Came from a show-biz family: father worked on Broadway in the 50s and
later founded and ran the Pioneer Playhouse in Danville, KY (where
El árbol de la vida (1957) was filmed) for many years; mother was an extra in
El árbol de la vida (1957);
younger sister is a stand-up comedian who appeared in
Bitelchús (1988) and
youngest sister is a novelist and at one time, a writer for the New
York Times.
