Míriam Colón, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Míriam Colón

Puerto Rican actress

Date of Birth: 20-Aug-1936

Place of Birth: Ponce, Puerto Rico, United States

Date of Death: 03-Mar-2017

Profession: actor, theatre manager, stage actor, television actor, film actor

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Míriam Colón (August 20, 1936 – March 3, 2017) was a Puerto Rican actress.
Colón was the founder and director of the Puerto Rican Traveling Theater in New York City.
Beginning her career in the early 1950s, Colón started performing on Broadway, later moving into television.
Known for appearances on various television shows from the 1960s through the 2010s, Colón was perhaps best known for her role as Mama Montana in the 1983 crime film Scarface.
In 2014, Colón received the National Medal of Arts from President Barack Obama.
Colón died of complications from a pulmonary infection on March 3, 2017, at the age of 80.