Liz Torres Biography (1947-)

Full name, Elizabeth Larrieu Torres; born September 27, 1947, in New York (some sources cite Bronx), NY. Addresses: Office: c/o Gilmore Girls, TheWB, 4000 Warner Blvd., Burbank, CA 91522.

Gender: Female
Occupation: Actress, comedian, recording artist
Birth Details: September 27, 1947; New York, New York

Famous Works

CREDITS
Television Appearances
Series
The Melba Moore-Clifton Davis Show, CBS, 1972
Ben Vereen ... Comin' at Ya, NBC, 1975
Julie Erskine, Phyllis, CBS, 1975-1976
Teresa Betancourt, All in the Family (also known as Those Werethe Days), CBS, 1976-1977
Elena Beltran, Checking In, CBS, 1981
Maria, The New Odd Couple, ABC, 1982
Anna-Maria Batista, City, CBS, 1990
Mahalia Sanchez, The John Larroquette Show (also known as Larroquette), NBC, 1993-1996
Rosa, Over the Top, ABC, 1997
Miss Patty, Gilmore Girls, The WB, 2000-?
Movies
Mrs. Palumbo, Murder Can Hurt You, 1980
Miss Morales, Father of Hell Town, NBC, 1985
Laura, Kate's Secret, NBC, 1986
Big Erma, Poker Alice, CBS, 1987
Bernice, Addicted to His Love (also known as Sisterhood), ABC, 1988
Opposites Attract, NBC, 1990
Lucy, Maid for Each Other, NBC, 1992
Wallace Houston, Storm Chasers: Revenge of the Twister, The FamilyChannel, 1998
Minerva's mother, The Princess and the Barrio Boy, Showtime, 2000
Episodic
Anita, "The Game," Starsky and Hutch, ABC, 1978
Anita, "Huggy Can't Go Home," Starsky and Hutch, ABC, 1979
Second nurse, "Rodeo," Gimme a Break!, NBC, 1984
"The Long Flight," Blue Thunder, ABC, 1984
Suprette owner, "Mayo, Hold the Pickle," Hill Street Blues, NBC, 1984
Suprette owner, "Blues for Mr. Green," Hill Street Blues, NBC, 1984
"Overnight Sensation," Hunter, NBC, 1986
Mrs. Gambino, "Christmas," The Wonder Years, ABC, 1988
Madame Rita, "Psycho Pheno-Mama," Mama's Family, NBC, 1989
Angie, "Teddy Goes to Malibu," The Famous Teddy Z, CBS, 1989

"Tale of the Dragon," Tequila and Bonetti, CBS, 1992
Angelita Carmen Guadalupe Cecelia Jiminez, "It's a Wonderful Leap--May 10, 1958," Quantum Leap, NBC, 1992
"Brooklyn and the Beast," Tequila and Bonetti, CBS, 1992
Sixth nanny, "Midnight Plane to Paris," Murphy Brown, CBS, 1992
Voice of Fairy Madrina, "Cinderella," Happily Ever After: Fairy Talesfor Every Child (animated), HBO, 1995
"Below the Rim," Smart Guy, The WB, 1997
Rosie, "I'm Bonnie, I'm Clyde," Over the Top, ABC, 1997
Hanna Goldstein, "Theme of Life," Ally McBeal, Fox, 1998
Consuela, "Immaculate Concepcion," The Nanny, CBS, 1998
Elizabeth, "Caroline and the Bullfighter: Part 2," Caroline in the City, NBC, 1998
Rosa Vazquez, "The Parent Trap," Jesse, NBC, 1999
Art's lawyer, "Life Insurance," Safe Harbor, The WB, 1999
Mama, "Thinking of You; Mama's Soup Pot; The Letter," Chicken Soup forthe Soul, PAX, 2000
Appeared in episodes of Almost Grown, Knots Landing, L.A. Law, Murder, She Wrote, Nurses, and The Tonight Show.
Other
Cat, Pinocchio, 1976
Trini Santos, Willow B: Women in Prison, 1980
Juanita, More Wild Wild West, 1980
Her Life as a Man, 1984
Miracle at Beekman's Place, 1988
Greyhounds, CBS, 1994
Film Appearances
Park prostitute, Utterly without Redeeming Social Value, Private Screenings, 1969
You've Got to Walk It like You Talk It or You'll Lose That Beat, JER Pictures, 1971
It Happened in Hollywood, 1972
Lady Zero, Scavenger Hunt, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1979
Dolores Frantico, America (also known as Moonbeam), ASA Communications, 1986
Rosa, Sunset, TriStar, 1988
Bea, Hot to Trot, Warner Bros., 1988
Big Rosa, Thieves of Fortune, 1990
Cabbie's wife, Lena's Holiday, Crown International, 1991
Lieutenant Garcia, Bloodfist IV: Die Trying (also known as DieTrying), 1992
Carney, Rescue Me, Cannon, 1993
Girl Talk, Frameline, 1993
Judge Fernandez, Body Shot, EDKO Film, 1993
Mrs. Delgado, A Million to Juan (also known as A Million to One), Samuel Goldwyn Company, 1994
Lenora's mother, Attack of the 5'2" Women (also known as National Lampoon's Attack of the 5 Ft 2 Woman), Imagination Productions, 1994
Delores Rodriguez, Just Cause, Warner Bros., 1995
Ruby Escadrillo, The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit, Buena Vista/Walt Disney Pictures, 1998
Maria, The Odd Couple II (also known as Neil Simon's The Odd Couple II), Paramount, 1998
Dita, Permanent Midnight, Artisan Entertainment, 1998
Judge Sanchez, Luminarias, Artist View Entertainment, 1999
Julia, Gabriela, Power Point Films, 2001
Beauty college woman, Joe Dirt, Columbia, 2001
Mata Ortega, Rikki the Pig, Mistral Pictures, 2001
Stage Appearances
Divas: Simply Singing (benefit concert), Los Angeles, 1995
Appeared as Bunny, House of Blue Leaves, Coconut Grove Theatre, Miami, FL; as Aldonza, Man of La Mancha, Burt Reynolds Dinner Theatre, Jupiter, FL; and as Googie Gomez, The Ritz, Broadway production; also appeared in Beautiful Mariposa, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way tothe Forum, A Girl Could Get Lucky, Kiss Me Kate, Ladies, Murder at the Howard Johnson, Murders of 1940, and SheThat One He the Other.
Major Tours
Toured as Rosie in Bye Bye Birdie and as Gittel Mosca in See Saw, both U.S. cities.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books

Notable Hispanic American Women, Book 2, Gale, 1998

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