Liz Torres as Miss Patty:
Birthday: September 25
Hometown: New York, NY
Actress Bio:
A multiple Emmy and Golden Globe Award nominee for her portrayal of Mahalia on
The John Larroquette Show, Liz Torres is an actor, singer and comedienne.
A native of the Bronx, Torres began her career in the small New York City clubs
where she and Bette Midler shared Barry Manilow as a musical conductor.
Torres considers her first big break to have been on The Tonight Show doing stand-up comedy. Since then, she has performed in regular roles on numerous series including All in the Family, Over the Top, Phyllis and City. She has guest-starred on Ally McBeal, The Nanny, L.A. Law, Quantum Leap, Murder She Wrote, The Wonder Years, Wise Guys, American Family and many others. She also appeared in the television movies Kate's Secret, Silent Storms and Poker Alice. In the latter, she co-starred with Elizabeth Taylor.
For her performance in the series The Famous Teddy Z she also received an Emmy nomination and was honored with a Bravo Award for Outstanding Individual Performance in a Comedy Series. She has also received two American Comedy Awards nominations for Best Female Television Performer.
On Broadway, Torres starred as Googie Gomez in The Ritz, as Aldonza in Man of La Mancha and as Bunny in the acclaimed House of Blue Leaves. She appeared in Bye, Bye, Birdie with Tab Hunter and toured in See Saw with John Raitt. Among her numerous feature film roles are Just Cause with Sean Connery, Odd Couple II with Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau, Sunset with Bruce Willis and Permanent Midnight with Ben Stiller. She also appeared in the films Ordinary Hero, Up the Down Staircase and The Concrete Jungle.
Torres also achieved success as an RCA recording artist, gave a command performance for Morocco's King Hussan II and was invited to the White House by President Carter for America's First National Hispanic Week Celebration. All of this is in addition to her nightclub performances, her one-woman show and working with stars such as Liza Minnelli and Tony Bennett.
As a champion of numerous worthwhile causes, Torres focuses her talent and attention on the battle against AIDS, her higher educational opportunities for minorities, and funding for public television.
She currently resides in Los Angeles, California.
Besides Gilmore Girls Liz has been in the following movies and TV shows: R.I.P., West of Brooklyn, Volare, King Rikki, American Family, Twice Upon a Christmas, Joe Dirt, Gabriela, Once Upon a Christmas, The Princess and the Barrio Boy, Luminaries, Permanent Midnight, Storm Chasers: Revenge of the Twister, The Odd Couple II, The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit, Over the Top, Latino Laugh Festival, Just Cause, Attack of the 5 Ft. 2 Women, Greyhounds, A Million to Juan, Rescue Me, The John Larroquette Show, Body Shot, Girl Talk, Bloodfist IV: Die Trying, Maid for Each Other, Lena's Holiday, Opposites Attract, City, Sweet 15, Thieves of Fortune, Miracle at Beekman's Place, Hot to Trot, Sunset, Addicted to His Love, Poker Alice, Kate's Secret, America, Ordinary Heroes, Hell Town, Her Life as a Man, The New Odd Couple, Checking In, More Wild Wild West, Willow B: Women in Prison, Murder Can Hurt You, Scavenger Hunt, Pinocchio, Phyllis, Ben Vereen...Comin' at Ya, You've Got to Walk It Like You Talk It or You'll Lose That Beat, Utterly Without Redeeming Social Value, ER, First Monday, The Brothers Garcia, The Fighting Fitzgeralds, Chicken Soup for the Soul, Safe Harbor, Jesse, Tracey Takes On..., Caroline In The City, The Nanny, Ally McBeal, Smart Guy, Moesha, Empty Nest, Down the Shore, Murphy Brown, Tequila and Bonetti, Quantum Leap, Gabriel's Fire, Head of the Class, The Famous Teddy Z, Mama's Family, Alien Nation, The Wonder Years, L.A. Law, Hunter, Hill Street Blues, Blue Thunder, Gimme a Break, The Jeffersons, Starsky and Hutch, All in the Family, Easy Does It...Starring Frankie Avalon, Love, American Style, and The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.
Character Bio:
Miss Patty is the local dance teacher. She used to be a dancer, now she teaches
ballet to children and keeps herself abreast of everything that goes on in town.