Mapy Cortés
Also Known 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 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.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Santurce, Puerto Rico
Adult: No
Birthday: March 01, 1910
Age: 115 years old
Gender: Female
Deathday: August 02, 1998
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Seven Days' Leave
Overview: Soldier Johnny Grey is engaged to marry singer Mapy Cortes, but his plans go awry when he learns that he is the heir to $100,000 from his great-grandfather -- a bequest that comes with a catch: before claiming the money, Johnny must marry a descendant of his great-grandfather's Civil War enemy, General Havelock-Allen. Not wanting to disrupt his planned marriage to Mapy, Johnny must figure out how to concoct a temporary marriage-of-convenience with the descendant -- who turns out to be the beautiful Terry Havelock-Allen.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-11-13
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La hija del regimiento
Overview: In Fuente Clara over ten years since any man born. The population, mostly female, are desperate and resorts to the reigning prince.
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Original Language: es
Release Date: 1944-10-06
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Yo bailé con Don Porfirio
Overview: Light comedy in which Joaquin Cortes and Mapy Pardavé join their talents, written and directed by Gilberto Martinez Solares. It deals with the life of a pair of twins from a provincial family who emigrated to the city, then one begins to work in a music magazine and occasionally is confused with her sister, which causes problems with their respective boyfriends.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1942-10-29
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Guard! Alert!
Overview: The young Candelas, seduced and abandoned by Arturo, an unscrupulous womanizer, meets two soldiers, Tiburcio and Angelillo, who, in order to help the girl out of her predicament, organize a musical recital to raise money.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1937-07-12
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El conde de Montecristo
Overview: Adaptation of Dumas' swashbuckler classic.
Genres: Drama Adventure
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1942-04-29
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Internado para señoritas
Overview: 1940s-style teen comedy set in a private school for girls.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1943-11-11
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Those Were The Days, Senor Don Simon!
Overview: A not very grief stricken young widow flutters her hand fan between a dashing young soldier and an elderly politician in this Belle Epoque era musical comedy.
Genres: Romance Comedy Music
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1941-09-19
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La Guerra de los Pasteles
Overview: Musical comedy about a pastry chef and his daughter in the 1830s
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Original Language: es
Release Date: 1944-01-03
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El amor las vuelve locas
Overview: Uni professor is voted "Hunkiest teacher of the year." Madcap complications.
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Original Language: es
Release Date: 1946-01-10
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Cinco minutos de amor
Overview: Bedroom farce, with three men claiming the same woman as their mistress.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1941-12-11
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The Unknown Policeman
Overview: A gang of thieves has jeopardized the city and even the police, whose chief urges their forces to captured the band within 48 hours. Meanwhile, band members meet in a cafe run by a widow and her daughter and her suitor, Cantinflas, who maintains a scuffle with the robbers running all at the station. Since then, Cantinflas become a member of the police force for special missions.
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1941-10-22
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Las 5 noches de Adán
Overview: Globe-hopping playboy bachelor is getting on in years, so he invites his five international children to come live with him.
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Original Language: es
Release Date: 1942-04-18
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Ahora seremos felices
Overview: Alma falls in love with Julio, a famous singer, but her parents oppose the idea thinking that it's just one more of her rich girl whims.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1939-06-11
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Los expatriados
Overview: The film, which is an ode to Rafael Hernández's song "Lamento borincano", is a social commentary of the political and social policies of the 40's and 50's which led to the abandonment of what was seen by many as the "pure", "virtuous" life of the finca (farm) for the "corrupting" influence of urban centers like San Juan and New York City.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1963-01-01
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Luna de miel en Puerto Rico
Overview: Manuel, the manager of the (real-life) Hotel Condado Beach in San Juan, and his assistant Paquito decide to promote their establishment by offering free "honeymoons in Puerto Rico" to newlywed couples.
Genres: Comedy Romance Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1966-01-01
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Reflejo de un deseo
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Original Language: es
Release Date: 1985-01-02
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Mr. Dólar
Overview: A Puerto Rican goes to New York to seek his fortune.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1964-12-18
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Los tres pecados
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Original Language: es
Release Date: 1966-04-21
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Los maridos engañan de 7 a 9
Overview: Focuses on the emotional life of two women, whose husbands, with labor excuses, make "outings" from 7 to 9 at night.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1946-08-30
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La liga de las canciones
Overview: International committee mounts a revue to promote Pan-American unity. Showbiz hotel rom-com hilarity ensues.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1941-09-12
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Las tandas del principal
Overview: Frivolous young dandy is trying to score with an operetta singer, but she ends up with his uncle. For awhile. And then...
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Original Language: es
Release Date: 1949-07-15
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Dormitorio para señoritas
Overview: Young lawyer is mistaken for music professor and goes to live at a boarding school for young women.
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Original Language: es
Release Date: 1960-05-11
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El globo de Cantolla
Overview: Three boys and three girls in the 1890s.
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Original Language: es
Release Date: 1944-07-07
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La pícara Susana
Overview: Socialist librarian gets mixed up in the family life of a spoiled rich girl and her screwball family.
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Original Language: es
Release Date: 1945-05-31
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Recién casados... no molestar
Overview: Newly-married woman discovers that her husband's a virgin and not the notorious Don Juan that she'd heard rumors about, and their marriage almost collapses because he's faithful and monogamous and good.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1951-08-09
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El sexo fuerte
Overview: Two men are shipwrecked and arrive in the Kingdom of Eden, where the women control all the power.
Genres: Comedy Drama Fantasy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1951-04-25
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Al marido hay que seguirlo
Overview: A doctor must pretend to be single and his wife follows him to the field causing a series of incidents.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1948-09-11
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Un beso en la noche
Overview: The strange behavior of a woman leads her loved one to consult with a psychiatrist.
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Original Language: es
Release Date: 1945-02-08
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The Pharaoh's Court
Overview: The wise men of the kingdom interpret a dream of Pharaoh and decide that Putifar, a victorious general, should marry Lota, a virginal slave.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1944-06-08
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Venezuela también canta
Overview: A group of musicians try to establish a pacifist Latin American philharmonic orchestra. They must face the efforts of an American spy to ruin the project.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1951-02-28
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Mexican Moods
Overview: This 1942 travelogue film, directed by Aldo Ermini and sponsored by the Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs, showcases Mexican culture during World War II, focusing on various cultural activities and popular entertainers of the time. The film features notable figures like Puerto Rican actress and singer Mapy Cortés, Mexican comedian Cantinflas, and a re-enactment of Aztec traditions.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-01-01
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