She is perhaps better known for playing "Agripina" in the major Puerto Rican television sitcom hit, "La Criada Malcriada" and for her participation, alongside daughter Angela Meyer, in the 1980s talk show, "Ellas al Mediodia".
[1] In her early years, Debén lead a nomadic life, as she began traveling extensively when she went to Peru at age nine, taking piano lessons there and debuting as a professional singer.
[1] Later on, as part of a show in which her father was the star, Debén toured Europe under the nickname of "La Princesa de Nanglín, La Diosá María de la Magia Negra" ("The Nanglin Princess, Goddess Maria of Black Magic")[1] Debén finally settled permanently in Puerto Rico when she was able to find stable work as an actress at San Juan's Teatro Tapia, where she found steady work as a theater actress, which in turn also led to her touring the island to act at plays in different Puerto Rican cities.
It was then that the well-known actor Luis Antonio Rivera, also known as "Yoyo Boing", recommended her for the character of "Agripina" in the show named "La Criada Malcriada".
In the mid-1980s, Debén joined her daughter, Ángela Meyer and several other actresses such as Magali Carrasquillo, Camille Carrion, Elia Enid Cadilla, Carmen Belen Richardson and others, in a Canal 11 talk show named "Ellas al Mediodia" ("Women at Midday") which was a major television hit in Puerto Rico.