[3] At the age of 21, she won a contest to become the voice of Cinderella in the original Spanish-language release of the Walt Disney feature 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 stage productions including Mame, Yo y mi Chica, Dónde está el Tenor, and La viuda alegre.

After that, some of her favorite films were Frontera Norte (1953), Educando a Papá (1954), Pueblo de Proscritos (1955), and Los Platillos Voladores (1955).

[7] From 1954-55, she filmed nine pictures in Cuba[8] and when she returned she made Tropicana (1956), Superflaco (1957) and El Castillo de los Monstrous (1957).

[6] "Mama Lena" is the personification of traditional values meeting the modern world and the emotions that accompany the clashes that inevitably occur.

Initially her style was surrealistic with bold use of color, but her later works are more realistic depictions of animals, landscapes and people.

[6] In 2004, Elizondo began working full-time at the National Association of Actors (ANDA)[5] as Secretary of Labor and Conflicts but was dismissed in 2012.