Mapy Cortés
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 1, 1910
- Died
- August 2, 1998 (aged 88)
- Birthplace
- Santurce, Puerto Rico
Biography
Maria del Pilar Cordero (March 1, 1910 – August 2, 1998), better known as Mapy Cortés, was a Puerto Rican actress who acted in many films during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. Cortés appeared in the U.S. State Department propaganda short film "Mexican Moods". In 1942, Cortés made her only foray into Hollywood cinema, playing a singer in the RKO wartime musical comedy Seven Days' Leave. Her eponymous character is engaged to Victor Mature's soldier character before he falls in love with a socialite played by Lucille Ball. After filming Seven Days Leave, Mapy Cortés returned to Mexico City and played roles in contemporary romantic comedies and nostalgia musicals set during the Mexican Belle Époque. The 1945 Mapy Cortés vehicle La pícara Susana / Mischievous Susana[5] marked the directorial debut of her husband Fernando. After Fernando died, Mapy returned to Puerto Rico and led a relatively quiet life. In 1998 she died at her home of a heart attack. She was buried at the Puerto Rico Memorial Cemetery in Carolina, Puerto Rico.
Known For
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Filmography
Reflejo de un deseo
Movie
Luna de miel en Puerto Rico
Movie
Los tres pecados
Movie
Mr. Dólar
Movie · as Perla
Los expatriados
Movie · as Perla
Dormitorio para señoritas
Movie
Recién casados... no molestar
Movie
Venezuela también canta
Movie
Las tandas del principal
Movie · as Lucero Reyes / Rosario Aldama
Al marido hay que seguirlo
Movie
No te cases con mi mujer
Movie
El amor las vuelve locas
Movie
Los maridos engañan de 7 a 9
Movie
El sexo fuerte
Movie
Amor de una vida
Movie · as Luisa González
La pícara Susana
Movie · as Susana Martínez Rico
Un beso en la noche
Movie
La hija del regimiento
Movie
La Guerra de los Pasteles
Movie
El globo de Cantolla
Movie
The Pharaoh's Court
Movie · as Lota
Internado para señoritas
Movie
Seven Days' Leave
Movie · as Mapy (as Mapy Cortes)
Yo bailé con Don Porfirio
Movie · as Rosa / Violeta
El conde de Montecristo
Movie · as Haydée
Las cinco noches de Adán
Movie · as Lola
Mexican Moods
Movie · as Self
Papá se desenreda
Movie
Those Were The Days, Senor Don Simon!
Movie · as Inés
Cinco minutos de amor
Movie · as Lulú
The Unknown Policeman
Movie · as La criollita
La liga de las canciones
Movie
Ahora seremos felices
Movie · as Alma
Guard! Alert!
Movie · as Vedette
Twelve Men and a Woman
Movie · as La China