Mary Pickford
Born
April 7, 1892
Died
May 29, 1979 (87 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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
Mary Pickford a Blessing and a Curse
Self
2023
Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts
Self - Actress (archive footage)
2017
The Women Who Run Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
2016
Birth of the Tramp
Self (archive footage)
2013
Sigrid Holmquist
Sigrid Holmquist (archive footage)
2010
Smash His Camera
Self (archive footage)
2010
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
Self (archive footage)
2008
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
Self (voice) (archive footage)
2007
Douglas Fairbanks: The Great Swashbuckler
Self (archive footage)
2005
Mary Pickford
Self/Archival Footage
2005
Chaplin Today: 'The Gold Rush'
Self (archive footage)
2003
D.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913
2002
The Tramp and the Dictator
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2002
Mary Pickford: A Life on Film
Self / Numerous Roles (archive footage) (uncredited)
2000
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
Self / Various roles (archive footage)
1998
American Experience
Self · (1 episode)
1988
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988
What Do Those Old Films Mean?
Herself(archive footage)
1985
Hollywood’s Children
Self (archive footage)
1982
Hooray for Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
1976
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
Self (archive footage)
1961
Yesterday and Today
(archive footage)
1953
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
Herself
1942
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
1941
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Self (archive footage)
1940
Hollywood Hobbies
Self (uncredited)
1939
Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove
Self
1934
Hollywood on Parade No. B-5
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1933
Secrets
Mary Marlowe / Mary Carlton
1933
Hollywood on Parade No. A-4
Self (uncredited)
1932
The House That Shadows Built
(archive footage)
1931
Kiki
Kiki
1931
Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5
Mary Pickford
1930
The Voice of Hollywood
Self/Queen of the Movies
1930
The Taming of the Shrew
Caterina
1929
Coquette
Norma Besant
1929
The Gaucho
The Virgin Mary
1927
My Best Girl
Maggie Johnson
1927
One of Many
Archive footage
1927
A Kiss from Mary Pickford
Self (archive footage)
1927
Sparrows
Molly
1926
The Black Pirate
Princess Isobel in Final Embrace - Cameo Appearance (uncredited)
1926
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
1925
Little Annie Rooney
Annabelle 'Little Annie' Rooney
1925
Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall
Dorothy Vernon
1924
Mary and Doug Visit Stockholm
1924
Rosita
Rosita
1923
Hollywood
Mary Pickford
1923
Tess of the Storm Country
Tessibel 'Tess' Skinner
1922
From Farm to Fame
Mary Pickford
1922
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Cedric Errol / Widow Errol
1921
Through The Back Door
Jeanne
1921
The Love Light
Angela Carlotti
1921
Suds
Amanda Afflick
1920
Pollyanna
Pollyanna Whittier
1920
Heart o' the Hills
Mavis Hawn
1919
The Hoodlum
Amy Burke
1919
Daddy-Long-Legs
Judy Abbott
1919
Captain Kidd, Jr.
Mary MacTavish
1919
100% American
Mayme
1918
Johanna Enlists
Johanna Renssaller
1918
Cupid Angling
1918
How Could You, Jean?
