Liz Torres
Nominated for two Emmy Awards (a total of three nominations for her career) and a Golden Globe for her portrayal of Mahalia Sanchez, actor, comedienne and singer
Liz Torres began as a singer and stand-up comedienne in small clubs in New York city, where she and
Bette Midler shared
Barry Manilow as a musical conductor. She has gone on to open for
Liza Minnelli in Las Vegas, to star on Broadway in
The Ritz and to give a command performance for King Hassan III of Morocco. She was honored at the White House by President Jimmy Carter during America's first National Hispanic Week celebration. Her television credits include regular roles in the series
The Famous Teddy Z (for which she received an Emmy nomination),
All In the Family,
Phyllis,
The New Odd Couple,
The Melba Moore Show and
The Ben Vereen Show. Torres starred in the telefilms
Murder Can Hurt You and
Women in Prison and has guest-starred on numerous series, including
Murphy Brown,
L.A. Law,
Quantum Leap,
Knots Landing,
Murder, She Wrote,
Wonder Years,
Gabriel's Fire,
Gimme a Break,
Hunter and
Starsky & Hutch. Her feature film credits include the lead role in
If We Knew Then and co-starring roles in
Hot to Trot,
A Million to Juan,
Ordinary Hero,
Her Life as a Man,
Moonbeam,
Up the Down Staircase and
Concrete Jungle. Torres has also achieved success as an RCA recording artist and has appeared in nightclubs nationwide with
Tony Bennett and
Helen Reddy, among others.
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