Miriam Colon

Miriam Colon

1936-08-20 Ponce, Puerto Rico 41 Credits

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Míriam Colón (born August 20, 1936) is 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.

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The Girl Is in Trouble

The Girl Is in Trouble

2015

as Grandma

4.9
Acting

A Lower East Side bartender becomes entangled in a murder mystery involving a desperate woman, a missing drug dealer and the scion of a powerful inves...

Bless Me, Ultima

Bless Me, Ultima

2013

as Ultima

6.4
Acting

In a village in New Mexico, the life of young farm boy Antonio is dramatically changed when an old medicine woman joins his household. This affecting ...

Foreverland

Foreverland

2011

6.5
Acting

A sufferer of cystic fibrosis travels to a legendary shrine that reputedly has the power to heal his condition.

The Cry

The Cry

2007

as Gloria the Curandera

2.3
Acting

In New York, detective Alex Scott is investigating with his partner Sergio Perez the disappearance of several children. When they visit the Mexican wi...

Goal II: Living the Dream

Goal II: Living the Dream

2007

as Mercedes

6.0
Acting

Tempted away from Newcastle United to join Real Madrid, rising star Santiago Munez finds this latest change of fortune the greatest challenge yet - pe...

A Look At: Puerto Rico

2006

as Narrator

Acting

Part of a series of films produced by Vme TV that features aerial videography shot from a helicopter of points of interest. This film in particular fe...

Goal!

Goal!

2005

as Mercedes

6.8
Acting

Like millions of kids around the world, Santiago harbors the dream of being a professional footballer... However, living in the Barrios section of Los...

Almost a Woman

Almost a Woman

2002

as Tata

Acting

A young woman named Esmeralda and her family move to New York from a rural area of Puerto Rico. The transition is difficult due to the many challenges...

Julia, toda en mí

2002

Acting

A poetic journey about the life and work of Puerto Rican poet Julia de Burgos.

The Blue Diner

The Blue Diner

2001

as Meche

Acting

Blue Diner is a story of a Puerto Rican mother Meche (Miriam Colon) and daughter Elena (Lisa Vidal) living together in Boston and difficulties they fa...

All the Pretty Horses

All the Pretty Horses

2000

as Alfonsa

5.7
Acting

The year is 1949. A young Texan named John Grady finds himself without a home after his mother sells the ranch where he has spent his entire life. Lur...

For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story

For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story

2000

as Cirita Sandoval

6.2
Acting

In the early 1970s, Cuban trumpeter Arturo Sandoval (Andy Garcia) is torn between his own musical dreams and the dreams of his wife, Marianela (Mía Ma...

Gloria

Gloria

1999

as Maria

5.7
Acting

After serving a prison term for her boyfriend, a streetwise, middle-aged moll named Gloria stands up against the mobs, which is complicated by a six-y...

El callejón de los cuernos

1998

Acting

The story of two cousins struggling in the world of drugs and chaos in the neighborhood of La Perla of Old San Juan. A kind of modern Cain and Abel in...

Mistrial

Mistrial

1996

as Mrs. Cruz

5.0
Acting

When a cop-killer goes free, a detective's search for personal justice veers dangerously out of control. Declaring a mistrial, he takes the accused, t...

Oedipus Mayor

Oedipus Mayor

1996

as Deyanira

5.2
Acting

Edipo, is appointed mayor of a town plunged in misery and violence. His first mission is to discover and punish the murderers of Layo, a well-known po...

Lone Star

Lone Star

1996

as Mercedes Cruz

7.0
Acting

When the skeleton of his murdered predecessor is found, Sheriff Sam Deeds unearths many other long-buried secrets in his Texas border town.

Sabrina

Sabrina

1995

as Rosa

6.2
Acting

Sabrina Fairchild, a chauffeur's daughter, grew up at the Long Island estate of the wealthy Larrabee family enchanted with their sparkling world of pr...

Somos un solo pueblo

Somos un solo pueblo

1995

as Self

Acting

Presents a bit of the history of the migration of our people, people who came out opening new horizons and looking for new destinations. During that a...

The House of the Spirits

The House of the Spirits

1993

as Nana

6.9
Acting

A rancher, his clairvoyant wife and their family face turbulent years in South America.

