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Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1917-06-28

Place of Birth

Patzcuaro, Michoacán, Mexico

Estela Inda

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

Arriba Michoacán

Arriba Michoacán

The two largest ranches in a small town are operated entirely by women, because their menfolk have all emigrated. Seceral of the younger women have boyfriend troubles, and all the women band together to vote their own representative into City Hall as Mayor.

Venganza suprema

Venganza suprema

Julian gets framed for stealing a company check by his superior Carlos who's courting his wife Olga together trying to get him outa the way so they can be together, setting him up, the deed does the job and Julian lands in jail.

Mala yerba

Mala yerba

Plantation owner is way too much into his peasant girls. It causes problems.

The Curse of the Aztec Mummy

The Curse of the Aztec Mummy

The evil Dr. Krupp, once again trying to get possession of the Aztec princess Xochitl's jewels, hypnotizes her current reincarnation, Flor, to get her to reveal the jewels' location - Xochitl's tomb. Confusion reigns as Krupp and his thugs are opposed by Flor's lover, Dr. Almada, his assistant, and wrestling superhero, El Angel. Krupp finally meets his match, however, when he comes up against Popoca, the warrior mummy who guards Xochitl's tomb.

The Young and the Damned

The Young and the Damned

A group of juvenile delinquents live a violent life in the infamous slums of Mexico City; among them Pedro, whose morality is gradually corrupted and destroyed by the others.

El secuestro de un policía

El secuestro de un policía

Tierra de valientes

Tierra de valientes

Captain from Castile

Captain from Castile

Spain, 1518: young caballero Pedro De Vargas offends his sadistic neighbor De Silva, who just happens to be an officer of the Inquisition. Forced to flee, Pedro, friend Juan Garcia, and adoring servant girl Catana join Cortez' first expedition to Mexico. Arriving in the rich new land, Cortez decides to switch from exploration to conquest...with only 500 men. Embroiled in continuous adventures and a romantic interlude, Pedro almost forgets he has a deadly enemy...

Näskara (Awakening)

Näskara (Awakening)

Maria, an indigenous woman, seeks justice for her sister Rosa after she is raped.

Charity

Charity

An elderly wealthy woman’s public charity in a forgotten town sparks tension and rivalry among neighbors. A working-class wife is pushed into a harsh maze of institutions as the conflict spills into family life.

Lo mejor de Teresa

Lo mejor de Teresa

Ambitious young woman decides to leave her backwards hometown and move to Mexico City to study for a scientific degree.

Attack of the Mayan Mummy

Attack of the Mayan Mummy

A scientist seeking loot of the Nile regresses a woman to her past incarnation, a princess in ancient Egypt. (Edited from the Mexican horror film LA MOMIA AZTECA, and follows its general plot but with 36 minutes of new, American-made footage and English narration in lieu of dubbed dialogue for the original footage.)

Soledad's Shawl

Soledad's Shawl

Alberto Robles, a young doctor, is faced with the decision to surrender to a life full of comforts and luxuries or to continue dedicating himself body and soul to serving those who need it most.

El rayo del sur

El rayo del sur

Latter part of the career of Padre Morelos, the 18th/19th century military leader. Sequel to... um... El Padre Morelos.

Con el odio en la piel

Con el odio en la piel

After group of racist cops from Texas kill his brother, a young Mexican man stands up to the corrupt bunch in this action-drama.