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.

Biography

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'' 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.

Filmography

* ''Dos mujeres y un don Juan / Two Women and a don Juan'' (1933, Spain)
* ''El paraíso recobrado / The Recovered Paradise'' (1935, Spain)
* ''No me mates / Don't Kill Me'' (1935, Spain)
* ''El gato montés / The Wildcat'' (1936, Spain)
* ''¡Centinela, alerta! / Guard, Alert!'' (1936, Spain)
* ''El amor gitano / Gypsy Love'' (1936, Spain)
* ''Un tipo de suerte / A Lucky Guy'' (1938, Argentina)
* ''Ahora Seremos Felices / We Will Be Happy Now'' (1938, Cuba)
* ''Papá se desenreda / Dad Untangles'' (1940, Mexico)
* ''Cinco minutos de amor / Five Minutes of Love'' (1941, Mexico)
* ''¡Ay, qué tiempos, señor don Simón! / Oh, What Times, Don Simon!'' (1941, Mexico)
* ''La liga de las canciones / The League of Songs'' (1941, Mexico)
* ''El gendarme desconocido / The Unknown Policeman'' (1941, Mexico)
* ''El conde de Monte Cristo / The Count of Monte Cristo'' (1942, Mexico)
* ''Las cinco noches de Adán / Adam's Five Nights'' (1942, Mexico)
* '' Seven Days' Leave'' (1942, United States)
* ''Yo bailé con Don Porfirio / I Danced with Don Porfirio'' (1942, Mexico)
* ''Internado para señoritas / Girls' Dormitory'' (1943, Mexico)
* ''El globo de Cantolla'' ''/ Cantolla's Balloon'' (1943, Mexico)
* ''La corte del faraón'' ''/ The Pharaoh's Court'' (1943, Mexico)
* ''La guerra de los pasteles / The War of the Pastries'' (1944, Mexico)
* ''La hija del regimiento / The Daughter of the Regiment'' (1944, Mexico)
* ''La pícara Susana / Mischievous Susana'' (1945, Mexico)
* ''Un beso en la noche / A Kiss at Night'' (1945, Mexico)
* ''Amor de una vida / Love of a Lifetime'' (1945, Mexico)
* ''El amor las vuelve locas / Love Makes Them Crazy'' (1946, Mexico)
* ''Los maridos engañan de 7 a 9 / Men Cheat from 7 to 9'' (1946, Mexico)
* ''El sexo fuerte / The Stronger Sex'' (1946, Mexico)
* ''No te cases con mi mujer / Don't Marry My Wife'' (1947, Mexico)
* ''Al marido hay que seguirlo / A Husband Must Be Followed'' (1948, Argentina)
* ''Las tandas del Principal'' ''/ The Shows at the Principal Theater'' (1949, Mexico)
* ''Recién casados... no molestar / Newlyweds.. Do Not Disturb'' (1950, Mexico)
* ''Venezuela también canta / Venezuela Also Sings'' (1951, Venezuela)
* ''Lamento borincano / Puerto Rican Lament'' (1963, Mexico/Puerto Rico co-production)
* ''En mi viejo San Juan / In My Old San Juan'' (1965, Mexico/Puerto Rico co-production)
* ''Luna de miel en Puerto Rico / Honeymoon in Puerto Rico'' (1966, Mexico/Puerto Rico co-production)

See also

*List of Puerto Ricans

Bibliography

*
* Ortiz, Roberto Carlos
"Puerto Rican Sugar: The Transnational Film Career of Mapy Cortés."
''Centro Journal'' 17.1 (Spring 2005): 122-139.

References

External links

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cortes, Mapy
1910 births
1998 deaths
Actresses from San Juan, Puerto Rico
Golden Age of Mexican cinema
Puerto Rican expatriates in Mexico
Puerto Rican film actresses
20th-century American actresses
21st-century Puerto Rican women singers
21st-century Puerto Rican singers