Actor
Mapy Cortés
Born March 1, 1910 in Santurce, Puerto RicoDied August 2, 199831 films
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.
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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.
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First watchThe Unknown Policeman19417.9as La criollitaA gang of thieves has jeopardized the city and even the police, whose chief urges their forces to captured the band within 48 hours.View filmFilmography
31 films as actor- 1985Reflejo de un deseo
- 1966Los tres pecados
- 1966Luna de miel en Puerto Rico
- 1964Mr. DólarPerla
- 1963Los expatriadosPerla
- 1960Dormitorio para señoritas
- 1951Recién casados... no molestar
- 1951Venezuela también canta
- 1949Las tandas del principalLucero Reyes / Rosario Aldama
- 1948Al marido hay que seguirlo
- 1946Los maridos engañan de 7 a 9
- 1946El sexo fuerte
- 1946El amor las vuelve locas
- 1945La pícara SusanaSusana Martínez Rico
- 1945Un beso en la noche
- 1944La hija del regimiento
- 1944El globo de Cantolla
- 1944The Pharaoh's CourtLota
- 1944La Guerra de los Pasteles
- 1943Internado para señoritas
- 1942Seven Days' LeaveMapy (as Mapy Cortes)
- 1942Yo bailé con Don PorfirioRosa / Violeta
- 1942Papá se desenreda
- 1942El conde de MontecristoHaydée
- 1942Las cinco noches de AdánLola
- 1941Cinco minutos de amorLulú
- 1941The Unknown PolicemanLa criollita
- 1941Those Were The Days, Senor Don Simon!Inés
- 1941La liga de las canciones
- 1939Ahora seremos felicesAlma
- 1937Guard! Alert!Vedette