Jean Mackaye
1918
M'Liss
Melissa 'M'liss' Smith
1918
Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley
Amarilly Jenkins
1918
Stella Maris
Miss Stella Maris / Unity Blake
1918
A Little Princess
Sara Crewe
1917
All-Star Production of Patriotic Episodes for the Second Liberty Loan
1917
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Rebecca Randall
1917
The Little American
Angela Moore
1917
A Romance of the Redwoods
Jenny Lawrence
1917
The Poor Little Rich Girl
Gwen
1917
The Pride of the Clan
Marget MacTavish
1917
Less Than the Dust
Radha
1916
Hulda from Holland
Hulda
1916
The Eternal Grind
Louise
1916
Poor Little Peppina
Peppina
1916
The Foundling
Molly O
1916
Madame Butterfly
Cho-Cho-San
1915
A Girl of Yesterday
Jane Stuart
1915
Esmeralda
Esmeralda Rogers
1915
Rags
Rags / Alice McCloud
1915
The Foundling
Molly O
1915
Little Pal
'Little Pal'
1915
The Dawn of a Tomorrow
Glad
1915
Fanchon, the Cricket
Fanchon, the Cricket
1915
Mistress Nell
Nell Gwyn
1915
Cinderella
Cinderella
1914
Behind the Scenes
Dolly Lane
1914
Such a Little Queen
Queen Anna Victoria
1914
The Eagle's Mate
Anemone Breckenridge
1914
Tess of the Storm Country
Tessibel Skinner
1914
A Good Little Devil
Juliet
1914
Hearts Adrift
Nina
1914
Caprice
Mercy Baxter
1913
In the Bishop's Carriage
Nance Olden
1913
The Unwelcome Guest
Jessie - the Slavey
1913
The New York Hat
Mary Harding, the Daughter
1912
The Informer
The Confederate Captain's Sweetheart
1912
My Baby
The Wife
1912
The One She Loved
The Wife
1912
A Feud in the Kentucky Hills
The Daughter
1912
So Near, Yet So Far
The Young Woman
1912
Friends
Dora - the Orphan
1912
A Pueblo Legend
The Indian Girl
1912
With the Enemy's Help
Faro Kate
1912
The Inner Circle
The Rich Italian's Daughter
1912
The Narrow Road
Mrs. Jim Holcomb
1912
An Indian Summer
The Widow's Daughter
1912
The School Teacher and the Waif
Nora, the Waif
1912
Lena and the Geese
Lena
1912
Home Folks
The Young Woman
1912
A Beast at Bay
The Young Woman
1912
A Lodging for the Night
The Mexican Girl
1912
The Old Actor
The Old Actor's Daughter
1912
Won by a Fish
The Woman
1912
Just Like a Woman
The Young Woman
1912
The Female of the Species
The Miner's Wife's Sister
1912
Fate's Interception
The Mexican Girl
1912
Iola's Promise
Iola
1912
A Timely Repentance
Mrs. Nordell - Heroine of the Movie within the Movie, 'The Wife's Desertion'
1912
The Mender of Nets
The Little Net-Mender
1912
Honor Thy Father
Mary Fuller
1912
The Caddy's Dream
Miss Kelsomine
1911
How Mary Fixed it
Mary
1911
The Portrait
Little Vera - the Model
1911
Little Red Riding Hood
Little Red Riding Hood
1911
Love Heeds Not Showers
Mary
1911
The Courting of Mary
Mary
1911
From the Bottom of the Sea
Undetermined Role (unconfirmed)
1911
His Dress Shirt
Mrs. Kirby
1911
The Better Way
Lillian Garvey - a Salvation Army Lass
1911
The Sentinel Asleep
Unknown Role
1911
The Rose's Story
Unknown Role
1911
'Tween Two Loves
Grace
1911
The Toss of a Coin
Alice Barton - the Farmer's Daughter
1911
As a Boy Dreams
1911
The Call of the Song
Amy Gordon
1911
The Skating Bug
The Girl
1911
Science
Mrs. Crawford
1911
At a Quarter of Two
Mrs Warren
1911
A Gasoline Engagement
Flora Powell
1911
For the Queen's Honor
Princess Gilda
1911
In the Sultan's Garden
Hadee
1911
In the Sultan's Garden
Haidee
1911
Behind the Stockade
Florence Williams
1911
Back to the Soil
Sadie Allen
1911
The Lighthouse Keeper
Polly Berry - the Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter
1911
The Master and the Man
Elsie Graham
1911
For Her Brother's Sake
Madge Spotwood
1911
The Fair Dentist
Edith Morton - The Fair Dentist
1911
The Temptress
Lucille Allen
1911
Second Sight
Gertrude Edgar
1911
While There is hope, There is Life
Unknown Role
