Maria Luisa Cortés
Known For & Full Filmography33 Titles

Movie - 1952, 2h 15m • as La murcielaga (uncredited)
Catita is a simple and poor woman who dreams of that her son stands out on something important to help her out of his humble. But she opposes to him being boxer, therefore constantly fighting with her husband.

Movie - 1957, 2h 15m • as Esposa de Alejandro
A medical researcher arrives at a cursed island and falls in love with an indigenous priestess.

Movie - 1951, 2h 15m • as Invitada fiesta (uncredited)
Working-class girl marries rich playboy, gets implicated in his criminal activities.

Movie - 1950, 2h 15m • as La grandota (uncredited)
In this Romantic-Comedy from Director Rene Cardona, Actress Maria Elena Marques plays a hard-living woman named Leticia, who suffers from a recently broken heart after being deceived by her ex-boyfriend. Soured on anything to do with love and while drinking away her sorrows, she sets out to marry the very first man she sees. This man just happens to be a nice guy named Roberto, (Abel Salazar). Although the pair's mutual attraction to each other is obvious, Roberto has no idea what he is in for, and he soon proposes. Not long after the marriage, Leticia starts to take advantage of both Roberto and her new Father-in-Law (played by Oscar Pulido), who shows kindness towards the girl. Predictably, marital bliss soon turns into discord, and the couple agree to divorce after a year passes. Their love-hate relationship and pending break-up provides a perfect backdrop for several comedic situations before the two realize that they are actually in love.

Movie - 1953, 2h 15m • as Amiga resbalosa de Tonina
Family comedy and family melodrama involving father and son wrestlers, little brothers, little sisters, girlfriends, waitresses...

Movie - 1952, 2h 15m • as La tosferina (uncredited)
Cantinflas is a clumsy fireman, who one day receives the visit of his little goddaughter, whose mother recently died in the jungle. After having work in a few fires, Cantinflas decided to quit and become a policeman, because is less dangerous. Everything goes well until a gang of gangsters kidnap the girl, because of a monetary inheritance.

Movie - 1949, 2h 15m • as Raquel (secretaria) (uncredited)
When an old house is about to be demolished to make room for a new radio station the famous ghosts which resides in the house start a revolt to alter the decision.

Movie - 1958, 2h 15m • as Invitada a fiesta (uncredited)
The police plan to capture a killer by using a double that looks exactly as one of his victims.

Movie - 1969, 2h 15m • as Guest wedding (uncredited)
A young woman and her drug addict boyfriend plot to drive the woman's stepmother insane with LSD in a plot to secure an inheritance.

Movie - 1957, 2h 15m • as Mujer con bebé (uncredited)
A pregnant and very poor woman has no place to give birth, and turns to a society lady for help.

Movie - 1954, 2h 15m • as Actriz en escena (uncredited)
Confronted with the unfortunate news that their favorite Streetcar, no. 133, is going to be decommissioned, two Municipal Transit workers get drunk and decide to "take 'er for one last spin," as it were. Unfortunately, the "one last spin" ends up being an all-night and all-day scramble to stay out of trouble, as they are confronted with situation after sometimes bizarre situation that prevents them from returning the "borrowed" Streetcar!

Movie - 1956, 2h 15m • as Invitada a recepción (uncredited)
After a quarrel with her boyfriend on New Year's Eve, Mane drives her car from Mexico City to Cuernavaca to meet her parents in their country house. The car breaks down in the highway and Mane has to ask for help. Mechanic Cruci arrives and, after testing the car, offers Mane a ride on his motorcycle. Back in Mane's house, she invites him some drinks to celebrate New Year's Eve. They get drunk and, the morning after, Mane's parents arrive and find them sleeping together. Not knowing what happened, Mane and Cruci are forced to get married against their will.

Movie - 1950, 2h 15m • as Cabaretera (uncredited)
A poor man becomes a modern Robin Hood, robbing the rich to give to the poor.

Movie - 1956, 2h 15m • as Invitada fiesta
Experimental drug gives the ability to foretell the future.

Movie - 1954, 2h 15m • as Mujer en hipódromo (uncredited)
Cantinflas works as a model of tuxedos in a prestigious store, your job is to use the smoking in the street along with an advertising sign on his back. The use of smoking gives you access to exclusive places and meet important people. During this time, Cantinflas was the manager of an amateur boxer, it is an attractive nurse assistant and occasionally attending a priest in the church and the orphanage. However, a Cantinflas day while wearing tuxedo, is a rich man, who mistakenly believe that Cantinflas is a millionaire too.

