Cleaning soap star Andrea Evans, identified for her roles as Tina Lord on One Life to Stay and Rebecca Hotchkiss on Passions, has died at age 66.
Evans handed away on Sunday, July 9, at her residence in Pasadena, California, after a battle with breast most cancers, casting director Don Carell instructed The Hollywood Reporter on Monday, July 10.
Evans rose to prominence for her portrayal of Tina on One Life to Stay, a task she performed from 1978 to 1981 and from 1985 to 1990. She went on to seem in different daytime TV reveals together with The Daring and the Stunning, Passions and The Younger and the Stressed.
Over the course of her profession, the Illinois native earned two Daytime Emmy nominations — one for Excellent Ingenue in a Drama Sequence in 1998 for One Life to Stay and one other for Excellent Performer in a New Approaches Drama Sequence in 2015 for her portrayal of Vivian Worth within the web present DeVanity.
Evans is survived by her husband Stephen Rodriguez, whom she wed in 1998, and their daughter, Kylie, 19. She was beforehand married to her One Stay to Stay costar Wayne Massey from 1981 to 1983.
In Could 2022, Evans shared an Instagram snap from her daughter’s highschool commencement day. “And this occurred yesterday. My child is all grown up. So proud❤️ #classof2022,” she captioned the picture. Earlier that month, the mother-daughter duo acquired matching tattoos in honor of Kylie’s 18th birthday. “In the event you look intently mine has a Okay, hers has an A. Love my woman sooo a lot,” Evans captioned an Instagram image of the matching ink on the time.
Along with being a mother and an actress, Evans labored for varied animal rescue organizations and lately accomplished a memoir, My One Life to Stay, Carroll instructed the Hollywood Reporter. She additionally spoke out in regards to the significance of preventative well being care in 2009 when a authorities activity drive argued that routine mammograms aren’t crucial for ladies of their 40s.
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“I wish to scream, ‘No! No! Don’t hear!’” Evans — who was first recognized with breast most cancers at age 46 in 2002 — instructed CNN in 2009. “If I hadn’t had that mammogram, I wouldn’t be right here right now.”
After Evans’ loss of life, Robin Strasser — who performed Dorian Lord on One Life to Stay from 1979 to 1987 and 1993 to 2013 — shared a heartfelt tribute to her former costar.
“That is unhappy to listen to. My recollections of #AndreaEvans are of a girl who was tremendous sensible & energized and a warmth in search of missile. That’s a praise, ” Strasser, 78, wrote by way of Twitter on Monday. “You knew once you labored along with her, it’d be like going face to face with a champion. I admired her daring. I hate the illness that look her.”
