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.
The Young and the Damned
(Mother)
Emiliano Zapata
Captain from Castile
(Doña Marina (uncredited))
Preparatoria
Con el odio en la piel
The Blood Stain
Durazo: The True Story
Amok
(Tara)
La feria de las flores
(Virginia)
Näskara (Awakening)
(María)
Tragic Weddings
(Laura)
Faith, Hope and Charity
(Cuca (segment "Caridad"))
La Fuga
(Condesa de la Cadena)
El Aduanal
One Way
(Rosa)
The Night of the Mayans
(Lol)
Soledad's Shawl
(Soledad)
Santa
(Raquel)
The Woman of the Port
(Mujer de cabaret)
Lo mejor de Teresa
(Madre de Teresa)
Mala yerba
(Mariana Bermúdez)
Bugambilia
(Zarca)
The Miracle Song
(Margarita (as Stella Inda))
Arriba Michoacán
El rayo del sur
Mundo mágico
The Aztec Mummy
(Aztec Chanteuse)
The Curse of the Aztec Mummy
(Aztec Chanteuse)
Attack of the Mayan Mummy
(The High Priestess)