News Updates:
May 12, 2005: Three weeks after his surgery, George Lopez played golf.April 26, 2005: Both George and Ann rested comfortably at home after his kidney transplant. Last week Ann donated one of her kidneys to George. Doctors said that George would receive anti-rejection drugs.
Ana Serrano: Hartford, Connecticut. Her parents, both medical doctors, came to the U.S. from Cuba with nothing but family pictures and their wedding rings.
How George and Ann Met:
Some websites report that George and Ann met at the 1990 premier of Ski Patrol. However, George wrote in his autobiography that he and Ann met in May 1990 at The Ice House.George: "It was a couple of months later, May to be exact, that I met a rather interesting woman, Ann Serrano, at The Ice House. No major fireworks at first just some interesting, humanitarian conversation about the lack of Latinos on TV and the big screen -- a conversation we continued when she asked me to close a comedy-night fundraiser she was doing for the Latino Theatre lab."
Source: George Lopez. Why You Crying? pgs. 78-79.
Source: People Weekly. Oct 21, 2002. v58 i17 p129+.
Wedding Date:
George and Ann were married on September 18, 1993 at the San Fernando Mission in San Fernando, California.Source: Variety
Children:
One daughter, Mayan, born c. 1996.Ann: writer, actress, independent film producer.
Residence:
George and Ann live in a Tudor home with four bedrooms in Toluca Lake, California.Religion:
Roman Catholic.Hobbies:
George loves to play golf. He learned to play by hitting lemons in his backyard when he was a kid.George has received the 2004 Artist of the Year and Humanitarian Award by Harvard University and the 2004 "Spirit of Liberty Award" presented by People for the American Way.
George: "And before the jacket was even on I broke down. Bawling my eyes out right there on Stage 4, overwhelmed by an act so thoughtful and kind, symbolic of a healthy family relationship -- wife, husband, and child --- I'd never known except on TV."
Source: George Lopez. Why You Crying? pg. 191
Ann had to go through a battery of tests before being approved as a donor.
George may have needed the transplant due to a genetic condition, possibly polycystic kidney disease, which caused his own kidney to deteriorate.
As a child, George's birthday was never celebrated.
His relationship with his mother, who lives alone in Sacramento, continues to be strained. He sees his grandmother occasionally and thanks her for his will to live and to not give up. His grandfather died in 1988.
George has not found his father who he believes is living in Mexico.
George and Ann credit couples therapy with helping George to be more honest about his past.
George's favorite music for romance is Earth, Wind & Fire. "That has always been successful for me."
Source: People Weekly. Sept 6, 2004. v62 i10 pg. 26.
George's good luck charm is a small leather key ring that was once owned by Freddie Prinze, the 1970s Latino comic.
Marriage Quotes About and By George and Ann Lopez:
In a "Primetime Live" interview, George said to Ann that he was devoted to her and that he would never make her unhappy again.In the same interview, Ann told "Primetime" about her decision to give George one of her kidneys: "There was no question. When you are put in that position where you could possibly lose someone you love, it's a very easy decision."
Autobiography:
Why You Crying? My Long, Hard Look at Life, Love, and Laughterby George Lopez, Armen Keteyian
