Acting
Estela Inda
ES, EN cinema · 35 credits
Born
28 June 1917
Died
7 December 1995 (aged 78)
Birthplace
Patzcuaro, Michoacán, Mexico
Also known as Stella Inda · María de la Soledad García Corona
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
Filmography
Durazo
Actor
Tierra de valientes
Actor, Writer
Lo mejor de Teresa
as Madre de Teresa
Faith, Hope and Charity
as Cuca (segment "Caridad")
One Way
as Rosa
Attack of the Mayan Mummy
as The High Priestess
The Aztec Mummy
as Aztec Chanteuse
The Curse of the Aztec Mummy
as Aztec Chanteuse
Soledad's Shawl
as Soledad, Screenplay
The Young and the Damned
as Mother
The Cockfighter
Screenplay
Captain from Castile
as Doña Marina (uncredited)
Tragic Weddings
as Laura
Bugambilia
as Zarca
Amok
as Tara
La fuga
as Condesa de la Cadena
La feria de las flores
as Virginia
Santa
as Raquel
Mala yerba
as Mariana Bermúdez
La canción del milagro
as Margarita (as Stella Inda)
The Woman of the Port
as Mujer de cabaret
Venganza suprema
as Clienta cabaret (uncredited)