Mary Pickford
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 7, 1892
- Died
- May 29, 1979 (aged 87)
- Birthplace
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Biography
Gladys Marie Smith (April 8, 1894 – May 29, 1979), known professionally as Mary Pickford, was a Canadian actress resident in the U.S., and also producer, screenwriter and film studio founder, who was a pioneer in the US film industry with a Hollywood career that spanned five decades. Pickford alongside her future husband, actor-producer Douglas Fairbanks, founded Pickford–Fairbanks Studios and United Artists, and was one of the 36 founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Pickford is considered to be one of the most recognisable women in history. Known as "America's Sweetheart" during the silent film era, she is named on the list of the AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars as the 24th-top female star from the Classical Hollywood Cinema era and the "girl with the curls." Pickford was one of the Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood and a significant figure in the development of film acting. She was one of the earliest stars to be billed under her own name, and was one of the most popular actresses of the 1910s and 1920s, earning the nickname "Queen of the Movies." She is credited with having defined the ingénue type in cinema. She was awarded the second Academy Award for Best Actress for her first sound film role in Coquette (1929). By the late 1920s, Pickford's career went into decline. She received an Academy Honorary Award in 1976 in consideration of her contributions to American cinema.
Known For
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Filmography
Charmed Lives: A Family Romance
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Mary Pickford a Blessing and a Curse
Movie · as Self
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts
Movie · as Self - Actress (archive footage)
The Women Who Run Hollywood
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Birth of the Tramp
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Sigrid Holmquist
Movie · as Sigrid Holmquist (archive footage)
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
Movie · as Self (voice) (archive footage)
Mary Pickford
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Douglas Fairbanks: The Great Swashbuckler
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Elf: Christmas in Tinseltown
Movie · as Self (archive)
Chaplin Today: The Gold Rush
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Murders of Hollywood
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
D.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913
Movie
The Tramp and the Dictator
Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Decasia: The State of Decay
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Mary Pickford: A Life on Film
Movie · as Self / Numerous Roles (archive footage) (uncredited)
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
Movie · as Self / Various roles (archive footage)
The Casting Couch
Movie
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
Movie · as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Lillian Gish: The Actor's Life for Me
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
American Experience
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Hollywood’s Children
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood
TV · as Self (archive footage), Self (archive footage, uncredited) · 1 ep
Hooray for Hollywood
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Mondo Hollywood
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Anniversary
Movie · as Herself - Archive Footage (uncredited)
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Los ojos del siglo (Volumen I)
Movie · as Ella misma (material de archivo)
Yesterday and Today
Movie · as (archive footage)
The Way of the World
Movie · as Dora (Archive Footage)
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
Movie · as Self
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
Movie
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Hobbies
Movie · as Self (uncredited)
Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove
Movie · as Self
Hollywood on Parade No. B-10
Movie · as Self
Secrets
Movie · as Mary Marlowe / Mary Carlton
Hollywood on Parade No. B-5
Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood on Parade No. A-4
Movie · as Self (uncredited)
Kiki
Movie · as Kiki
The House That Shadows Built
Movie · as (archive footage)
Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5
Movie · as Mary Pickford
The Voice of Hollywood
Movie · as Self/Queen of the Movies
Forever Yours
Movie
Coquette
Movie · as Norma Besant
The Taming of the Shrew
Movie · as Caterina
My Best Girl
Movie · as Maggie Johnson
A Kiss from Mary Pickford
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
One of Many
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Gaucho
Movie · as The Virgin Mary
Sparrows
Movie · as Molly
The Black Pirate
Movie · as Princess Isobel in Final Embrace - Cameo Appearance (uncredited)
Little Annie Rooney
Movie · as Annabelle 'Little Annie' Rooney
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Movie · as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall
Movie · as Dorothy Vernon
Mary and Doug Visit Stockholm
Movie
Hollywood
Movie · as Mary Pickford
Rosita
Movie · as Rosita
Tess of the Storm Country
Movie · as Tessibel 'Tess' Skinner
From Farm to Fame
Movie · as Mary Pickford
Through the Back Door
Movie · as Jeanne Bodamere
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Movie · as Cedric Errol / Widow Errol
The Love Light
Movie · as Angela Carlotti
Suds
Movie · as Amanda Afflick
Pollyanna
Movie · as Pollyanna Whittier
Daddy-Long-Legs
Movie · as Judy Abbott
The Hoodlum
Movie · as Amy Burke
Heart o' the Hills
Movie · as Mavis Hawn
Captain Kidd, Jr.
Movie · as Mary MacTavish
Stella Maris
Movie · as Miss Stella Maris / Unity Blake
Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley
Movie · as Amarilly Jenkins
100% American
Movie · as Mayme
Johanna Enlists
Movie · as Johanna Renssaller
M'Liss
Movie · as Melissa 'M'liss' Smith
How Could You, Jean?
