About

Known credits:
31
Birthday:
1910-03-01
Place of birth:
Santurce, Puerto Rico
Website:
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Mapy Cortés

Overview

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

Acting
1985 Reflejo de un deseo Actor N/A
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1966 Los tres pecados Actor 59
Average
1966 Luna de miel en Puerto Rico Actor 58
Average
1964 Mr. Dólar Actor Perla N/A
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1963 Los expatriados Actor Perla 59
Average
1960 Dormitorio para señoritas Actor 59
Average
1951 Recién casados... no molestar Actor 59
Average
1951 El sexo fuerte Actor 59
Average
1951 Venezuela también canta Actor N/A
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1949 Las tandas del principal Actor 59
Average
1948 Al marido hay que seguirlo Actor N/A
N/A
1946 Los maridos engañan de 7 a 9 Actor 59
Average
1946 El amor las vuelve locas Actor 58
Average
1945 La pícara Susana Actor 58
Average
1945 Un beso en la noche Actor 58
Average
1944 La hija del regimiento Actor 59
Average
1944 El globo de Cantolla Actor 58
Average
1944 The Pharaoh's Court Actor Lota 58
Average
1944 La Guerra de los Pasteles Actor 58
Average
1943 Internado para señoritas Actor 59
Average
1942 Seven Days' Leave Actor Mapy (as Mapy Cortes) 58
Average
1942 Yo bailé con Don Porfirio Actor Rosa / Violeta 59
Average
1942 El conde de Montecristo Actor Haydée 58
Average
1942 Las 5 noches de Adán Actor 58
Average
1942 Mexican Moods Actor Self N/A
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1941 Cinco minutos de amor Actor Lulú 59
Average
1941 The Unknown Policeman Actor La criollita 61
Fair
1941 Those Were The Days, Senor Don Simon! Actor Inés 58
Average
1941 La liga de las canciones Actor 58
Average
1939 Ahora seremos felices Actor Alma N/A
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1937 Guard! Alert! Actor Vedette 58
Average