Pedro Sienna (13 May 1893â€"20 March 1972) was a Chilean playwright,
poet, journalist, art critic and theatre and movie actor who is also
remembered as one of his country's pioneering directors in the early
years of silent film.He was married to Julia Benavides Hübler. They
had three children: two were twins who died as toddlers, and Carmen
Julia.A native of San Fernando, Pedro Pérez Cordero used the
professional nom de plume Pedro Sienna. He briefly studied at the
Liceo Neandro Schilling at his birthplace, and completed his secondary
studies at the Instituto Nacional General José Miguel Carrera in
Santiago.He began his association with film by directing and starring
in El Hombre de acero (1917) and Los Payasos se van (1921).
poet, journalist, art critic and theatre and movie actor who is also
remembered as one of his country's pioneering directors in the early
years of silent film.He was married to Julia Benavides Hübler. They
had three children: two were twins who died as toddlers, and Carmen
Julia.A native of San Fernando, Pedro Pérez Cordero used the
professional nom de plume Pedro Sienna. He briefly studied at the
Liceo Neandro Schilling at his birthplace, and completed his secondary
studies at the Instituto Nacional General José Miguel Carrera in
Santiago.He began his association with film by directing and starring
in El Hombre de acero (1917) and Los Payasos se van (1921).
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