Movie - 1952, 2h 15m • as Amiga de Ricardo
Theatre director macks on his sons' girlfriends.

Movie - 1948, 2h 15m • as Cabaretera (sin créditos)
Outsider comes to visit a remote village as a representative of an oil company. Once there, he discovers that the man who owns the land he's interested in has a daughter who's identical to a bad, troubled woman from his bad, troubled past.

Movie - 1946, 2h 15m • as Invitada a fiesta (uncredited)
A janitor in a large bank is accused of pulling of a major heist. He is forced to become a fugitive while hunting for the real culprits.

Movie - 1954, 2h 15m • as Invitado a fiesta (uncredited)
Upon her arrival to the village San Ignacio, Gabriela meets Raúl, owner of a residence that her grandfather administrates. He doesn't reveal his real identity and they fall madly in love. Tania, Raúl's sister-in-law, secretly loves him and she decides to separate them by simulating a car accident from which Gabriela temporarily becomes paralized. Aware that they will marry, Tania makes the girl believe that Raúl is marrying her out of compassion, causing Gabriela to disappear from the residence...

Movie - 1957, 2h 15m • as Espectadora conferencia
A scientist discovers through hypnosis a mummy who watches over the jewels of an Aztec god for all eternity.

Movie - 1955, 2h 15m • as Mujer de la calle (uncredited)
An unlikely friendship develops when respectable Doña Nena spends her days looking out her window across the street to the sex workers who spend their nights there. One night, she helps helps Alicia one of the girls, escape a police raid and spend several nights painting her portrait.

Movie - 1949, 2h 15m • as Clienta en cabaret (uncredited)
José, a driver, and Laura, a dancer, were lovers. José couldn't dance with Laura due to his condition on his legs. Therefore, a man notices Laura's skill to dance and wants to do business with her, taking her on a dancing tour, which made José and Laura miss each other.

Movie - 1960, 2h 15m • as Clienta en cabaret (uncredited)
Aldo and his girlfriend Lucy reopen an abandoned opera house, but find out that the place is inhabited by a group of Phantoms.

Movie - 1953, 2h 15m • as Invitada fiesta (sin créditos)
Governess falls in love with the uncle of the children she's teaching. Then complications.

Movie - 1971, 2h 15m • as Espectador teatro (uncredited)
Rosario and Carlos, husbands, are part of a theater company. In a scene of jealousy, she should shoot and kill him. Carlos has had an affair with Zulma, another acriz of the company. On opening day, in the final scene, Rosario accidentally kills her husband. Someone change the gun ...

Movie - 1951, 2h 15m • as Josefina (uncredited)
A man's life changes forever when death -- in the form of a female grim reaper -- moves in with him and his family, all so that he can buy a bit more time on earth. The only catch is, his family has no idea that their houseguest, a woman their father says is a foreign relative, is there to take their daddy away. Miroslava Stern, Fernando Fernandez and Jorge Reyes star in this inventive Spanish-language comedy.

Movie - 1950, 2h 15m • as La manicura (uncredited)
The movie starts with Braulio Peláez (Pedro Infante), a schoolteacher, having just fallen off his horse, representing the situation he and his family are in. The next scenes introduce the viewer to his family and their poor financial and social situation. As Braulio stumbles around looking for his glasses, he causes a famous film star, Alfonso de Madrazo (Rafael Alcaide) to crash his car. Braulio offers him to eat at his house as an apology. Braulio's sister and mother, big film fans, immediately recognise Alfonso and attempt to get him to bring the girl, Luisa Peláez (Irma Dolores) to Mexico City to become a film star. Alfonso agrees and tells them to come to the capital.

Movie - 1948, 2h 15m • as Espectadora teatro (uncredited)
A young man goes to the city to make his fortune, unaware that fate is preparing a surprise for him. He will fall in love on the train.

Movie - 1950, 2h 15m • as Mujer en prostíbulo
Mexican romantic musical.

Movie - 1959, 2h 15m • as Mujer en burdel
A young professional hires a sex-worker to pass as his wife in a situation that requires him to seem married. Later they think about getting married for reals... but mostly they just recite monologues to each other.

Movie - 1951, 2h 15m • as Chuchita (uncredited)
Pedro Muñoz is a womanizer that does not escape one until Irene Garza arrives and makes him to see his luck, while the aunt of her tries to separate them.

Movie - 1961, 2h 15m • as Vecina (uncredited)
A family of six children are orphaned on Christmas Eve and struggle through a year without parental support.
