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Mary Pickford
Born · April 7, 1892
Died · May 29, 1979 (87 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Bio
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.
Mary Pickford a Blessing and a Curse
Self
0.0
2023
Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts
Self - Actress (archive footage)
6.5
2017
The Women Who Run Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
7.0
2016
Birth of the Tramp
Self (archive footage)
7.1
2013
Sigrid Holmquist
Sigrid Holmquist (archive footage)
7.0
2010
Smash His Camera
Self (archive footage)
7.0
2010
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
Self (archive footage)
5.7
2008
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
Self (voice) (archive footage)
4.9
2007
Douglas Fairbanks: The Great Swashbuckler
Self (archive footage)
6.0
2005
Mary Pickford
Self/Archival Footage
0.0
2005
Chaplin Today: 'The Gold Rush'
Self (archive footage)
5.4
2003
D.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913
0.0
2002
The Tramp and the Dictator
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
7.0
2002
Mary Pickford: A Life on Film
Self / Numerous Roles (archive footage) (uncredited)
0.0
2000
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
Self / Various roles (archive footage)
0.0
1998
American Experience
Self · (1 episode)
7.5
1988
What Do Those Old Films Mean?
Herself(archive footage)
6.0
1985
Hollywood’s Children
Self (archive footage)
0.0
1982
Hooray for Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
0.0
1976
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
Self (archive footage)
0.0
1961
Yesterday and Today
(archive footage)
0.0
1953
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
Herself
6.0
1942
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
6.0
1941
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Self (archive footage)
6.5
1940
Hollywood Hobbies
Self (uncredited)
5.6
1939
Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove
Self
5.5
1934
Hollywood on Parade No. B-5
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
0.0
1933
Secrets
Mary Marlowe / Mary Carlton
5.1
1933
Hollywood on Parade No. A-4
Self (uncredited)
0.0
1932
The House That Shadows Built
(archive footage)
7.0
1931
Kiki
Kiki
4.5
1931
Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5
Mary Pickford
0.0
1930
The Voice of Hollywood
Self/Queen of the Movies
0.0
1930
The Taming of the Shrew
Caterina
5.4
1929
Coquette
Norma Besant
5.6
1929
The Gaucho
The Virgin Mary
6.1
1927
My Best Girl
Maggie Johnson
7.0
1927
One of Many
Archive footage
0.0
1927
A Kiss from Mary Pickford
Self (archive footage)
4.7
1927
Sparrows
Molly
7.1
1926
The Black Pirate
Princess Isobel in Final Embrace - Cameo Appearance (uncredited)
6.8
1926
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
7.3
1925
Little Annie Rooney
Annabelle 'Little Annie' Rooney
6.9
1925
Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall
Dorothy Vernon
4.3
1924
Mary and Doug Visit Stockholm
0.0
1924
Rosita
Rosita
6.5
1923
Hollywood
Mary Pickford
7.0
1923
Tess of the Storm Country
Tessibel 'Tess' Skinner
5.8
1922
From Farm to Fame
Mary Pickford
0.0
1922
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Cedric Errol / Widow Errol
7.0
1921
Through The Back Door
Jeanne
6.0
1921
The Love Light
Angela Carlotti
6.8
1921
Suds
Amanda Afflick
6.5
1920
Pollyanna
Pollyanna Whittier
6.5
1920
Heart o' the Hills
Mavis Hawn
6.0
1919
The Hoodlum
Amy Burke
5.8
1919
Daddy-Long-Legs
Judy Abbott
6.1
1919
Captain Kidd, Jr.
Mary MacTavish
0.0
1919
100% American
Mayme
5.5
1918
Johanna Enlists
Johanna Renssaller
5.8
1918
Cupid Angling
0.0
1918
How Could You, Jean?
