Estela Inda
Known For
Acting
Born
1917-06-28 in Patzcuaro, Michoacán, Mexico
Died
1995-12-07
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.
Most Known For
Mala yerba
as Mariana Bermúdez
The Young and the Damned
as Mother
Arriba Michoacán
Captain from Castile
as Doña Marina (uncredited)
Con el odio en la piel
The Aztec Mummy
as Aztec Chanteuse
Faith, Hope and Charity
as Cuca (segment "Caridad")
Soledad's Shawl
as Soledad
Durazo: The True Story
Mundo mágico
Santa
as Raquel
Bugambilia
as Zarca
The Curse of the Aztec Mummy
as Aztec Chanteuse
Amok
as Tara
Emiliano Zapata
La Fuga
as Condesa de la Cadena
Tragic Weddings
as Laura
One Way
as Rosa
Lo mejor de Teresa
as Madre de Teresa
The Woman of the Port
as Mujer de cabaret