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.

Filmography

• 1985Reflejo de un deseo
• 1966Los tres pecados
• 1966Luna de miel en Puerto Rico
• 1964Mr. Dólar — Perla
• 1963Los expatriados — Perla
• 1960Dormitorio para señoritas
• 1951Recién casados... no molestar
• 1951Venezuela también canta
• 1949Las tandas del principal — Lucero Reyes / Rosario Aldama
• 1948Al marido hay que seguirlo
• 1946El amor las vuelve locas
• 1946El sexo fuerte
• 1946Los maridos engañan de 7 a 9
• 1945La pícara Susana — Susana Martínez Rico
• 1945Un beso en la noche
• 1944El globo de Cantolla
• 1944La Guerra de los Pasteles
• 1944La hija del regimiento
• 1944The Pharaoh's Court — Lota
• 1943Internado para señoritas
• 1942El conde de Montecristo — Haydée
• 1942Las cinco noches de Adán — Lola
• 1942Papá se desenreda
• 1942Seven Days' Leave — Mapy (as Mapy Cortes)
• 1942Yo bailé con Don Porfirio — Rosa / Violeta
• 1941Cinco minutos de amor — Lulú
• 1941La liga de las canciones
• 1941The Unknown Policeman — La criollita
• 1941Those Were The Days, Senor Don Simon! — Inés
• 1939Ahora seremos felices — Alma
• 1937Guard! Alert! — Vedette

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 1942Mexican Moods — Self