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Estela Inda

Acting Born Jun 28, 1917 Patzcuaro, Michoacán, Mexico 24 credits

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.

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Known for

Film

The Young and the Damned

as Mother
Film

The Curse of the Aztec Mummy

as Aztec Chanteuse

Full filmography

  • The Young and the Damned (1950) as Mother
  • Captain from Castile (1947) as Doña Marina (uncredited)
  • La Fuga (1944) as Condesa de la Cadena
  • Emiliano Zapata (1970)
  • Charity (1974) as Cuca
  • Venganza suprema (1934) as Clienta cabaret (uncredited)
  • The Curse of the Aztec Mummy (1957) as Aztec Chanteuse
  • Santa (1943) as Raquel
  • Tragic Weddings (1946) as Laura
  • The Woman of the Port (1934) as Mujer de cabaret
  • Bugambilia (1945) as Zarca
  • Una luz en mi camino (1939)
  • El secuestro de un policía (1991)
  • One Way (1973) as Rosa
  • Mundo mágico (1983)
  • Soledad's Shawl (1952) as Soledad
  • The Aztec Mummy (1957) as Aztec Chanteuse
  • Durazo (1988)
  • Mala yerba (1940) as Mariana Bermúdez
  • Faith, Hope and Charity (1974) as Cuca (segment "Caridad")
  • Attack of the Mayan Mummy (1964) as The High Priestess
  • The Night of the Mayans (1939) as Lol
  • Con el odio en la piel (1988)
  • El Aduanal (1987)