<Li> George Paul Edgar (m . 1966; d . 1976) </Li> <Li> Fred Valle (m . 1987--2017) </Li> <P> Míriam Colón (born Míriam Colón Valle; August 20, 1936--March 3, 2017) was a Puerto Rican actress . Colón was the founder and director of the Puerto Rican Traveling Theater in New York City . Beginning her career in the early 1950s, Colón started performing on Broadway; later moving into television . Known for appearances on various television shows from 1960s through the 2010s, Colón was perhaps best known for her role as Mama Montana in the 1983 crime film Scarface . In 2014, Colón received the National Medal of Arts from President Barack Obama . Colón died of complications from a pulmonary infection on March 3, 2017 at age 80 . </P> <P> Colón was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico on August 20, 1936 . She was a young girl in the 1940s when her recently divorced mother moved the family to a public housing project called Residencial Las Casas in San Juan . She attended the Román Baldorioty de Castro High School in Old San Juan, where she actively participated in the school's plays . Her first drama teacher, Marcos Colón (no relation) believed that she was very talented; with his help, she was permitted to observe the students in the drama department of the University of Puerto Rico . She was a good student in high school and was awarded scholarships that enabled her to enroll in the Dramatic Workshop and Technical Institute and also in The Lee Strasburg Acting Studio in New York City . </P>

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