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Carmen Zapata (Los Angeles Daily News file photo)

Carmen Zapata (Los Angeles Daily News file photo)

1997 Hispanic Heritage Awards - Lifetime Achievement Recipient Carmen Zapata. (Los Angeles Daily News file photo)

Carmen Zapata, president of the Bilingual Foundation of the Arts. 1/13/89 (Los Angeles Daily News file photo)

Bilingual Foundation of the Arts founders, right to left, Carmen Zapata and Margarita Galban. (Los Angeles Daily News file photo)

Carmen Zapata in 1979. (Los Angeles Daily News file photo)

Actress Carmen Zapata, seen here as Queen Isabel of Spain. (Los Angeles Daily News file photo)

Carmen Zapata faces her own desperate image as a Hispanic woman trying to cope with a changing society in "Fanlights." 1979 (Los Angeles Daily News file photo)

Bilingual Foundation of the Arts founders, left to right, Carmen Zapata, Producing Director and Margarita Galban, Artistic Director. (Los Angeles Daily News file photo)

Carmen Zapata (Los Angeles Daily News file photo)

The Stern Widow Bernarda Alba (Carmen Zapata) and her five daughters Adela (Erica Ortega), Magdalena (Eugenia Cross), Martirio (Denise Blasor), Angustias (Alejandra Flores) and Amelia (Cecilia Bogran) in "The House of Bernarda Alba." (Los Angeles Daily News file photo)

Carmen Zapata, Denise Blasor and Melba Tirado in "The House of Spirits." (Los Angeles Daily News file photo)

Actress Carmen Zapata and Nosotros President Jerry Velasco attend the Nosotros 31st Golden Eagle Awards July 27, 2001 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, CA. (Photo by Alexander Sibaja/Getty Images) ( 39261708noso_20010808_06206.jpg )