Evelina Orellana

Evelina Orellana

Personal Info

  • Known for

    Acting

  • Gender

    Female

  • Birthday

    1908-04-26

  • Day of Death

    1986-10-21 (78 years old)

  • Place of Birth

    Balzar, Ecuador

Biography

Julia Evelina Macías Lopera, known by the stage name Evelina Orellana, is the first actress in the history of Ecuadorian cinema, known for starring in the first Ecuadorian narrative feature film "El Tesoro de Atahualpa" by Augusto San Miguel in 1924. In addition to "El Tesoro de Atahualpa", she starred in two more films: "Soledad" (1925) by the Italian director Carlo Bocaccio, and "Guayaquil de Mis Amores" (1930) by the Argentine Francisco Diumenjo, the first Ecuadorian film with live sound dubbing.

Acting