Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
June 28, 1917
Place of Birth:
Patzcuaro, Michoacán, Mexico
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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
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Con el odio en la piel | |
| 1988 | Durazo: The True Story | |
| 1987 | El Aduanal | |
| 1987 | Arriba Michoacán | |
| 1983 | Preparatoria | |
| 1983 | Mundo mágico | |
| 1977 | Lo mejor de Teresa | Madre de Teresa |
| 1974 | Faith, Hope and Charity | Cuca (segment "Caridad") |
| 1974 | Charity | Cuca |
| 1973 | One Way | Rosa |
| 1970 | Emiliano Zapata | |
| 1964 | Attack of the Mayan Mummy | The High Priestess |
| 1957 | The Aztec Mummy | Aztec Chanteuse |
| 1957 | The Curse of the Aztec Mummy | Aztec Chanteuse |
| 1953 | Näskara (Awakening) | María |
| 1952 | Soledad's Shawl | Soledad |
| 1950 | The Young and the Damned | Mother |
| 1947 | Captain from Castile | Doña Marina (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Tragic Weddings | Laura |
| 1945 | Bugambilia | Zarca |
| 1944 | Amok | Tara |
| 1944 | La Fuga | Condesa de la Cadena |
| 1943 | La feria de las flores | Virginia |
| 1943 | Santa | Raquel |
| 1943 | El rayo del sur | |
| 1940 | Mala yerba | Mariana Bermúdez |
| 1940 | La canción del milagro | Margarita (as Stella Inda) |
| 1939 | The Night of the Mayans | Lol |
| 1937 | The Blood Stain | |
| 1934 | The Woman of the Port | Mujer de cabaret |
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