RIP Elizabeth Peña

[old_tony]

Not a big star, but an actress with many, many credits.

Dead at 55 after an illness.

http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/lone-star-actress-elizabeth-pena-dies-55-26227096

 

[Boom_70]

Sorry to hear Tony. RIP

 

[Steak Snabler]

Lone Star is one of my favorite films. First thing I ever saw Chris Cooper in.

RIP

 

[DanOregon]

This and Cop Rock had the best farewells of any cancelled shows.

 

[RecoveringJournalist]

Lone Star is one of my favorite films. First thing I ever saw Chris Cooper in.

RIP

Amazing film.

I remember her in La Bamba and she was on a short-lived show called "I married Dora" that had a very young Juliette Lewis in it.

 

[old_tony]

First thing I remember her in was "*batteries not included" in 1987, a really nice little film with Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy. Right after that was when "I Married Dora" came, I obviously wasn't the only one impressed with her.

Checking out her imdb page, she worked steadily from the mid-1980s till she died.

 

[BDC99]

"Modern Family" actress? I've seen almost every one, and she looks only vaguely familiar. Seems she was in TWO episodes.

 

[mpcincal]

I always remember her as the housekeeper who was "diddling" Richard Dreyfus (and then Nick Nolte) in "Down and Out in Beverly Hills."

 

[Joe Williams]

For some stupid reason, I thought she was Al Pacino's wife in "Heat," until I looked it up and learned that was Diane Venora.

 

[Songbird]

I always remember her as the housekeeper who was "diddling" Richard Dreyfus (and then Nick Nolte) in "Down and Out in Beverly Hills."

Directed by Paul Mazursky, who died a few months ago.