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.
Acted in 33
1990s
- 1991
El secuestro de un policía
Movie
1980s
- 1988
Con el odio en la piel
Movie
Durazo
Movie
- 1987
El Aduanal
Movie
- 1984
Tierra de valientes
Movie
- 1983
Mundo mágico
Movie
Preparatoria
Movie
1970s
- 1977
Lo mejor de Teresa
Madre de Teresa
- 1974
Faith, Hope and Charity
Cuca (segment "Caridad")
- 1973
One Way
Rosa
- 1970
Emiliano Zapata
Movie
1960s
- 1964
Attack of the Mayan Mummy
The High Priestess
1950s
- 1957
The Curse of the Aztec Mummy
Aztec Chanteuse
The Aztec Mummy
Aztec Chanteuse
- 1953
Näskara (Awakening)
María
- 1952
Soledad's Shawl
Soledad
- 1950
1940s
- 1947
Captain from Castile
Doña Marina (uncredited)
- 1946
Tragic Weddings
Laura
- 1945
Bugambilia
Zarca
- 1944
Amok
Tara
La fuga
Condesa de la Cadena
- 1943
El rayo del sur
Movie
The Blood Stain
Movie
Santa
Raquel
La feria de las flores
Virginia
- 1940
Mala yerba
Mariana Bermúdez
La canción del milagro
Margarita (as Stella Inda)
1930s
- 1939
Una luz en mi camino
Movie
The Night of the Mayans
Lol
- 1934
Venganza suprema
Clienta cabaret (uncredited)
The Woman of the Port
Mujer de cabaret
Wrote 3
1980s
- 1984
Tierra de valientes
Writer
1950s
- 1952
Soledad's Shawl
Screenplay
1940s
- 1948
The Cockfighter
Screenplay