# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/liz-torres
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:38:34.620Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/liz-torres"
name: "Liz Torres"
slug: "liz-torres"
description: "Elizabeth Larrieu Torres is an American actress, singer, and comedian. Torres is best known for her role as Mahalia Sanchez in the NBC comedy series The John Larroquette Show (1993–1996), for which she received two Primetime Emmy and Golden Globe Award nominations. She is also known for her role as Patricia \"Miss Patty\" LaCosta in The WB family comedic drama series Amy Sherman-Palladino's Gilmore Girls (2000–07) starring Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel. In the 1970s, she played Julie Erskine on Phyllis and also had a recurring role as Teresa Betancourt on All in the Family."
tagline: "American actress"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Liz_Torres_2003.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1947-09-27"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.64
  momentum:             0.3602916242794167
  historical:           18.17328933333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005500/"
    handle:    "nm0005500"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Liz Torres"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Liz Torres"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Liz Torres"
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    title: "Liz Torres"
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    title: "Liz Torres"
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    title: "لیز تورس"
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    title: "ਲੀਜ਼ ਟੋਰੇਸ"
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    title: "Торрес, Лиз"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump