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Argentine actress of cinema and theater, as well as a mentor to outstanding actors. Born in a small town in the Buenos Aires province (Cnel. Suárez), Ledesma moved to the city of Buenos Aires at a very young age to begin her acting training. At 16, she enrolled in the National Conservatory of Scenic Art (Escuela de Teatro), where she studied for two years before starting her career in 1945 with the play "The Miser" by Molière, performed at the National Comedy Argentina. Her instructors included Antonio Cunill Cabanellas and Augusto Fernández. Influenced in part by the anarchistic ideology of her ancestors, Ledesma was committed to advocating for actors' rights. Throughout her career, she appeared in 24 Argentine films; her last was "Invisible City," a co-production with Italy. Some of her most notable performances were in "Viaje sin regreso" (Trip Without Return), "El hombre de las sorpresas" (The Man of Surprises, by Leopoldo Torres Ríos), and "Los días que me diste" (The Days You Gave Me, by Fernando Siro).
After the fall of the Peronist government in 1955, Ledesma was banned from acting by the military government’s Liberating Revolution (Revolución Libertadora), returning to cinema only in 1957. She received several prestigious awards, including Best Actress of the Year from the National Institute of Cinematography for "A puerta cerrada" (Closed Door, by Pedro Escudero), Best Actress of the Share-out for her role in "Todo sea para bien" (Everything Is for Good, by Carlos Rinaldi), and Best Actress for the Franco-Argentine co-production "Section Eliminated."
In the mid-1960s, she was appointed artistic director of the Argentine Theater (Teatro Argentino), where she directed important productions of renowned playwrights such as Brecht, Shaw, Miller, and Jacobo Langsner. She also directed award-winning theatrical works, including "Israfel" (by Abelardo Castillo), "Medea" (by Euripides), and "The Glass Menagerie" (by Tennessee Williams). Due to her strong convictions and social commitment, in 1975 she was threatened with death by the Triple A (Argentine Anti-Communist Alliance) and faced censorship for nearly a decade during the Military Reorganization Process (1976-1983), which affected her career. On television, she participated in the famous Argentine series "Alta Comedia" (High Comedy), alongside prominent actors such as Narciso Ibáñez Menta, China Zorrilla, and Pepe Soriano.
In recent years, she portrayed notable roles, including Mrs. Leonor Acevedo, the mother of Jorge Luis Borges, in "A Love of Borges." On January 26, 2010, just shy of her 84th birthday, Inda Ledesma passed away from cardiorespiratory arrest in a nursing home in the City of Buenos Aires where she was hospitalized.