Jean Mackaye
0.0
1918
M'Liss
Melissa 'M'liss' Smith
5.8
1918
Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley
Amarilly Jenkins
5.3
1918
Stella Maris
Miss Stella Maris / Unity Blake
6.7
1918
A Little Princess
Sara Crewe
5.1
1917
All-Star Production of Patriotic Episodes for the Second Liberty Loan
0.0
1917
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Rebecca Randall
5.8
1917
The Little American
Angela Moore
6.3
1917
A Romance of the Redwoods
Jenny Lawrence
6.4
1917
The Poor Little Rich Girl
Gwen
5.8
1917
The Pride of the Clan
Marget MacTavish
7.1
1917
Less Than the Dust
Radha
3.0
1916
Hulda from Holland
Hulda
0.0
1916
The Eternal Grind
Louise
0.0
1916
Poor Little Peppina
Peppina
5.2
1916
The Foundling
Molly O
0.0
1916
Madame Butterfly
Cho-Cho-San
4.5
1915
A Girl of Yesterday
Jane Stuart
0.0
1915
Esmeralda
Esmeralda Rogers
0.0
1915
Rags
Rags / Alice McCloud
7.5
1915
The Foundling
Molly O
0.0
1915
Little Pal
'Little Pal'
0.0
1915
The Dawn of a Tomorrow
Glad
7.0
1915
Fanchon, the Cricket
Fanchon, the Cricket
6.8
1915
Mistress Nell
Nell Gwyn
0.0
1915
Cinderella
Cinderella
5.5
1914
Behind the Scenes
Dolly Lane
0.0
1914
Such a Little Queen
Queen Anna Victoria
0.0
1914
The Eagle's Mate
Anemone Breckenridge
5.0
1914
Tess of the Storm Country
Tessibel Skinner
5.5
1914
A Good Little Devil
Juliet
0.0
1914
Hearts Adrift
Nina
0.0
1914
Caprice
Mercy Baxter
1.0
1913
In the Bishop's Carriage
Nance Olden
1.0
1913
The Unwelcome Guest
Jessie - the Slavey
5.0
1913
The New York Hat
Mary Harding, the Daughter
5.7
1912
The Informer
The Confederate Captain's Sweetheart
0.0
1912
My Baby
The Wife
4.8
1912
The One She Loved
The Wife
0.0
1912
A Feud in the Kentucky Hills
The Daughter
4.5
1912
So Near, Yet So Far
The Young Woman
5.9
1912
Friends
Dora - the Orphan
5.5
1912
A Pueblo Legend
The Indian Girl
0.0
1912
With the Enemy's Help
Faro Kate
0.0
1912
The Inner Circle
The Rich Italian's Daughter
4.0
1912
The Narrow Road
Mrs. Jim Holcomb
4.5
1912
An Indian Summer
The Widow's Daughter
4.0
1912
The School Teacher and the Waif
Nora, the Waif
4.8
1912
Lena and the Geese
Lena
4.2
1912
Home Folks
The Young Woman
0.0
1912
A Beast at Bay
The Young Woman
5.6
1912
A Lodging for the Night
The Mexican Girl
5.7
1912
The Old Actor
The Old Actor's Daughter
5.4
1912
Won by a Fish
The Woman
4.0
1912
Just Like a Woman
The Young Woman
0.0
1912
The Female of the Species
The Miner's Wife's Sister
4.2
1912
Fate's Interception
The Mexican Girl
0.0
1912
Iola's Promise
Iola
5.0
1912
A Timely Repentance
Mrs. Nordell - Heroine of the Movie within the Movie, 'The Wife's Desertion'
0.0
1912
The Mender of Nets
The Little Net-Mender
5.8
1912
Honor Thy Father
Mary Fuller
0.0
1912
The Caddy's Dream
Miss Kelsomine
0.0
1911
How Mary Fixed it
Mary
0.0
1911
The Portrait
Little Vera - the Model
0.0
1911
Little Red Riding Hood
Little Red Riding Hood
0.0
1911
Love Heeds Not Showers
Mary
0.0
1911
The Courting of Mary
Mary
0.0
1911
From the Bottom of the Sea
Undetermined Role (unconfirmed)
0.0
1911
His Dress Shirt
Mrs. Kirby
0.0
1911
The Better Way
Lillian Garvey - a Salvation Army Lass
0.0
1911
The Sentinel Asleep
Unknown Role
0.0
1911
The Rose's Story
Unknown Role
0.0
1911
'Tween Two Loves
Grace
0.0
1911
The Toss of a Coin
Alice Barton - the Farmer's Daughter
0.0
1911
As a Boy Dreams
4.0
1911
The Call of the Song
Amy Gordon
0.0
1911
The Skating Bug
The Girl
0.0
1911
Science
Mrs. Crawford
0.0
1911
At a Quarter of Two
Mrs Warren
0.0
1911
A Gasoline Engagement
Flora Powell
0.0
1911
For the Queen's Honor
Princess Gilda
0.0
1911
In the Sultan's Garden
Hadee
0.0
1911
In the Sultan's Garden
Haidee
0.0
1911
Behind the Stockade
Florence Williams
0.0
1911
Back to the Soil
Sadie Allen
0.0
1911
The Lighthouse Keeper
Polly Berry - the Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter
0.0
1911
The Master and the Man
Elsie Graham
0.0
1911
For Her Brother's Sake
Madge Spotwood
0.0
1911
The Fair Dentist
Edith Morton - The Fair Dentist
0.0
1911
The Temptress
Lucille Allen
0.0
1911
Second Sight
Gertrude Edgar
0.0
1911
While There is hope, There is Life
Unknown Role
0.0
1911
