. >> reporter: the young single immigrant mom who marries jay pritchett, a much older divorcee, who'slayed by ed o'neill. >> do you really think someone young and beautiful like that is going to fall in love with a rich older person? never happens. >> i always wanted to play gloria in a way that reminded me of the woman that i used to live with in columbia. i lived half of m life iny south america. so that wasn't very hard for me play her. >> reporter: she's now an international star, becoming one of the faces of pepsi. >> one diet plse. >> reporter: did it feel lik iay t good-bye? >> no. i don't understand why we can't be like "law & order," that we can't keep going on and on and on. i don't understand it. >> reporter: julie bowen and ty burrell are clair and dunphy. the straight-laced mom and goofy dad who try to keep it all together while raising three children. >> who's your favorite character? >> there's something that ty burrell has done with that character that has taken him from like odd and fkeun -ny- hee tv dads. >> who would like to help me with a magic trick? >> do you hav