Who was Andrea Evans? American Actress Dead at 66

Andrea Evans was an American actress who played the role of Tina Lord on the ABC daytime soap opera One Life to Live until 1981. She returned to One Life to Live in 1985, in a storyline credited with putting the series “back on course” and ultimately bringing Tina to her height of popularity. However, in January 1990, she abruptly quit One Life To Live and dropped out of public view for nearly a decade.

She appeared in beauty pageants as a child, and later in regional theatre and commercials. She graduated early from high school and attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. While there she was cast as an extra in the 1978 Brian De Palma film The Fury, and the same year in the miniseries The Awakening Land. 

Evans died on Sunday, July 9, 2023, after a battle with breast cancer. She was 66. She was known for several movies including Hit List, The Young and the Restless, Passions, The Bold and the Beautiful, Rocking the Couch, I known where Lizzie Is, DeVanity, Ice Cream Man, A Low Down Dirty Shame, Imaginary Friend, and more.