Estela Inda
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
El secuestro de un policía
Con el odio en la piel
Con el odio en la piel
Durazo
Durazo
El Aduanal
El Aduanal
Arriba Michoacán
Arriba Michoacán
Tierra de valientes
Tierra de valientes
Mundo mágico
Mundo mágico
Preparatoria
Preparatoria
Lo mejor de Teresa
as Madre de Teresa
Lo mejor de Teresa
as Madre de Teresa
Faith, Hope and Charity
as Cuca (segment "Caridad")
Faith, Hope and Charity
as Cuca (segment "Caridad")
Charity
as Cuca
Charity
as Cuca
Emiliano Zapata
Emiliano Zapata
Attack of the Mayan Mummy
as The High Priestess
Attack of the Mayan Mummy
as The High Priestess
The Curse of the Aztec Mummy
as Aztec Chanteuse
The Curse of the Aztec Mummy
as Aztec Chanteuse
The Aztec Mummy
as Aztec Chanteuse
The Aztec Mummy
as Aztec Chanteuse
Näskara (Awakening)
as María
Näskara (Awakening)
as María
Soledad's Shawl
as Soledad
Soledad's Shawl
as Soledad
The Young and the Damned
as Mother
The Young and the Damned
as Mother
Captain from Castile
as Doña Marina (uncredited)
Captain from Castile
as Doña Marina (uncredited)
Amok
as Tara
Amok
as Tara
El rayo del sur
El rayo del sur
Santa
as Raquel
Santa
as Raquel
La feria de las flores
as Virginia
La feria de las flores
as Virginia
Mala yerba
as Mariana Bermúdez
Mala yerba
as Mariana Bermúdez
Una luz en mi camino
Una luz en mi camino
The Night of the Mayans
as Lol
The Night of the Mayans
as Lol
Venganza suprema
as Clienta cabaret (uncredited)
Venganza suprema
as Clienta cabaret (uncredited)
The Woman of the Port
as Mujer de cabaret
The Woman of the Port
as Mujer de cabaret