Mapy Cortés
Acting
🎂 1910-03-01
Maria del Pilar Cordero (March 1, 1910 – August 2, 1998), better known as Mapy CortĂ©s, was a Puerto Rican actress who acted in many films during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. CortĂ©s appeared in the U.S. State Department propaganda short film "Mexican Moods". In 1942, CortĂ©s 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 CortĂ©s returned to Mexico City and played roles in contemporary romantic comedies and nostalgia musicals set during the Mexican Belle Époque. The 1945 Mapy CortĂ©s vehicle La pĂcara 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.
