Career
Mapita Cortés is also the cousin of famous Paquito Cordero, two years her junior. Mapita Cortés demonstrated desire to become an actress since she was a child. Cortés became a sensation in the Mexican film industry during the 1950s, when she appeared in 1958"s Misterios de ultratumba ("Mysteries of the Afterlife").
This movie became a contemporary Mexican classic.
She decided to establish herself in the North American country permanently after enjoying success there. While she was doing films, another celebrity, singer Lucho Gatica, fell in love with her and the two began a romance that would lead to a marriage.
Together with Gatica, Mapita Cortés procreated a son, Luis Gatica (born in 1961), who would himself also become a celebrity as a telenovela actor and rock music singer during the 1980s. But she returned to activity sporadically, becoming what is known as a character actress in some of Mexico"s most famous telenovelas.
In 1989, she participated alongside Verónica Castro in Televisa"s Mi pequeña Soledad, which became a major hit across Mexico, the United States and even Europe, giving Mapita Cortés a degree of celebrity in countries like Russia and others
Mapita Cortés also had the opportunity to work alongside Mariana Levy, who died in 2005.