Aurabela "Belita" Moreno was born on November 1,1949 and is an American actress best known for her roles as Benita "Benny" Lopez on the ABC sitcom George Lopez and Edwina Twinkacetti and Lydia Markham on Perfect Strangers.
10 Facts About Belita Moreno
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Aurabela Moreno was born in Dallas, Texas, to mother, Aurora Rodriguez, a high school Spanish teacher, and father, Abel Moreno, a World War II veteran.
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Belita Moreno continued her acting studies at the Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts in Santa Maria, California, where she appeared in the musical Once Upon a Mattress.
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Belita Moreno was a regular on the long-running ABC sitcom Perfect Strangers from 1986 to 1992.
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Belita Moreno played Benny Lopez, George Lopez's mother, on George Lopez.
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Belita Moreno performed in at least four premieres of Henley's plays.
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Belita Moreno performed in Firecracker at the Victory Theater in Burbank, California in 1980, and in Lucky Spot off-Broadway at the Manhattan Theatre Club in 1987.
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Belita Moreno appeared in Henley's 1982 Broadway premiere at the Eugene O'Neill Theater of The Wake of Jamey Foster as "Katty Foster", directed by Ulu Grosbard, and in the 1989 world premiere of Abundance, as "Macon" at the South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa, California.
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Since the early 1990s, Belita Moreno has served as an acting coach and advisor on numerous films, such as Jerry Maguire, Rush Hour 2, Almost Famous, Parent Trap, The Family Man, Crossroads and 17 Again.
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Belita Moreno appeared on Wizards of Waverly Place on Disney and Fairly Legal on USA Network.