Estela Inda
Actor
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.
Filmography
Captain from Castile
as Doña Marina (uncredited) 1947
The Curse of the Aztec Mummy
as Aztec Chanteuse 1957
The Aztec Mummy
as Aztec Chanteuse 1957
Faith, Hope and Charity
as Cuca (segment "Caridad") 1974
The Woman of the Port
as Mujer de cabaret 1934
Attack of the Mayan Mummy
as The High Priestess 1964
The Blood Stain
1937
Emiliano Zapata
1970
Bugambilia
as Zarca 1945
Soledad's Shawl
as Soledad 1952
La feria de las flores
as Virginia 1943
The Night of the Mayans
as Lol 1939
Con el odio en la piel
1988
Amok
as Tara 1944
One Way
as Rosa 1973
Santa
as Raquel 1943