Estela Inda
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 28, 1917
- Died
- December 7, 1995
- Birthplace
- Patzcuaro, Michoacán, Mexico
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.
Filmography
El secuestro de un policía 1991
Actor
Con el odio en la piel 1988
Actor
Durazo 1988
Actor
El Aduanal 1987
Actor
Arriba Michoacán 1987
Actor
El secuestro de Camarena 1985
Actor
Tierra de valientes 1984
Actor, Writer
Mundo mágico 1983
Actor
Un hombre llamado el diablo 1983
as Doña Paz (madre de Julia)
Preparatoria 1983
Actor
Lo mejor de Teresa 1977
as Madre de Teresa
- Charity
Charity 1974
as Cuca
Faith, Hope and Charity 1974
as Cuca (segment "Caridad")
One Way 1973
as Rosa
Emiliano Zapata 1970
Actor
Attack of the Mayan Mummy 1964
as The High Priestess
The Robot vs. The Aztec Mummy 1958
as Aztec Chanteuse
The Curse of the Aztec Mummy 1957
as Aztec Chanteuse
The Aztec Mummy 1957
as Aztec Chanteuse
Näskara (Awakening) 1953
as María
Soledad's Shawl 1952
as Soledad, Screenplay
The Young and the Damned 1950
as Mother
The Cockfighter 1948
Screenplay
Captain from Castile 1947
as Doña Marina (uncredited)
Tragic Weddings 1946
as Laura
Bugambilia 1945
as Zarca
Amok 1944
as Tara
La fuga 1944
as Condesa de la Cadena
El rayo del sur 1943
Actor
The Blood Stain 1943
Actor
Santa 1943
as Raquel
La feria de las flores 1943
as Virginia
- La torre de los suplicios
La torre de los suplicios 1941
as Raquel
Mala yerba 1940
as Mariana Bermúdez
La canción del milagro 1940
as Margarita (as Stella Inda)
Una luz en mi camino 1939
Actor
The Night of the Mayans 1939
as Lol
La justicia de Pancho Villa 1939
as La ñata Paulina
Corazón bandolero 1935
Actor
Venganza suprema 1934
as Clienta cabaret (uncredited)
The Woman of the Port 1934
as Mujer de cabaret
Credits from TMDB.