Mapy Cortés
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
Credits
- 1985 · Reflejo de un deseo as
- 1966 · Los tres pecados as
- 1966 · Luna de miel en Puerto Rico as
- 1964 · Mr. Dólar as Perla
- 1963 · Los expatriados as Perla
- 1960 · Dormitorio para señoritas as
- 1951 · Recién casados... no molestar as
- 1951 · El sexo fuerte as
- 1951 · Venezuela también canta as
- 1949 · Las tandas del principal as
- 1948 · Al marido hay que seguirlo as
- 1946 · Los maridos engañan de 7 a 9 as
- 1946 · El amor las vuelve locas as
- 1945 · La pícara Susana as
- 1945 · Un beso en la noche as
- 1944 · La hija del regimiento as
- 1944 · El globo de Cantolla as
- 1944 · The Pharaoh's Court as Lota
- 1944 · La Guerra de los Pasteles as
- 1943 · Internado para señoritas as
- 1942 · Seven Days' Leave as Mapy (as Mapy Cortes)
- 1942 · Yo bailé con Don Porfirio as Rosa / Violeta
- 1942 · El conde de Montecristo as Haydée
- 1942 · Las 5 noches de Adán as
- 1942 · Mexican Moods as Self
- 1941 · Cinco minutos de amor as Lulú
- 1941 · The Unknown Policeman as La criollita
- 1941 · Those Were The Days, Senor Don Simon! as Inés
- 1941 · La liga de las canciones as
- 1939 · Ahora seremos felices as Alma
- 1937 · Guard! Alert! as Vedette