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Miriam Colon

Acting

Born August 20, 1936 · Ponce, Puerto Rico

Died March 3, 2017

Also known as Myriam Colón · Miriam Colón · میریام کولون

Biography

Míriam Colón (August 20, 1936 – March 3, 2017) was a Puerto Rican actress and the founder and director of the Puerto Rican Traveling Theater in New York City. Description above from the Wikipedia article Míriam Colón, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards & recognition

  • National Medal of Arts

Filmography42 titles

Better Call Saul

2015as Abuelita

Scarface

1983as Mama Montana

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999as Yolanda Gonzales

Third Watch

1999as Theresa Caffey

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955as Lolla

The Dick Van Dyke Show

1961as Maria

Murder, She Wrote

1984as Consuella Montejano

Sanford and Son

1972

Bonanza

1959as Anita Lavez

Highway to Heaven

1984

How to Make It in America

2010as Cam's Grandma

Law & Order

1990as Mrs. Anna Rivers

The Fugitive

1963as Mercedes Anza

Have Gun, Will Travel

1957as Punya

L.A. Law

1986as Gaby Sifuentes

Lone Star

1996as Mercedes Cruz

Wanted: Dead or Alive

1958as Mrs. Gomez

The House of the Spirits

1993as Nana

Goal! The Dream Begins

2005as Mercedes

City of Hope

1991as Mrs. Ramirez

The High Chaparral

1967as Trinidad

One-Eyed Jacks

1961as Redhead

Laramie

1959as Winema

Gunsmoke

1955as Mignon Anderson

Decoy

as Maria Tristeza

Peter Gunn

1958

The Virginian

1962as Eva Talbot

Shirley Temple's Storybook

as Morgiana

The Appaloosa

1966as Ana

Bless Me, Ultima

2012as Ultima

Streets of Laredo

1995as Estrella

Sabrina

1995as Rosa

Goal II: Living the Dream

2007as Mercedes

Gloria

1999as Maria

Gun Hill Road

2011as Gloria

All the Pretty Horses

2000as Alfonsa

One Step Beyond

1959as Alma Rodriguez

Back Roads

1981as Angel

They Call It Murder

1971as Anita Nogales

Mistrial

1996as Mrs. Cruz

The Girl Is in Trouble

2015as Grandma

The Desperate Mission

1969as Claudina