Known For
Acting
Born
Jun 28, 1917
Died
Dec 07, 1995
Place of Birth
Patzcuaro, Michoacán, Mexico
Credits
35 titles
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
Filmography
El secuestro de un policía
Con el odio en la piel
Durazo
El Aduanal
Arriba Michoacán
Tierra de valientes
Mundo mágico
Preparatoria
Lo mejor de Teresa
Madre de Teresa
Charity
Cuca
Faith, Hope and Charity
Cuca (segment "Caridad")
One Way
Rosa
Emiliano Zapata
Attack of the Mayan Mummy
The High Priestess
The Curse of the Aztec Mummy
Aztec Chanteuse
The Aztec Mummy
Aztec Chanteuse
Näskara (Awakening)
María
Soledad's Shawl
Soledad
The Young and the Damned
Mother
The Cockfighter
Screenplay
Captain from Castile
Doña Marina (uncredited)
Tragic Weddings
Laura
Bugambilia
Zarca
Amok
Tara
La Fuga
Condesa de la Cadena
El rayo del sur
The Blood Stain
Santa
Raquel
La feria de las flores
Virginia
Mala yerba
Mariana Bermúdez
La canción del milagro
Margarita (as Stella Inda)
Una luz en mi camino
The Night of the Mayans
Lol
Venganza suprema
Clienta cabaret (uncredited)
The Woman of the Port
Mujer de cabaret