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Liz's parents settled in the [[Bronx]] section of New York after imigrating 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 [[The Tonight Show|Tonight Show]] and invited her to do a stand-up comedy skid on the show. After that, she appeared on other comedy [[T.V.]] shows such as ''All In The Family'', ''[[Ally McBeal]]'' and ''The Nanny''.

In sheShe made her film debut in the low budget movie titled "''Ulterly Without Redeeming Social Value''" as a "[[prostitute]]". She has participated in over 50 films since then.

Liz has made over a hundred T.V. guest appearences. The majority of these were in the [[Gilmore Girls]], werewhere she was cast as "Miss Patty". In [[1993]], she was cast as "Mahalia Sanchez" in [[John Larroquette|The John Larroquette Show]]. She was nominated for a [[Grammy Award|Grammy]] and [[Golden Globe Award]] for the role of "Mahalia". She won an [[Emmy Award]] for her performance as "Angie" in the [[1989]] T.V. comedy series ''The Famous Teddy Z'' and received a [[Bravo Award]] for "Outstanding individual Performance in a Comedy Series". Liz also received two nominations for the [[American Comedy Award]] for the Best Television Performance.

In [[Broadway]], she participated in the ''The Ritz'' as "Googie Gomez", [[Man of La Mancha]] as "Aldonza" and in ''House of Blues'' as "Bunny".

Liz also performed for [[Morrocco|King Hussan II of Morrocco]] and was invited to the [[White House]] by [[Jimmy Carter|President Jimmy Carter]] for America's First [[National [[Hispanic Week]] Week Celebration.

Liz resides in [[Los Angeles, California]] and is currently in post-production of "''West of [[Brooklyn]]''", in which she is cast as "Mom" and which is to be released in [[2005]]. She also a member of the Board of Directors of Write Act Repertory.

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