Gloria Evangelina Elizondo López-Llera[1] was born 28 April 1929[2] in Mexico City, Mexico to Evangelina López Llera, who was a painter.[3] At the age of 21, she won a contest to become the voice of Cinderella in the Spanish-language release of the Walt Disney production film.[4] Her first acting performance, at the Teatro Margo was as a dancer[5] in the 1950 production of "Los de abajo" by Mariano Azuela.[3] From that starting point, she went on to participate in many theater productions including "Mame", "Yo y mi Chica", "Dónde está el Tenor", "La viuda alegre" (The Merry Widow) with Plácido Domingo, and others.[6]