Evalina Orellana, screen name Julia Evelina Macías Lopera (b. 26 April 1908 – d. 21 October 1986), was the first Ecuadorian
actress
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a Character (arts), character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek ...
in silent film .
Biography
Evalina Orellana was born on 26 April 1908 in
Balzar, but grew up in
Guayaquil
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and worked at the La Previsora bank and the Ritz and Tívoli hotels. In 1922, she began taking class in
acting
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Acting involves a broad r ...
in the studio of
Italian
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Carlos Bocaccio, who maintained a school in the city at the Frontón Betty Jai.
[ In 1924, she starred in the first ]Ecuador
Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ''Eku ...
ian silent film
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, ', as its protagonist, Rachel. The film, directed by , premiered on 7 August 1924 in the Eden and Colon Theaters in Guayaquil.[
In 1925, Orellana appeared in the film ''Soledad'', filmed at the Angelica Hacienda and directed by Félix González Rubio, written by Rodrigo de Triana (who also appeared in the film), and produced by the Guayaquil Films Company.][
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Citations
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1908 births
1986 deaths
Ecuadorian film actresses
Ecuadorian stage actresses