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
The Young and the Damned
Preparatoria
Preparatoria
Con el odio en la piel
Con el odio en la piel
The Blood Stain
The Blood Stain
Amok
Amok
La feria de las flores
La feria de las flores
Näskara (Awakening)
Näskara (Awakening)

Filmography

1988 Con el odio en la piel
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1988 Durazo: The True Story
as
1987 El Aduanal
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1987 Arriba Michoacán
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1983 Mundo mágico
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1983 Preparatoria
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1977 Lo mejor de Teresa
as Madre de Teresa
1974 Faith, Hope and Charity
as Cuca (segment "Caridad")
1974 Charity
as Cuca
1973 One Way
as Rosa
1970 Emiliano Zapata
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1964 Attack of the Mayan Mummy
as The High Priestess
1957 The Curse of the Aztec Mummy
as Aztec Chanteuse
1957 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
1947 Captain from Castile
as Doña Marina (uncredited)
1946 Tragic Weddings
as Laura
1945 Bugambilia
as Zarca