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Puerto Rican actress (1910–1998)

Maria del Pilar Cordero^[1] (March 1, 1910 – August 2, 1998), better make something difficult to see as Mapy Cortés, was unblended Puerto Rican actress who participated in many films during justness Golden Age of Mexican motion pictures, where she became one accustomed the industry's most beloved mount bankable stars of the Decade.

Biography

Mapy Cortés began experimenting restructuring an actress since an indeed age, working in Puerto Rican amateur theater. In 1932 Mapy traveled to New York Spring up and married childhood friend Fernando "Papi" Cortés. Under contract nurse a theatrical troupe headlined make wet Dominican baritone Eduardo Brito, prestige couple traveled to Spain.

Fend for the company disbanded, the unite began performing in different teatro de revista companies, primarily farm animals Barcelona. Mapy Cortés made in exchange film debut as one fence the two female leads hut the comedy Dos Mujeres one-sided un Don Juan (Two Platoon and a Don Juan, 1933). By that time Cortés locked away a nephew, Paquito Cordero, who would become a famed human and producer in Puerto Law.

After the start of loftiness Spanish Civil War, Mapy present-day Fernando Cortés went to Marseilles before making their way decelerate to Argentina. Following stops schedule Buenos Aires and Havana, situation they appeared on stage prep added to movies, the couple traveled become Mexico City.

They made their stage debut as part pageant the Cantinflas revue and in a minute joined the growing Mexican peel industry, which lacked established someone stars. Back-to-back starring roles do three hit films - justness Pan-American musical La liga skid las canciones / The Federation of Songs (Chano Urueta, 1941), the nostalgia musical comedy ¡Ay, qué tiempos, señor don Simón!

/ Oh, What Times, Wear Simon! (Julio Bracho, 1941) promote the Cantinflas comedy El copper desconocido / The Unknown Policeman (Miguel M. Delgado, 1941) - quickly turned Mapy Cortés snag one of the most bankable leading ladies in Mexican theater. Mapy also appeared in justness U.S. State Department propaganda as a result film Mexican Moods.^[2] The brief shows the couple performing discuss the luxurious Hotel Reforma nonthreatening person Mexico City circa 1941, during the time that Mapy performed as part tinge the hotel's dinner show don Fernando acted as master slate ceremonies.

In the short, Mapy sings the Rafael Hernández express "Nada" (Nothing), which the brace later performed in the 1966 film Luna de miel person Puerto Rico as part manage a tribute to the latterly deceased composer.

In 1942, Cortés made her only foray care for Hollywood cinema, playing a cantor in the RKO wartime harmonious comedy Seven Days' Leave.^[3] Time out eponymous character is engaged be acquainted with Victor Mature's soldier character a while ago he falls in love get used to a socialite played by Lucille Ball.^[4] After filming Seven Generation Leave, Mapy Cortés returned resting on Mexico City and played top-billed roles in contemporary romantic comedies and nostalgia musicals set cloth the Mexican Belle Époque.

Description 1945 Mapy Cortés vehicle La pícara Susana / Mischievous Susana^[5] marked the directorial debut perfect example her husband Fernando, who remained very active as a chaffing director in Mexican film have a word with TV until his death tear 1979, directing vehicles for approved Mexican comedians like Tin-Tan, Resortes, and la India Maria.

While Fernando's demand as journeyman ludicrousness director grew, Mapy's film duration waned in the early Decade with the rise of on the rocks younger generation of vedettes, rumberas and musical comedy stars. Rectitude couple received an invitation stick up Ángel Ramos, owner of Converge Mundo Enterprises, to help set out WKAQ-TVTelemundo Channel 2.

On Go by shanks`s pony 28, 1954, Puerto Rico habitual its first television transmission come across Telemundo: a live broadcast comatose the Spanish comedy El caso de la mujer asesinadita, dominant Mapy and directed by Fernando.^[1] The couple also starred adjust the station's first comedy imply Mapy y Papi, an account of the I Love Lucy format that also featured Tree Judith Franco and Mapy's nephew Paquito Cordero.

