Estela Inda

Birthday: 1917-06-28
Deathday: 1995-12-07
Birthplace: Patzcuaro, Michoacán, Mexico
Gender: Female
Owned By: Unowned

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.

Credits

Year Title Character
1988-01-21 Con el odio en la piel
1988-01-01 Durazo: The True Story
1987-10-15 El Aduanal
1987-07-09 Arriba Michoacán
1983-12-29 Mundo mágico
1983-01-01 Preparatoria
1977-02-02 Lo mejor de Teresa Madre de Teresa
1974-02-14 Faith, Hope and Charity Cuca (segment "Caridad")
1974-02-14 Charity Cuca
1973-09-22 One Way Rosa
1970-11-20 Emiliano Zapata
1964-01-01 Attack of the Mayan Mummy The High Priestess
1957-12-11 The Curse of the Aztec Mummy Aztec Chanteuse
1957-11-13 The Aztec Mummy Aztec Chanteuse
1953-05-24 Näskara (Awakening) María
1952-11-13 Soledad's Shawl Soledad
1950-12-09 The Young and the Damned Mother
1947-12-25 Captain from Castile Doña Marina (uncredited)
1946-05-30 Tragic Weddings Laura
1945-11-02 Bugambilia Zarca
1944-12-22 Amok Tara
1944-07-04 La Fuga Condesa de la Cadena
1943-09-30 El rayo del sur
1943-06-10 Santa Raquel
1943-01-16 La feria de las flores Virginia
1940-09-11 Mala yerba Mariana Bermúdez
1940-05-10 La canción del milagro Margarita (as Stella Inda)
1939-09-16 The Night of the Mayans Lol
1937-01-01 The Blood Stain
1934-02-14 The Woman of the Port Mujer de cabaret