Mapy Cortés

Known for ActingBorn 1910-03-01Died 1998-08-02Santurce, Puerto Rico

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Al marido hay que seguirlo

The Unknown Policeman

Seven Days' Leave

Las tandas del principal

Those Were The Days, Senor Don Simon!

Los expatriados

La hija del regimiento

Un beso en la noche

Cinco minutos de amor

La liga de las canciones

The Pharaoh's Court

Luna de miel en Puerto Rico

El sexo fuerte

Internado para señoritas

Yo bailé con Don Porfirio

Los tres pecados

La Guerra de los Pasteles

El globo de Cantolla

Dormitorio para señoritas

Las cinco noches de Adán

Los maridos engañan de 7 a 9

La pícara Susana

Recién casados... no molestar

El conde de Montecristo

El amor las vuelve locas

Guard! Alert!

Reflejo de un deseo

Mr. Dólar

Venezuela también canta

Mexican Moods

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