Mapy Cortés
Birthday
1910/03/01
Day of death
1998/08/02 (88 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Santurce, Puerto Rico
Also know as
María del Pilar Cordero, María del Pilar Mercado Cordero
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 soc...Read more
Acting
(1942) Seven Days' Leave
as Mapy (as Mapy Cortes)
(1944) La hija del regimiento
as ---
(1942) Yo bailé con Don Porfirio
as Rosa / Violeta
(1937) Guard! Alert!
as Vedette
(1942) El conde de Montecristo
as Haydée
(1943) Internado para señoritas
as ---
(1941) Those Were The Days, Senor Don Simon!
as Inés
(1944) La Guerra de los Pasteles
as ---
(1946) El amor las vuelve locas
as ---
(1941) Cinco minutos de amor
as Lulú
(1941) The Unknown Policeman
as La criollita
(1942) Las 5 noches de Adán
as ---
(1939) Ahora seremos felices
as Alma
(1963) Los expatriados
as Perla
(1966) Luna de miel en Puerto Rico
as ---
(1985) Reflejo de un deseo
as ---
(1964) Mr. Dólar
as Perla
(1966) Los tres pecados
as ---
(1946) Los maridos engañan de 7 a 9
as ---
(1941) La liga de las canciones
as ---
(1949) Las tandas del principal
as ---
(1960) Dormitorio para señoritas
as ---
(1944) El globo de Cantolla
as ---
(1945) La pícara Susana
as ---
(1951) Recién casados... no molestar
as ---
(1951) El sexo fuerte
as ---
(1948) Al marido hay que seguirlo
as ---
(1945) Un beso en la noche
as ---
(1944) The Pharaoh's Court
as Lota
(1951) Venezuela también canta
as ---
(1942) Mexican Moods
as Self