1911
The Stampede
Nello
1911
Sweet Memories
Polly Biblett
1911
In Old Madrid
1911
The Fisher-Maid
Paula, The Fishing-Maid
1911
The Secret of the Palm
Unknown Role
1911
The Message in the Bottle
Louise Spencer
1911
A Decree of Destiny
Mary
1911
Tracked
Unknown Role
1911
A Manly Man
Lola
1911
Artful Kate
Artful Kate Stanley
1911
The Convert
Agnes Boyd
1911
Her Darkest Hour
Ruth
1911
The Mirror
Dorothy
1911
When the Cat's Away
Dorothy, The Wife
1911
Three Sisters
Mary
1911
Maid or Man
Elsie Keene
1911
The Dream
Nell Herbert
1911
The Italian Barber
Alice
1911
Their First Misunderstanding
Mae Darcy
1911
When a Man Loves
Tessie
1911
White Roses
Betty
1910
A Plain Song
Edith
1910
The Song of the Wildwood Flute
Dove Eyes
1910
Sunshine Sue
1910
Simple Charity
Miss Wilkins
1910
Waiter No. 5
The Chief of Police's Son's Fiancée
1910
A Lucky Toothache
Bessie
1910
A Lucky Toothache
Mary
1910
That Chink at Golden Gulch
1910
A Gold Necklace
Masie
1910
Muggsy Becomes a Hero
Mabel
1910
Wilful Peggy
Peggy
1910
The Sorrows of the Unfaithful
Mary
1910
When We Were in Our 'Teens
Mary
1910
The Usurer
Invalid Daughter
1910
An Arcadian Maid
The Arcadian Maid
1910
The Call to Arms
A Messenger
1910
What the Daisy Said
Martha
1910
Muggsy's First Sweetheart
Mabel Brown
1910
A Child's Impulse
Grace
1910
Never Again
The Girl
1910
May and December
May
1910
A Victim of Jealousy
The Wife's Friend
1910
In the Season of Buds
Mabel
1910
Ramona
Ramona
1910
The Two Brothers
A Mexican
1910
Love Among the Roses
The Lacemaker
1910
The Unchanging Sea
The Daughter as an Adult
1910
A Romance of the Western Hills
1910
A Rich Revenge
Jennie
1910
As It Is in Life
Daughter (Adult)
1910
The Smoker
George's Wife
1910
The Twisted Trail
Molly Hendricks
1910
The Thread of Destiny
Myrtle
1910
The Newlyweds
Alice Vance
1910
The Englishman and the Girl
The Girl
1910
The Woman from Mellon's
Mary Petersby
1910
All on Account of the Milk
The Young Woman
1910
The Heart of an Outlaw
The Outlaw's Daughter, as an Adult
1909
To Save Her Soul
Agnes Hailey
1909
The Test
Bessie
1909
Through the Breakers
An Extra
1909
The Trick that Failed
Nellie Burt
1909
The Mountaineer's Honor
Harum-Scarum, a Mountain Girl
1909
A Sweet Revenge
1909
A Midnight Adventure
Eleanor
1909
The Light That Came
Daisy
1909
The Restoration
Alice Ashford
1909
The Gibson Goddess
Woman on Sidewalk
1909
What's Your Hurry?
Mary
1909
Lines of White on a Sullen Sea
Second Couple
1909
In the Watches of the Night
Girl at Henry Brainard's
1909
His Lost Love
Mary
1909
The Little Teacher
The Little Teacher
1909
Pippa Passes
Girl in crowd
1909
The Awakening
The Widow's Daughter
1909
In Old Kentucky
Partygoer
1909
The Broken Locket
Ruth King
1909
Getting Even
Miss Lucy
1909
1776, or The Hessian Renegades
Messenger's Sister
1909
The Sealed Room
A Lady-in-Waiting
1909
The Little Darling
Little Darling
1909
Oh, Uncle!
Bessie
1909
The Seventh Day
The Maid
1909
The Indian Runner's Romance
Blue Cloud's Wife
1909
His Wife's Visitor
Bessie Wright
1909
They Would Elope
Bessie
1909
A Strange Meeting
1909
The Slave
A Slave Girl
1909
Sweet and Twenty
Alice
1909
The Renunciation
Kittie Ryan
1909
Tender Hearts
Nellie
1909
The Cardinal's Conspiracy
A Disguised Servant
1909
The Country Doctor
Poor Mother's Elder Daughter
1909
The Necklace
The Maid / In Pawnshop
1909
The Way of Man
Winnie, Mabel's Cousin
1909
The Peachbasket Hat
On street/In store
1909
The Mexican Sweethearts
The Señorita
1909
Her First Biscuits
Biscuit Victim
1909
The Faded Lilies
At party
1909
The Son's Return
Mary
1909
The Lonely Villa
1909
The Violin Maker of Cremona
Giannina, Taddeo's Daughter
1909
What Drink Did
1909
His Duty
A young woman in the street
1909
Two Memories
Marion's Sister
1909