Known For
Acting
Born
Mar 01, 1910
Died
Aug 02, 1998
Place of Birth
Santurce, Puerto Rico
Credits
31 titles
Mapy Cortés
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
Filmography
Reflejo de un deseo
Los tres pecados
Luna de miel en Puerto Rico
Mr. Dólar
Perla
Los expatriados
Perla
Dormitorio para señoritas
Recién casados... no molestar
Venezuela también canta
Las tandas del principal
Lucero Reyes / Rosario Aldama
Al marido hay que seguirlo
Los maridos engañan de 7 a 9
El sexo fuerte
El amor las vuelve locas
La pícara Susana
Un beso en la noche
La hija del regimiento
El globo de Cantolla
The Pharaoh's Court
Lota
La Guerra de los Pasteles
Internado para señoritas
Seven Days' Leave
Mapy (as Mapy Cortes)
Yo bailé con Don Porfirio
Rosa / Violeta
El conde de Montecristo
Haydée
Las cinco noches de Adán
Lola
Mexican Moods
Self
Cinco minutos de amor
Lulú
The Unknown Policeman
La criollita
Those Were The Days, Senor Don Simon!
Inés
La liga de las canciones
Ahora seremos felices
Alma
Guard! Alert!
Vedette