The Stampede
Nello
0.0
1911
Sweet Memories
Polly Biblett
4.0
1911
In Old Madrid
4.0
1911
The Fisher-Maid
Paula, The Fishing-Maid
0.0
1911
The Secret of the Palm
Unknown Role
0.0
1911
The Message in the Bottle
Louise Spencer
0.0
1911
A Decree of Destiny
Mary
0.0
1911
Tracked
Unknown Role
0.0
1911
A Manly Man
Lola
0.0
1911
Artful Kate
Artful Kate Stanley
3.5
1911
The Convert
Agnes Boyd
0.0
1911
Her Darkest Hour
Ruth
0.0
1911
The Mirror
Dorothy
0.0
1911
When the Cat's Away
Dorothy, The Wife
0.0
1911
Three Sisters
Mary
0.0
1911
Maid or Man
Elsie Keene
0.0
1911
The Dream
Nell Herbert
5.5
1911
The Italian Barber
Alice
4.0
1911
Their First Misunderstanding
Mae Darcy
0.0
1911
When a Man Loves
Tessie
4.2
1911
White Roses
Betty
0.0
1910
A Plain Song
Edith
0.0
1910
The Song of the Wildwood Flute
Dove Eyes
0.0
1910
Sunshine Sue
0.0
1910
Simple Charity
Miss Wilkins
0.0
1910
Waiter No. 5
The Chief of Police's Son's Fiancée
0.0
1910
A Lucky Toothache
Bessie
0.0
1910
A Lucky Toothache
Mary
0.0
1910
That Chink at Golden Gulch
5.0
1910
A Gold Necklace
Masie
5.5
1910
Muggsy Becomes a Hero
Mabel
5.0
1910
Wilful Peggy
Peggy
4.6
1910
The Sorrows of the Unfaithful
Mary
0.0
1910
When We Were in Our 'Teens
Mary
5.0
1910
The Usurer
Invalid Daughter
5.0
1910
An Arcadian Maid
The Arcadian Maid
4.8
1910
The Call to Arms
A Messenger
4.0
1910
What the Daisy Said
Martha
4.5
1910
Muggsy's First Sweetheart
Mabel Brown
5.0
1910
A Child's Impulse
Grace
5.0
1910
Never Again
The Girl
4.0
1910
May and December
May
5.0
1910
A Victim of Jealousy
The Wife's Friend
0.0
1910
In the Season of Buds
Mabel
0.0
1910
Ramona
Ramona
4.7
1910
The Two Brothers
A Mexican
0.0
1910
Love Among the Roses
The Lacemaker
4.7
1910
The Unchanging Sea
The Daughter as an Adult
6.5
1910
A Romance of the Western Hills
0.0
1910
A Rich Revenge
Jennie
0.0
1910
As It Is in Life
5.2
1910
The Smoker
George's Wife
0.0
1910
The Twisted Trail
Molly Hendricks
0.0
1910
The Thread of Destiny
Myrtle
0.0
1910
The Newlyweds
Alice Vance
5.0
1910
The Englishman and the Girl
The Girl
0.0
1910
The Woman from Mellon's
Mary Petersby
0.0
1910
All on Account of the Milk
The Young Woman
5.3
1910
The Heart of an Outlaw
The Outlaw's Daughter, as an Adult
2.0
1909
To Save Her Soul
Agnes Hailey
4.3
1909
The Test
Bessie
4.3
1909
Through the Breakers
An Extra
4.2
1909
The Trick that Failed
Nellie Burt
4.0
1909
The Mountaineer's Honor
Harum-Scarum, a Mountain Girl
4.2
1909
A Sweet Revenge
4.5
1909
A Midnight Adventure
Eleanor
0.5
1909
The Light That Came
4.1
1909
The Restoration
Alice Ashford
4.5
1909
The Gibson Goddess
Woman on Sidewalk
4.1
1909
What's Your Hurry?
Mary
5.0
1909
Lines of White on a Sullen Sea
Second Couple
3.2
1909
In the Watches of the Night
Girl at Henry Brainard's
2.0
1909
His Lost Love
Mary
2.0
1909
The Little Teacher
The Little Teacher
1.0
1909
Pippa Passes
Girl in crowd
5.6
1909
The Awakening
The Widow's Daughter
3.0
1909
In Old Kentucky
Partygoer
1.5
1909
The Broken Locket
Ruth King
3.5
1909
Getting Even
Miss Lucy
3.8
1909
1776, or The Hessian Renegades
Messenger's Sister
5.2
1909
The Sealed Room
A Lady-in-Waiting
5.1
1909
The Little Darling
Little Darling
4.5
1909
Oh, Uncle!
Bessie
2.3
1909
The Seventh Day
The Maid
3.0
1909
The Indian Runner's Romance
Blue Cloud's Wife
3.0
1909
His Wife's Visitor
Bessie Wright
0.5
1909
They Would Elope
Bessie
4.5
1909
A Strange Meeting
4.3
1909
The Slave
A Slave Girl
4.3
1909
Sweet and Twenty
Alice
3.8
1909
The Renunciation
Kittie Ryan
4.4
1909
Tender Hearts
Nellie
3.0
1909
The Cardinal's Conspiracy
A Disguised Servant
3.7
1909
The Country Doctor
Poor Mother's Elder Daughter
6.2
1909
The Necklace
The Maid / In Pawnshop
4.0
1909
The Way of Man
Winnie, Mabel's Cousin
4.0
1909
The Peachbasket Hat
On street/In store
4.2
1909
The Mexican Sweethearts
The Señorita
0.5
1909
Her First Biscuits
Biscuit Victim
3.0
1909
The Faded Lilies
At party
2.3
1909
The Son's Return
Mary
5.6
1909
The Lonely Villa
6.0
1909
The Violin Maker of Cremona
Giannina, Taddeo's Daughter
4.6
1909
His Duty
A young woman in the street
3.2
1909
Two Memories
Marion's Sister
3.8
1909