Movie · as Jean Mackaye
Cupid Angling
Movie
The Pride of the Clan
Movie · as Marget MacTavish
The Poor Little Rich Girl
Movie · as Gwen
A Little Princess
Movie · as Sara Crewe
A Romance of the Redwoods
Movie · as Jenny Lawrence
The Little American
Movie · as Angela Moore
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Movie · as Rebecca Randall
All-Star Production of Patriotic Episodes for the Second Liberty Loan
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Poor Little Peppina
Movie · as Peppina
The Eternal Grind
Movie · as Louise
Less Than the Dust
Movie · as Radha
The Foundling
Movie · as Molly O
Hulda from Holland
Movie · as Hulda
Madame Butterfly
Movie · as Cho-Cho-San
Fanchon, the Cricket
Movie · as Fanchon, the Cricket
A Girl of Yesterday
Movie · as Jane Stuart
Rags
Movie · as Rags / Alice McCloud
Esmeralda
Movie · as Esmeralda Rogers
Mistress Nell
Movie · as Nell Gwyn
The Dawn of a Tomorrow
Movie · as Glad
Little Pal
Movie · as 'Little Pal'
The Foundling
Movie · as Molly O
Cinderella
Movie · as Cinderella
A Good Little Devil
Movie · as Juliet
Tess of the Storm Country
Movie · as Tessibel Skinner
Hearts Adrift
Movie · as Nina
Such a Little Queen
Movie · as Queen Anna Victoria
The Eagle's Mate
Movie · as Anemone Breckenridge
Behind the Scenes
Movie · as Dolly Lane
In the Bishop's Carriage
Movie · as Nance Olden
Caprice
Movie · as Mercy Baxter
The Unwelcome Guest
Movie · as Jessie - the Slavey
The Old Actor
Movie · as The Old Actor's Daughter
The New York Hat
Movie · as Mary Harding, the Daughter
So Near, Yet So Far
Movie · as The Young Woman
The Mender of Nets
Movie · as The Little Net-Mender
A Beast at Bay
Movie · as The Young Woman
Friends
Movie · as Dora - the Orphan
The Narrow Road
Movie · as Mrs. Jim Holcomb
The School Teacher and the Waif
Movie · as Nora, the Waif
A Pueblo Legend
Movie · as The Indian Girl
The Female of the Species
Movie · as The Miner's Wife's Sister
A Lodging for the Night
Movie · as The Mexican Girl
The Informer
Movie · as The Confederate Captain's Sweetheart
My Baby
Movie · as The Wife
The One She Loved
Movie · as The Wife
A Feud in the Kentucky Hills
Movie · as The Daughter
Honor Thy Father
Movie · as Mary Fuller
With the Enemy's Help
Movie · as Faro Kate
The Inner Circle
Movie · as The Rich Italian's Daughter
An Indian Summer
Movie · as The Widow's Daughter
Lena and the Geese
Movie · as Lena
Home Folks
Movie · as The Young Woman
Won by a Fish
Movie · as The Woman
Just Like a Woman
Movie · as The Young Woman
Iola's Promise
Movie · as Iola
A Timely Repentance
Movie · as Mrs. Nordell - Heroine of the Movie within the Movie, 'The Wife's Desertion'
Fate's Interception
Movie · as The Mexican Girl
The Temptress
Movie · as Lucille Allen
The Dream
Movie · as Nell Herbert
Sweet Memories
Movie · as Polly Biblett
In Old Madrid
Movie
The Mirror
Movie · as Dorothy
A Manly Man
Movie · as Lola
The Italian Barber
Movie · as Alice
Artful Kate
Movie · as Artful Kate Stanley
As a Boy Dreams
Movie
For Her Brother's Sake
Movie · as Madge Spotwood
The Master and the Man
Movie · as Elsie Graham
Their First Misunderstanding
Movie · as Mae Darcy
The Lighthouse Keeper
Movie · as Polly Berry - the Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter
Back to the Soil
Movie · as Sadie Allen
In the Sultan's Garden
Movie · as Hadee, Haidee
For the Queen's Honor
Movie · as Princess Gilda
When a Man Loves
Movie · as Tessie
Maid or Man
Movie · as Elsie Keene
Three Sisters
Movie · as Mary
When the Cat's Away
Movie · as Dorothy, The Wife
A Gasoline Engagement
Movie · as Flora Powell
A Decree of Destiny
Movie · as Mary
Her Darkest Hour
Movie · as Ruth
The Convert
Movie · as Agnes Boyd
At a Quarter of Two
Movie · as Mrs Warren
Science
Movie · as Mrs. Crawford
Tracked
Movie · as Unknown Role
The Message in the Bottle
Movie · as Louise Spencer
The Secret of the Palm
Movie · as Edna
The Fisher-Maid
Movie · as Paula, The Fishing-Maid
The Stampede
Movie · as Nello
While There is hope, There is Life
Movie · as Unknown Role
Second Sight
Movie · as Gertrude Edgar
The Skating Bug
Movie · as The Girl
The Call of the Song
Movie · as Amy Gordon
The Toss of a Coin
Movie · as Alice Barton - the Farmer's Daughter
The Fair Dentist
Movie · as Edith Morton - The Fair Dentist
