Estela Inda
Born: 1917-06-28 in Patzcuaro, Michoacán, Mexico
Died: 1995-12-07
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
1983
1977
- Lo mejor de Teresa as Madre de Teresa
1974
- Faith, Hope and Charity as Cuca (segment "Caridad")
1973
- One Way as Rosa
1970
1964
- Attack of the Mayan Mummy as The High Priestess
1957
- The Curse of the Aztec Mummy as Aztec Chanteuse
- The Aztec Mummy as Aztec Chanteuse
1953
- Näskara (Awakening) as María
1952
- Soledad's Shawl as Soledad
1950
- The Young and the Damned as Mother
1948
- The Cockfighter ... (Screenplay)
1947
- Captain from Castile as Doña Marina (uncredited)
1946
- Tragic Weddings as Laura
1945
- Bugambilia as Zarca
1943
- Santa as Raquel
- El rayo del sur
- La feria de las flores as Virginia
1940
- Mala yerba as Mariana Bermúdez
- La canción del milagro as Margarita (as Stella Inda)
1939
- The Night of the Mayans as Lol
1937
1934
- The Woman of the Port as Mujer de cabaret