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Liz Torres

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Early years

Torres' parents settled in the Bronx section of New York after emmigrating from Puerto Rico. She received her primary and secondary education there. Torres started her career as a comedian and singer working the city's night club circuit with her friend Bette Midler. In 1971, she was spotted doing one of her acts by the producer of Johnny Carson's Tonight Show and invited her to do a stand-up comedy skit on the show. After that, she appeared on other television comedy shows such as All In The Family. She also appeared as a regular on Cloris Leachman's spin-off series from The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Phyllis, from 1975 to 1976, replacing Barbara Colby in the role of Julie Erskine. The Bronx is one of the five boroughs of United States. ... Bette Davis Midler (born December 1, 1945) is an American singer, actress, and comedian, also known to her fans as The Divine Miss M. She is named after the actress Bette Davis although Davis pronounced her first name in two syllables, and Midler uses one. ... For other people named John Carson, see John Carson (disambiguation). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... All in the Family is a popular and acclaimed American situation comedy that was originally broadcast on the CBS television network from January 12, 1971 until April 8, 1979, when the final original episode aired. ... Cloris Leachman Cloris Leachman, DFA (h. ... The Mary Tyler Moore Show is an American television sitcom created by James L. Brooks and Allan Burns that aired on CBS from September 19, 1970 to March 19, 1977. ... Phyllis is also the name of a U.S. TV series. ...

Television roles

Liz Torres has made over a hundred television guest appearances on such shows as Ally McBeal and The Nanny; and has played recurring characters on a number of television series. In 1990 she was nominated for an Emmy Award for her performance as Angie in the 1989 television comedy series The Famous Teddy Z, and received a Bravo Award for Outstanding Individual Performance in a Comedy Series. After a guest star appearance as a deceased singer-turned-angel on the Donald P. Bellisario series Quantum Leap, Torres had a recurring role on another Bellisario show, Tequila and Bonetti, as a psychic who hears the dog Tequila's thoughts. Ally McBeal is an American television series which ran on the FOX network from 1997 to 2002, and was one of the best-known dramedy television series of the 1990s. ... The Cast of The Nanny The Nanny was an American sitcom that first aired on November 3, 1993 on CBS. It starred Fran Drescher as the nanny named Fran (as Ann Hampton Callaway sang in the theme she wrote). ... A recurring character is a fictional character, usually in a prime time TV series, who is not a main character, but appears from time to time during the series run. ... This is a list of television-related events in 1990. ... An Emmy Award. ... This is a list of television-related events in 1989. ... The Famous Teddy Z was a short-lived television sitcom created by Hugh Wilson (WKRP in Cincinnati, Franks Place) that aired on CBS during the fall of 1989. ... Since 1978, the Italian magazine Guerin Sportivo hands out the Bravo Award to the most outstanding young football (soccer) player in Europe. ... Donald Paul Bellisario (born August 8, 1935 in North Charleroi, Pennsylvania) is an American television producer and scriptwriter. ... Quantum Leap is a science fiction television series that ran for 97 episodes from March 1989 to May 1993 on NBC. It follows the adventures of Dr. Samuel Beckett (played by Scott Bakula), a brilliant scientist who after researching time-travel, and doing experiments in something he calls The Imaging... Tequila and Bonetti is a TV series starring Jack Scalia. ...

In 1993, she became a series regular when cast as Mahalia Sanchez in The John Larroquette Show, a role for which she received an Emmy and Golden Globe Award nomination. Torres also received two nominations for the American Comedy Award for the Best Television Performance. This is a list of television-related events in 1993. ... John Bernard Larroquette (born November 25, 1947 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is a film and television actor. ... An Emmy Award. ... The Golden Globe Award The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and television programs, given out each year during a formal dinner. ... The American Comedy Awards were a group of awards presented annually since 1987 to honor performances and performers in the field of comedy. ...

Since 2000, she has been a semi-regular cast member of Gilmore Girls, on which she plays Stars Hollow's resident dance teacher, Miss Patty (real name Patricia LaCosta), a flamboyant former Broadway dancer who has been married four times and was acquainted with stars such as Bette Davis, but who now is more interested in town gossip. This is a list of television-related events in 2000. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... Stars Hollow is the fictional small town in the U.S. state of Connecticut that is the setting for the WB series Gilmore Girls. ... For other uses, see Dance (disambiguation). ... Bette Davis (April 5, 1908 – October 6, 1989), born Ruth Elizabeth Davis, was an iconic two-time Academy Award-winning American actress of film, television and theater. ...

In 2007 she became a recurring cast member on Ugly Betty, in which she plays Evelyn, Wilhelmina Slater's longtime housekeeper, whom Wilhelmina just met for the first time after having hired her in 1994. This is a list of television-related events in 2007. ... Ugly Betty is a Golden Globe and Peabody Award winning American television dramedy series starring America Ferrera and Eric Mabius. ... Wilhelmina Slater is a fictional character in the American dramedy series Ugly Betty. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ...

Films and live appearances

She made her film debut in 1969 playing a prostitute in a low-budget movie titled Utterly Without Redeeming Social Value. She has had roles in over 50 films since then. She recently played "Mom" in the 2005 film West of Brooklyn. Prostitution is the sale of sexual services (typically manual stimulation, oral sex, sexual intercourse, or anal sex) for cash or other kind of return, generally indiscriminately with many persons. ...

On Broadway, she participated in The Ritz as Googie Gomez, Man of La Mancha as Aldonza, and in House of Blues as Bunny. Broadway theatre[1] is often considered the highest professional form of theatre in the United States. ... Man of La Mancha is a 1965 Broadway musical in one act which tells the story of the classic novel Don Quixote as a play within a play, performed by Miguel de Cervantes and his fellow prisoners as he awaits a hearing with the Spanish Inquisition. ...

Torres performed for King Hassan II of Morocco, and was invited to the White House by President Jimmy Carter for America's first National Hispanic Week Celebration. King Hassan, pictured late in life. ... North façade of the White House, seen from Pennsylvania Avenue. ... James Earl Jimmy Carter, Jr. ... The Hispanic world. ...

Personal

Torres resides in Los Angeles, California where she is a member of the Board of Directors of Write Act Repertory. Nickname: City of Angels Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates: State California County Los Angeles County Incorporated April 4, 1850 Government  - Type mayor-council  - Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D)  - City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo  - Governing body City Council Area  - City  465. ...

See also

• List of famous Puerto Ricans

list of famous Puerto Ricans in alphabetical order by last names, where applicable. ...

External links

• Liz Torres cast bio on The WB
• Liz Torres at the Internet Movie Database