Colón received an Obie Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theater. In 2000, she received the HOLA Raúl Juliá Founders Award, presented by the Hispanic Organization of Latin Actors (HOLA). Colón's biography, Míriam Colón: Actor and Theater Founder, was written by Mayra Fernandez in 1994. In 2014, President Barack Obama awarded Colón the National Medal of Arts for her contributions as an actress. The citation reads as follows: "Ms. Colón has been a trailblazer in film, television, and theater, and helped open doors for generations of Hispanic actors." Personal life Colón was married to George Paul Edgar from 1966 until his death in 1976. In 1987, she married Fred Valle. She was an avid collector of ancestral arts including pre-Columbian, tribal African, historic Native American, and other tribal art. She collected Mid-East artifacts, abstract paintings, and modern sculpture. A signed Pablo Picasso sketch in crayon that she owned was auctioned for $6500 on June 16, 2019. At her death, she owned at least six signed movie posters of Al Pacino's Scarface and at least seven signed Scarface soundtrack albums. Her final years were in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Death Colón died on March 3, 2017, at the age of 80, in New York City of complications from a pulmonary infection. Among those who paid tribute to her were Rosalba Rolón, Marc Anthony (who she had coached as an actor and briefly appeared with on television), and Lin-Manuel Miranda. Filmography 1951 Los Peloteros as Lolita 1955 Danger (TV Series) 1955 Star Tonight (TV Series) 1956 Crowded Paradise 1956 Soraya (TV Series, three episodes) 1957 The Big Story (TV Series) as Esperanza Martinez 1958 Decoy (TV Series) as Maria 1956-1958 Studio One (TV Series) as Mrs. Talavera / Rosie 1959 Lux Playhouse (TV Series) as Mrs. Flores 1959 State Trooper (TV Series, Episode, Case of the Barefoot Girl) as Francesca 1959 One Step Beyond (TV Series, Episode - The Hand) as Alma Rodriguez 1959 Markham (TV Series) as Esperanza 1959 Mike Hammer (TV Series) as Tarano 1959 Peter Gunn (TV Series) as Maria DeCara 1959 Tales of Wells Fargo (TV Series, Episode - Desert Showdown) as Rita 1959 Wanted: Dead or Alive (TV Series, Episode - Desert Seed) as Mrs. Gomez 1961 One-eyed Jacks as Redheaded Lady 1961 Battle at Bloody Beach as Nahni 1961 The Outsider as Anita 1962 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series, Episode - Strange Miracle) as Lolla 1962 The