Miriam Colon

Biography

Míriam Colón was a Puerto Rican actress and founder of the Puerto Rican Traveling Theater in New York City. She began her career on Broadway and television in the early 1950s and appeared in notable films such as "The Appaloosa" and "Scarface". In 1993, she received an Obie award for her theatre work, and in 2014, she was honored with the National Medal of Arts. She died in 2017 at the age of 80.