Mapita Cortés (August 4, 1939 - January 1, 2006 born Maria del Pilar Mercado Cordero in 1939 in Puerto Rico – died in Mexico City), was an actress of telenovelas and the cinema of Mexico. She is the mother of Mexican actor Luis Gatica, the wife of Lucho Gatica, the niece of Puerto Rican actress Mapy Cortés, and the niece in law of Mexican actor Fernando Cortés. Mapita Cortés is also the cousin of famous Paquito Cordero, two years her junior.