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.
Acting
Movie
The Unknown Policeman
as La criollita
1941
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Guard! Alert!
as Vedette
1937
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El conde de Montecristo
as Haydée
1942
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Yo bailé con Don Porfirio
as Rosa / Violeta
1942
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El sexo fuerte
1946
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La hija del regimiento
1944
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Internado para señoritas
1943
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Those Were The Days, Senor Don Simon!
as Inés
1941
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La Guerra de los Pasteles
1944
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El amor las vuelve locas
1946
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Las tandas del principal
as Lucero Reyes / Rosario Aldama
1949
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Dormitorio para señoritas
1960
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El globo de Cantolla
1944
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Recién casados... no molestar
1951
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Las cinco noches de Adán
as Lola
1942
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Los expatriados
as Perla
1963
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The Pharaoh's Court
as Lota
1944
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Seven Days' Leave
as Mapy (as Mapy Cortes)
1942
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Cinco minutos de amor
as Lulú
1941
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Luna de miel en Puerto Rico
1966
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Los tres pecados
1966
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Los maridos engañan de 7 a 9
1946
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La liga de las canciones
1941
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La pícara Susana
1945