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.

Filmografi

Los expatriados1963 · PerlaMr. Dólar1964 · PerlaThe Unknown Policeman1941 · La criollitaPapá se desenreda1942 · El amor las vuelve locas1946 · Las cinco noches de Adán1942 · LolaMexican Moods1942 · SelfEl sexo fuerte1946 · Al marido hay que seguirlo1948 · Dormitorio para señoritas1960 · Recién casados... no molestar1951 · Seven Days' Leave1942 · Mapy (as Mapy Cortes)Yo bailé con Don Porfirio1942 · Rosa / VioletaLuna de miel en Puerto Rico1966 · El conde de Montecristo1942 · HaydéeLas tandas del principal1949 · Lucero Reyes / Rosario AldamaThose Were The Days, Senor Don Simon!1941 · InésGuard! Alert!1937 · VedetteUn beso en la noche1945 · La Guerra de los Pasteles1944 · Los maridos engañan de 7 a 91946 · La hija del regimiento1944 · The Pharaoh's Court1944 · LotaLa liga de las canciones1941 ·