Mapy Cortés
Actor
- Born
- March 1, 1910 · Santurce, Puerto Rico
- Died
- August 2, 1998 (age 88)
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".
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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
The Unknown Policeman
October 22, 1941
Guard! Alert!
July 12, 1937
El conde de Montecristo
April 29, 1942
Yo bailé con Don Porfirio
October 29, 1942
El sexo fuerte
May 23, 1946
La hija del regimiento
October 6, 1944
Internado para señoritas
November 11, 1943
Those Were The Days, Senor Don Simon!
September 19, 1941
La Guerra de los Pasteles
January 3, 1944
El amor las vuelve locas
January 10, 1946
Las tandas del principal
July 15, 1949
Dormitorio para señoritas
May 11, 1960
Acting32
- 1985Reflejo de un deseo
- 1966Los tres pecados
- 1966Luna de miel en Puerto Rico
- 1964Mr. Dólar as Perla
- 1963Los expatriados as Perla
- 1960Dormitorio para señoritas
- 1951Recién casados... no molestar
- 1951Venezuela también canta
- 1949Las tandas del principal as Lucero Reyes / Rosario Aldama
- 1948Al marido hay que seguirlo
- 1946Los maridos engañan de 7 a 9