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4 unusual facts about Mapy Cortés


Luis Gatica

He is the son of Chilean singer Lucho Gatica and Puerto Rican actress Mapita Cortés; he is the nephew of Puerto Rican actress Mapy Cortés and second cousin of Puerto Rican actor, comedian and producer Paquito Cordero.

Mapy Cortés

During the early 1930s, Cortés decided to look for fame in other places, and she arrived in Mexico, where she met and married the already famous Puerto Rican actor and producer Fernando Cortés who had already adopted Mexican citizenship.

Contrary to popular belief, Cortés was not Mexican; she was Puerto Rican, but she adopted Mexico as her residential country from her youth and almost until she died.

Mapy Cortés (March 1, 1910 – August 2, 1998), born Maria del Pilar Cordero in Santurce, Puerto Rico, was an actress who participated in many films during the Mexican film industry's golden era.



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