Estela Inda
Biography
Stella (or Estela) Inda (June 28, 1917 – December 7, 1995) was a Mexican film actress. She was the star of notable Mexican films, including Los olvidados by Luis Buñuel in 1949. She started her career as extra in the successful film La Mujer del Puerto, starred by Andrea Palma. Also, she participated in Mexican films such as La Noche de los Mayas (1939), Santa (second souns version, 1943), Bugambilia (1944, with Dolores del Río), Amok (1945, with María Félix), and the success films Los olvidados (1949, directed by Luis Buñuel and El Rebozo de Soledad (1955). In the later years, she was an acting teacher in the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes in Mexico, and directed a folkloric dance group called "Stella Inda y su Conjunto". In 1947 she had a prominent but uncredited role as the historical personage La Malinche in the Hollywood epic Captain from Castile, opposite Cesar Romero as Hernán Cortés.
Known For
The Young and the Damned
Captain from Castile
Tragic Weddings
La Fuga
The Curse of the Aztec Mummy
Bugambilia
Emiliano Zapata
Venganza suprema
All Movies (33)
- El secuestro de un policía1991
- Con el odio en la piel1988
- Durazo1988
- El Aduanal1987
- Arriba Michoacán1987
- Mundo mágico1983
- Preparatoria1983
- Lo mejor de Teresa1977 · as Madre de Teresa
- Faith, Hope and Charity1974 · as Cuca (segment "Caridad")
- Charity1974 · as Cuca
- One Way1973 · as Rosa
- Emiliano Zapata1970
- Attack of the Mayan Mummy1964 · as The High Priestess
- The Curse of the Aztec Mummy1957 · as Aztec Chanteuse
- The Aztec Mummy1957 · as Aztec Chanteuse
- Näskara (Awakening)1953 · as María
- Soledad's Shawl1952 · as Soledad
- The Young and the Damned1950 · as Mother
- Captain from Castile1947 · as Doña Marina (uncredited)
- Tragic Weddings1946 · as Laura
- Bugambilia1945 · as Zarca
- Amok1944 · as Tara
- La Fuga1944 · as Condesa de la Cadena
- El rayo del sur1943
- The Blood Stain1943
- Santa1943 · as Raquel
- La feria de las flores1943 · as Virginia
- Mala yerba1940 · as Mariana Bermúdez
- La canción del milagro1940 · as Margarita (as Stella Inda)
- Una luz en mi camino1939
- The Night of the Mayans1939 · as Lol
- Venganza suprema1934 · as Clienta cabaret (uncredited)
- The Woman of the Port1934 · as Mujer de cabaret