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