Estela Inda
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1917-06-28 – 1995-12-07
Place of birth: Patzcuaro, Michoacán, Mexico
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
1950Mother
Emiliano Zapata
1970
Captain from Castile
1947Doña Marina (uncredited)
Preparatoria
1983
Con el odio en la piel
1988
The Blood Stain
1943
Durazo
1988
Amok
1944Tara
La feria de las flores
1943Virginia
Näskara (Awakening)
1953María
Tragic Weddings
1946Laura
Faith, Hope and Charity
1974Cuca (segment "Caridad")
La Fuga
1944Condesa de la Cadena
El Aduanal
1987
One Way
1973Rosa
The Night of the Mayans
1939Lol
Santa
1943Raquel
Soledad's Shawl
1952Soledad
The Woman of the Port
1934Mujer de cabaret