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.
Known For
The Young and the Damned
Mother
Captain from Castile
Doña Marina (uncredited)
Amok
Tara
Faith, Hope and Charity
Cuca (segment "Caridad")
Soledad's Shawl
Soledad
The Curse of the Aztec Mu...
Aztec Chanteuse
Bugambilia
Zarca
The Woman of the Port
Mujer de cabaret
Emiliano Zapata
Attack of the Mayan Mummy
The High Priestess