Stella (or Estela) Inda (June 28, 1924 – December 7, 1995) was a Mexican
film
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actress
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. She was the star of notable Mexican films, including ''
Los olvidados
''Los olvidados'' (, Spanish: ''The Forgotten Ones''; known in the United States as ''The Young and the Damned'') is a 1950 Mexican teen crime film directed by Luis Buñuel. It was filmed at Tepeyac Studios and on location in Mexico City.
Produ ...
'' by
Luis Buñuel
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in 1949.
Biography
Inda started her career as extra in the successful film ''
La Mujer del Puerto'' (1934), which starred
Andrea Palma
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His works include the Cat ...
. Also, she participated in Mexican films such as ''
The Night of the Mayas'' (1939), ''
Santa
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'' (second sound version, 1943), ''
Bugambilia
''Bugambilia'' (''Bougainvillea'') is a 1945 Mexican film directed by Emilio Fernández and starring Dolores del Río and Pedro Armendáriz.
Plot
In the Mexican city of Guanajuato, in the 1800s, the young and beautiful Amalia de los Robles (Dol ...
'' (1944, with
Dolores del Río
María de los Dolores Asúnsolo y López Negrete (3 August 1904 – 11 April 1983), known professionally as Dolores del Río (), was a Mexican actress. With a career spanning more than 50 years, she is regarded as the first major female Latin Am ...
), ''
Amok'' (1945, with
María Félix
María de los Ángeles Félix Güereña (; 8 April 1914 – 8 April 2002) was a Mexican actress and singer. Along with Pedro Armendáriz and Dolores del Río, she was one of the most successful figures of Latin American cinema in the 1940s an ...
), and the success films ''
Los olvidados
''Los olvidados'' (, Spanish: ''The Forgotten Ones''; known in the United States as ''The Young and the Damned'') is a 1950 Mexican teen crime film directed by Luis Buñuel. It was filmed at Tepeyac Studios and on location in Mexico City.
Produ ...
'' (1949, directed by
Luis Buñuel
Luis Buñuel Portolés (; 22 February 1900 – 29 July 1983) was a Spanish-Mexican filmmaker who worked in France, Mexico, and Spain. He has been widely considered by many film critics, historians, and directors to be one of the greatest and m ...
and ''
El Rebozo de Soledad
''Soledad's Shawl'' (Spanish: ''El rebozo de Soledad'') is a 1952 Mexican western film directed by Roberto Gavaldón and starring Arturo de Córdova, Pedro Armendáriz, and Estela Inda.Segre p.225 The film's sets were designed by the art director ...
'' (1955, directed by
Roberto Gavaldón
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Eight of Gavaldón's films were featured on the list 100 Best Movies of the Cinema of Mexico. His 1958 film ''Ash Wed ...
). In the later years, she was an acting teacher in the
Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes
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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
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in the Hollywood epic ''
Captain from Castile
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'', opposite
Cesar Romero
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His wide range of screen roles included Latin lovers, historical figures in c ...
as
Hernán Cortés
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.
Partial filmography
* ''
La Mujer del Puerto'' (1934)
* ''Mujeres sin Alma'' (1934)
* ''
The Blood Stain
''The Blood Stain'' (Spanish:''La Mancha de Sangre'') is a 1937 Mexican drama film directed by Adolfo Best Maugard and starring Estela Inda, José Casal and Heriberto G. Batemberg. It had serious problems with the Mexican censors due to its por ...
'' (1937)
* ''
The Night of the Mayas'' (1939)
* ''
Santa
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'' (1943)
* ''
The Escape The Escape may refer to:
Film and television
* ''The Escape'' (1914 film), American silent film directed by D. W. Griffith
* ''The Escape'' (1926 film), American silent film
* ''The Escape'' (1928 film), American film
* ''The Escape'' (1939 f ...
'' (1944)
* ''
Bugambilia
''Bugambilia'' (''Bougainvillea'') is a 1945 Mexican film directed by Emilio Fernández and starring Dolores del Río and Pedro Armendáriz.
Plot
In the Mexican city of Guanajuato, in the 1800s, the young and beautiful Amalia de los Robles (Dol ...
'' (1944)
* ''
Amok'' (1945)
* ''
Tragic Wedding
''Tragic Wedding'' (Spanish:''Bodas trágicas'') is a 1946 Mexican drama film directed by Gilberto Martínez Solares and starring Roberto Silva, Miroslava and Ernesto Alonso.Berumen p.339 The film's sets were designed by the art director Jorge ...
'' (1946)
* ''
Captain from Castile
''Captain from Castile'' is a historical adventure film released by 20th Century-Fox in 1947. Directed by Henry King, the Technicolor film stars Tyrone Power, Jean Peters, and Cesar Romero. Shot on location in Michoacán, Mexico, the film include ...
'' (1947)
* ''
Los olvidados
''Los olvidados'' (, Spanish: ''The Forgotten Ones''; known in the United States as ''The Young and the Damned'') is a 1950 Mexican teen crime film directed by Luis Buñuel. It was filmed at Tepeyac Studios and on location in Mexico City.
Produ ...
'' (1949)
* ''
El Rebozo de Soledad
''Soledad's Shawl'' (Spanish: ''El rebozo de Soledad'') is a 1952 Mexican western film directed by Roberto Gavaldón and starring Arturo de Córdova, Pedro Armendáriz, and Estela Inda.Segre p.225 The film's sets were designed by the art director ...
'' (1952)
* ''
The Aztec Mummy
''The Aztec Mummy'' (Spanish: ''La Momia Azteca'', also known in the USA as simply ''La Momia'') is a 1957 Mexican horror film produced by Guillermo Calderon from his own story idea, scripted by Alfredo Salazar, and directed by Rafael Portillo.
...
'' (1957)
* ''
Fé, Esperanza y Caridad
''Fe, Esperanza y Caridad'' (English: Faith, Hope and Charity) is a Mexican film comprising three short stories. It was made in 1974.
Synopsis
The film compiles three stories, each named for part of the main title. The first, "Fe" (Faith), is ...
(1973)''
External links
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1924 births
1995 deaths
Ariel Award winners
20th-century Mexican actresses
Mexican film actresses
Actresses from Michoacán
People from Pátzcuaro