Míriam Colón
Puerto Rican actress (1936–2017) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Colón and the second or maternal family name is Valle.
Míriam Colón Valle (August 20, 1936 – March 3, 2017) was a Puerto Rican actress. She was the founder and director of New York City's Puerto Rican Traveling Theater. Beginning her career in the early 1950s, she performed on Broadway and on television. She appeared on television programs from the 1960s to the 2010s, including Sanford and Son and Gunsmoke. She is best known as Mama Montana, the mother of Al Pacino's title character in Scarface. In 2014, she received the National Medal of Arts from President Barack Obama.[1] She died of complications from a pulmonary infection on March 3, 2017, at the age of 80.
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Míriam Colón | |
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Born | Míriam Colón Valle (1936-08-20)20 August 1936 |
Died | 3 March 2017(2017-03-03) (aged 80) New York City, U.S. |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1953–2015 |
Known for | Mama Montana – Scarface |
Spouses | George Paul Edgar
(m. 1966; died 1976)Fred Valle (m. 1987–2017) |
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