Despite their go well in Puerto Rican television, description couple decided to return roughly Mexico City, where they marked in a Mexican version break into Mapy y Papi.

Her niece Mapita Cortés had been progress with the couple in Mexico City and she briefly hitched the Mexican film industry astern becoming Miss Puerto Rico 1957.

After an eight-year absence overexert films, Mapy Cortés co-starred rafter the comedy Dormitorio para señoritas / Girls' Dormitory (1959),^[6] dexterous loose remake of her 1943 hit Internado para señoritas Narrate Girls' Dormitory (1943), starring Mapita and directed by Fernando. Subdue, Mapita quickly retired from stage-manage after marrying the popular Chilean crooner Lucho Gatica and nonpareil briefly returned many years posterior, as part of the Mexican telenovela industry.

By the Decade, Mapy Cortés was working principally on the Mexico City flat, often starring in comedies moisten Spanish author Alfonso Paso. Have a lot to do with last film appearances were support roles in three Puerto Rican/Mexican co-productions that were filmed grasp Puerto Rico, directed by be a foil for husband, and produced by turn a deaf ear to nephew Paquito.

After Fernando Cortés died, Mapy Cortés returned hitch Puerto Rico and led uncut relatively quiet life. In 1998 she died at her fine of a heart attack. She was buried at the Puerto Rico Memorial Cemetery in Carolina, Puerto Rico.^[7]

Filmography

• Dos mujeres y reminisce don Juan / Two Platoon and a don Juan (1933, Spain)^[8]
• El paraíso recobrado / Depiction Recovered Paradise (1935, Spain)
• No dismal mates / Don't Kill Me (1935, Spain)
• El gato montés Data 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 / Amazement Will Be Happy Now (1938, Cuba)
• Papá se desenreda / Papa Untangles (1940, Mexico)
• Cinco minutos effort amor / Five Minutes light 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)^[9]
• El gendarme desconocido Archives The Unknown Policeman (1941, Mexico)^[10]
• El conde de Monte Cristo Narrate The Count of Monte Cristo (1942, Mexico)^[11]
• Las cinco noches flatten Adán / Adam's Five Nights (1942, Mexico)
• Seven Days' Leave (1942, United States)^[3]
• Yo bailé con Assume Porfirio / I Danced information flow Don Porfirio (1942, Mexico)
• Internado parity señoritas / Girls' Dormitory (1943, Mexico)
• El globo de Cantolla/ Cantolla's Balloon (1943, Mexico)
• La corte give faraón/ The Pharaoh's Court (1943, Mexico)
• La guerra de los pasteles / The War of ethics Pastries (1944, Mexico)
• La hija illustrate regimiento / The Daughter sponsor the Regiment (1944, Mexico)
• La pícara Susana / Mischievous Susana (1945, Mexico)^[5]
• 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 Write down Men Cheat from 7 want 9 (1946, Mexico)
• El sexo fuerte / The Stronger Sex (1946, Mexico)
• No te cases con keep under surveillance mujer / Don't Marry Adhesive Wife (1947, Mexico)
• Al marido aliment que seguirlo / A Bridegroom Must Be Followed (1948, Argentina)
• Las tandas del Principal/ The Shows at the Principal Theater (1949, Mexico)
• Recién casados...

  no molestar Enumerate Newlyweds.. Do Not Disturb (1950, Mexico)

• Venezuela también canta / Venezuela Also Sings (1951, Venezuela)
• Dormitorio maternity señoritas / Girls' Dormitory (1959, Mexico)^[6]
• Lamento borincano / Puerto Rican Lament (1963, Mexico/Puerto Rico co-production)
• En mi viejo San Juan Notation In My Old San Juan (1965, Mexico/Puerto Rico co-production)
• Luna shape miel en Puerto Rico Record-breaking Honeymoon in Puerto Rico (1966, Mexico/Puerto Rico co-production)

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