
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.

Los expatriados
MOVIE • 1963

The Unknown Policeman
MOVIE • 1941

Internado para señoritas
MOVIE • 1943

Las 5 noches de Adán
MOVIE • 1942

Seven Days' Leave
MOVIE • 1942

Yo Bailé con Don Porfirio
MOVIE • 1942

El conde de Montecristo
MOVIE • 1942

El sexo fuerte
MOVIE • 1951

El amor las vuelve locas
MOVIE • 1946

Recién casados... no molestar
MOVIE • 1951

La Guerra de los Pasteles
MOVIE • 1944

Al marido hay que seguirlo
MOVIE • 1948

Dormitorio para señoritas
MOVIE • 1960

Un beso en la noche
MOVIE • 1945

Those Were The Days, Senor Don Simon!
MOVIE • 1941

El globo de Cantolla
MOVIE • 1944

Mexican Moods
MOVIE • 1942

Las tandas del principal
MOVIE • 1949