []
born: "3 March 1933"
died: "24 October 1978"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-18T08:47:16.661552+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Gloria Castillo

## Identity

Gloria Castillo

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/gloria-castillo
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** gloria-castillo
- **IMDb ID:** nm0145082
- **TMDB ID:** 30542
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5571339
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloria_Castillo, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5571339, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0145082/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/30542

Actor. Born 3 March 1933 in Belen, New Mexico, USA. Died 24 October 1978.

## Details

- **Born:** 3 March 1933, Belen, New Mexico, USA
- **Died:** 24 October 1978
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloria_Castillo, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5571339, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0145082/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/30542

## Streaming the US now

- **The Criterion Channel:** [*The Night of the Hunter*](https://film.one/film/the-night-of-the-hunter.md) (91)

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## Biography

Gloria Castillo (1933–1978) was an American stage, film and television actress. She was born in Belen, New Mexico, graduated from the University of New Mexico in 1954, and began her professional career that year after appearing in local theatre productions.

Her film debut came in 1955 as Ruby in *The Night of the Hunter*, directed by Charles Laughton. She appeared in several other films of the late 1950s, including *Invasion of the Saucer Men* (1957) and *Reform School Girl* (1957), and had guest roles in television series such as *Zorro* and *Bat Masterson*. Later she worked as a dress designer. She was married to Ellis Kadison.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Night of the Hunter* (1955), Fi1m 91, as Ruby — [page](https://film.one/film/the-night-of-the-hunter.md)

## Complete filmography (15)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *You've Got To Be Smart* (1967), as Connie Jackson
- *Bat Masterson* (1958), series, as Rosita Anselm
- *Teenage Monster* (1958), as Kathy North
- *Zorro* (1957), series, Actor
- *Reform School Girl* (1957), as Donna Price
- *Invasion of the Saucer Men* (1957), as Joan Hayden
- *Not One Shall Die* (1957), as Deborah Lessing
- *Runaway Daughters* (1956), as Angela
- *Matinee Theater* (1955), series, Actor
- *Alfred Hitchcock Presents* (1955), series, as Lili
- *Gunsmoke* (1955), series, as Mrs. Ringle
- *The Night of the Hunter* (1955), as Ruby — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/the-night-of-the-hunter.md)
- *The Millionaire* (1955), series, as Theresa Buonarotti, Anna Krishna
- *Sherwood Anderson's I'm A Fool* (1954), Actor
- *General Electric Theater* (1953), series, as Elinor

## Gallery

- ![Baseline Drive-In theater advertisement for the double-feature, American sci-fi/horror films I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957) and Invasion of the Saucer Men (195](https://film.one/media/person/95273/gallery-06954c98e11f.jpg) Baseline Drive-In theater advertisement for the double-feature, American sci-fi/horror films I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957) and Invasion of the Saucer Men (195 — American International Pictures, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Baseline_Drive-in_Ad_-_2_August_1957%2C_Highland%2C_CA.jpg/1280px-Baseline_Drive-in_Ad_-_2_August_1957%2C_Highland%2C_CA.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Gloria Castillo](https://film.one/media/person/95273/gallery-719f17da52f8.jpg) Gloria Castillo — Image via TMDB

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