Estela Inda

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.

Filmografi

Arriba Michoacán1987 · Venganza suprema1934 · Clienta cabaret (uncredited)The Curse of the Aztec Mummy1957 · Aztec ChanteuseMala yerba1940 · Mariana BermúdezThe Young and the Damned1950 · MotherEl secuestro de un policía1991 · Charity1974 · CucaTierra de valientes1984 · Captain from Castile1947 · Doña Marina (uncredited)Näskara (Awakening)1953 · MaríaLo mejor de Teresa1977 · Madre de TeresaAttack of the Mayan Mummy1964 · The High PriestessThe Aztec Mummy1957 · Aztec ChanteuseFaith, Hope and Charity1974 · Cuca (segment "Caridad")Una luz en mi camino1939 · One Way1973 · RosaLa feria de las flores1943 · VirginiaSanta1943 · RaquelSoledad's Shawl1952 · SoledadAmok1944 · TaraCon el odio en la piel1988 · La fuga1944 · Condesa de la CadenaThe Blood Stain1943 · Tragic Weddings1946 · Laura