Estela Inda
Acting
Born: 1917-06-28 in Patzcuaro, Michoacán, Mexico
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
Mother
Captain from Castile
Doña Marina (uncredited)
The Curse of the Aztec Mummy
Aztec Chanteuse
The Aztec Mummy
Aztec Chanteuse
Faith, Hope and Charity
Cuca (segment "Caridad")
Attack of the Mayan Mummy
The High Priestess
The Woman of the Port
Mujer de cabaret
The Blood Stain
Emiliano Zapata
Bugambilia
Zarca
Soledad's Shawl
Soledad
La feria de las flores
Virginia
The Night of the Mayans
Lol
Con el odio en la piel
Amok
Tara
One Way
Rosa
Santa
Raquel
Lo mejor de Teresa
Madre de Teresa
Una luz en mi camino
El Aduanal
Mala yerba
Mariana Bermúdez
El rayo del sur
Mundo mágico
El secuestro de un policía
Venganza suprema
Clienta cabaret (uncredited)
La fuga
Condesa de la Cadena
Arriba Michoacán
Preparatoria
Durazo
Tragic Weddings
Laura
La canción del milagro
Margarita (as Stella Inda)
Tierra de valientes
Näskara (Awakening)
María