Elizabeth Peña was a Cuban-American actress and television director. She had worked on the films Jacob's Ladder, Lone Star, The Incredibles, and Transamerica. On October 14, 2014, she died from liver disease, which was said to have come from alcohol abuse.
Elizabeth played the character of Pilar, Gloria Pritchett's mother, who appeared in "Fulgencio" and "The Old Man & the Tree".