Liz Torres (September 27, 1947) born "Elizabeth Torres" in New York, New York, is an actress, singer and comedian of Puerto Rican descent.
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 Carsons 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.
She 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, where she was cast as "Miss Patty". In 1993, she was cast as "Mahalia Sanchez" in The John Larroquette Show. She was nominated for a 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 King Hussan II of Morrocco and was invited to the White House by President Jimmy Carter for America's First National Hispanic 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.