The Courting of Mary
Movie · as Mary
Love Heeds Not Showers
Movie · as Mary
Little Red Riding Hood
Movie · as Little Red Riding Hood
The Caddy's Dream
Movie · as Miss Kelsomine
'Tween Two Loves
Movie · as Grace
The Rose's Story
Movie · as Unknown Role
The Sentinel Asleep
Movie · as Unknown Role
The Better Way
Movie · as Lillian Garvey - a Salvation Army Lass
His Dress Shirt
Movie · as Mrs. Kirby
The Portrait
Movie · as Little Vera - the Model
How Mary Fixed it
Movie · as Mary
Behind the Stockade
Movie · as Florence Williams
From the Bottom of the Sea
Movie · as Undetermined Role (unconfirmed)
The Medallion
Movie · as Rumored
Sunshine Sue
Movie
Wilful Peggy
Movie · as Peggy
The Unchanging Sea
Movie · as The Daughter as an Adult
Ramona
Movie · as Ramona
An Arcadian Maid
Movie · as The Arcadian Maid
As It Is in Life
Movie · as Daughter (Adult)
What the Daisy Said
Movie · as Martha
Love Among the Roses
Movie · as The Lacemaker
The Thread of Destiny
Movie · as Myrtle
A Romance of the Western Hills
Movie
All on Account of the Milk
Movie · as Sophia Simpson
The Woman from Mellon's
Movie · as Mary Petersby
The Englishman and the Girl
Movie · as The Girl
The Newlyweds
Movie · as Alice Vance
The Twisted Trail
Movie · as Molly Hendricks
The Smoker
Movie · as George's Wife
A Rich Revenge
Movie · as Jennie
The Two Brothers
Movie · as A Mexican
In the Season of Buds
Movie · as Mabel
A Victim of Jealousy
Movie · as The Wife's Friend
Never Again
Movie · as The Girl
May and December
Movie · as May
Muggsy's First Sweetheart
Movie · as Mabel Brown
A Child's Impulse
Movie · as Grace
The Call to Arms
Movie · as A Messenger
When We Were in Our 'Teens
Movie · as Mary
The Sorrows of the Unfaithful
Movie · as Mary
Muggsy Becomes a Hero
Movie · as Mabel
A Gold Necklace
Movie · as Masie
A Lucky Toothache
Movie · as Bessie
Waiter No. 5
Movie · as The Chief of Police's Son's Fiancée
Simple Charity
Movie · as Miss Wilkins
The Song of the Wildwood Flute
Movie · as Dove Eyes
A Plain Song
Movie · as Edith
White Roses
Movie · as Betty
The Usurer
Movie · as Invalid Daughter
That Chink at Golden Gulch
Movie
An Affair of Hearts
Movie · as Extra
The Sealed Room
Movie · as A Lady-in-Waiting
Sweet Revenge
Movie
The Little Darling
Movie · as Little Darling
The Renunciation
Movie · as Kittie Ryan
The Mountaineer's Honor
Movie · as Harum-Scarum, a Mountain Girl
The Violin Maker of Cremona
Movie · as Giannina, Taddeo's Daughter
Pippa Passes
Movie · as Girl in crowd
Getting Even
Movie · as Miss Lucy
The Son's Return
Movie · as Mary
The Lonely Villa
Movie
The Gibson Goddess
Movie · as Woman on Sidewalk
The Country Doctor
Movie · as Poor Mother's Elder Daughter
The Light That Came
Movie · as Daisy
Her First Biscuits
Movie · as Biscuit Victim
A Strange Meeting
Movie
The Broken Locket
Movie · as Ruth King
The Indian Runner's Romance
Movie · as Blue Cloud's Wife
The Way of Man
Movie · as Winnie, Mabel's Cousin
The Awakening
Movie · as The Widow's Daughter
Lines of White on a Sullen Sea
Movie · as Second Couple
Two Memories
Movie · as Marion's Sister
Sweet and Twenty
Movie · as Alice
The Little Teacher
Movie · as The Little Teacher
His Wife's Visitor
Movie · as Bessie Wright
His Duty
Movie · as A young woman in the street
The Faded Lilies
Movie · as At party
The Peachbasket Hat
Movie · as On street/In store
The Mexican Sweethearts
Movie · as The Señorita
The Necklace
Movie · as The Maid / In Pawnshop
Tender Hearts
Movie · as Nellie
The Cardinal's Conspiracy
Movie · as A Disguised Servant
The Slave
Movie · as A Slave Girl
They Would Elope
Movie · as Bessie
Oh, Uncle!
Movie · as Bessie
The Seventh Day
Movie · as The Maid
1776, or The Hessian Renegades
Movie · as Messenger's Sister
In Old Kentucky
Movie · as Partygoer
His Lost Love
Movie · as Mary
In the Watches of the Night
Movie · as Girl at Henry Brainard's
What's Your Hurry?
Movie · as Mary
The Restoration
Movie · as Alice Ashford
A Midnight Adventure
Movie · as Eleanor
The Trick that Failed
Movie · as Nellie Burt
Through the Breakers
Movie · as An Extra
The Test
Movie · as Bessie
To Save Her Soul
Movie · as Agnes Hailey
The Heart of an Outlaw
Movie · as The Outlaw's Daughter, as an Adult
What Drink Did
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