Míriam Colón

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Míriam Colón, 1962

Míriam Colón Valle (born August 20, 1936 in Ponce , Puerto Rico , † March 3, 2017 in New York City , New York ) was an American actress . She was the founder and director of the Puerto Rican Traveling Theater in New York City.

Life

Míriam Colón made her debut as an actress in 1953 in the film Los Peloteros, alongside Ramón Rivero , a film that was produced in Puerto Rico and in which she played a character named Lolita . In the 1950s she came to New York City to study acting at Actors Studios. She later moved to Los Angeles , where she got minor roles in various television shows and films. In 1955 Colón began as a series actress, which led her to the considerable sum of more than 250 guest appearances in various television series , such as Bonanza , Smoking Colts or NYPD . Her roles in 1961 included appearances in The Possessed with Marlon Brando , in The Outsider with Tony Curtis, and in Battle of the Blood Coast with Audie Murphy . This was followed by film offers in the 1970s, especially in westerns . In 1983 she was the mother of Tony Montana , played by Al Pacino , in the action drama Scarface by director Brian De Palma in front of the camera. In 2013, Colón played the role of Ultima in the drama Bless Me, Ultima , which is based on the novel of the same name by Rudolfo Anaya .

Míriam Colón lived in Albuquerque , New Mexico with her husband Fred Valle for the last few years of her life . She died in a New York hospital on March 3, 2017, at the age of 80, of complications from pneumonia .

Puerto Rican Traveling Theater

Puerto Rican Traveling Theater

In the late 1960s, Colón and Roberto Rodríguez founded the Puerto Rican Traveling Theater on West 47th Street in Manhattan , New York. The company is presenting off-Broadway productions on location and is going on tour. She was the director of the theater and was on stage herself in the following productions:

  • The Ox Cart (1966-1967)
  • The Boiler Room (1993)
  • Simpson Street
  • Señora Carrar's Rifles

Awards

  • 1993 Colón received a Obie Award in the category of Lifetime Achievement in the Theater for their lifetime. Her biography, titled Miriam Colón - Actor and Theater Founder , was written by Mayra Fernandez.
  • In 2000 she received the HOLA Raúl Juliá Founders Award , presented to her by the Hispanic Organization of Latin Actors (HOLA).
  • In 2007 she was nominated for the Imagen Award .

Filmography (selection)

literature

  • Mayra Fernandez: Miriam Colón - Actor and Theater Founder . Modern Curriculum Press, Cleveland, Ohio 1994, ISBN 978-0-8136-5265-8 .

Web links

Commons : Míriam Colón  - collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Russell Contreras: Miriam Colon, Iconic US Latina Movie, Theater Actress, Dies. In: usnews.com. US News & World Report , March 3, 2017, accessed March 5, 2017 .
  2. ↑ The Ox Cart. In: Internet Off-Broadway Database (IOBDb). Retrieved March 5, 2017 .
  3. ^ The Boiler Room. In: Internet Off-Broadway Database (IOBDb). Retrieved March 5, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Colón, Miriam
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Colón Valle, Míriam (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-american actress
DATE OF BIRTH August 20, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Ponce , Puerto Rico
DATE OF DEATH March 3, 2017
Place of death New York City , New York , United States