Estela Inda
Acting

Estela Inda

Born 28 June 1917 · Patzcuaro, Michoacán, Mexico · Died 7 December 1995

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 Curse of the Aztec Mummy
The Aztec Mummy
Faith, Hope and Charity
Attack of the Mayan Mummy
The Woman of the Port
The Blood Stain
Emiliano Zapata
Bugambilia
Soledad's Shawl
La feria de las flores
The Night of the Mayans
El secuestro de un policía
Con el odio en la piel
Durazo
El Aduanal
Arriba Michoacán
Tierra de valientes
Preparatoria
Mundo mágico
Lo mejor de Teresa
Faith, Hope and Charity
One Way
Emiliano Zapata
Attack of the Mayan Mummy
The Aztec Mummy
The Curse of the Aztec Mummy
Näskara (Awakening)
Soledad's Shawl
The Young and the Damned
The Cockfighter
Tragic Weddings
Bugambilia
Amok
La fuga
The Blood Stain
La feria de las flores
Santa
El rayo del sur
Mala yerba
La canción del milagro
The Night of the Mayans
Una luz en mi camino
The Woman of the Port
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