City of Hope

City of Hope

1991

as Mrs. Ramirez

6.7
Acting

This gritty inner-city film follows various people living in a troubled New Jersey setting, most notably Nick Rinaldi, a disillusioned contractor who ...

The Lightning Incident

The Lightning Incident

1991

as Dolores' mother

4.0
Acting

McKeon's baby is kidnapped by a devil-worshipping cult and she uses her new-found psychic abilities to track them down.

Deadline: Madrid

Deadline: Madrid

1988

as Pilar

Acting

In Spain during the civil war. The American journalists Erin Wright and Robert Minelli enjoy their lives in bars. Then the courageous journalist Jonat...

Best Kept Secrets

Best Kept Secrets

1984

as Ina Dietz

7.5
Acting

Blaise Dietz (Patty Duke Astin) plays the wife of police officer Blaise Dietz (Frederic Forrest), who wants to join a special investigative unit. Forr...

Scarface

Scarface

1983

as Mama Montana

8.2
Acting

After getting a green card in exchange for assassinating a Cuban government official, Tony Montana stakes a claim on the drug trade in Miami. Viciousl...

Starstruck

Starstruck

1981

as Yolanda

Acting

Aspiring teen folk singer is torn whether to continue her singing or to accept an educational scholarship.

Life of Sin

Life of Sin

1979

as Isabel

5.0
Acting

The film dramatizes the life of Isabel "la Negra" Luberza Oppenheimer. Pablo, a Caribbean peasant, and Isabel, a politician's mistress, open a brothel...

The Meanest Men in the West

The Meanest Men in the West

1978

as Eva Talbot

4.1
Acting

Bronson and Marvin star as murderous half-brothers who are running from the law as well as each other. A climatic confrontation proves to each of them...

The Hemingway Play

The Hemingway Play

1976

as Luisa

Acting

A novel portrait of author Ernest Hemingway, in which four versions of the man from different points of his life exist simultaneously.

Dr. Max

Dr. Max

1974

as Mrs. Camacho

Acting

A small-town doctor neglects his family to look after his patients.

The Possession of Joel Delaney

The Possession of Joel Delaney

1972

as Veronica

5.6
Acting

An upper-class Manhattan divorcee comes to believe that her brother is possessed by the spirit of a serial killer who beheaded young women in Spanish ...

They Call It Murder

They Call It Murder

1971

as Anita Nogales

5.4
Acting

A small-town district attorney is saddled with several major investigations, including a gambler's murder and a possible insurance scam.

The Desperate Mission

The Desperate Mission

1969

as Claudina

4.6
Acting

A man who has lost everything joins others paid to convey a wealthy man's wife - and a mysterious treasure - to safety in San Francisco.

The Appaloosa

The Appaloosa

1966

as Ana

6.2
Acting

A man tries to recover a horse stolen from him by a Mexican bandit.

Thunder Island

Thunder Island

1963

as Anita Chavez

4.9
Acting

A hit man hijacks a boat — and the married couple aboard — in order to carry out a contract on a dictator in the Caribbean.

Harbor Lights

Harbor Lights

1963

as Gina Rosario

4.0
Acting

Professional gambler Dan Crown arrives in San Juan to visit his brother Alex, only to learn from the police that Alex has been found murdered. To Capt...

One-Eyed Jacks

One-Eyed Jacks

1961

as Redhead

6.7
Acting

Running from the law after a bank robbery in Mexico, Dad Longworth finds an opportunity to take the stolen gold and leave his partner Rio to be captur...

A Town Has Turned to Dust

A Town Has Turned to Dust

1958

as Dolores

Acting

The weakling sheriff of a small southwestern town allows a Mexican teenager to be lynched by a local mob for a crime he may not have committed.

Crowded Paradise

Crowded Paradise

1956

Acting

A Puerto Rican immigrant anxiously awaits his wedding day, but his fiancé's racist landlord intervenes.

Los peloteros

Los peloteros

1951

as Lolita

6.0
Acting

A group of kids in a poverty-stricken Puerto Rican rural town need money to purchase baseball uniforms for little league.

Unhallowed

Unhallowed

N/A

as Bruja

Acting

A family, scorned by the loss of their son, seek guidance from a spiritual healer of whom many believe to be the reincarnation of Luke (from the Bible...