Mary Pickford

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

Lucille Allen

The Temptress

A Lady-in-Waiting

The Sealed Room

Self (uncredited)

Hollywood on Parade No. A-4

Sunshine Sue

(archive footage)

Yesterday and Today

Mary Pickford

Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5

Miss Stella Maris / Unity Blake

Stella Maris

Judy Abbott

Daddy-Long-Legs

Tessibel 'Tess' Skinner

Tess of the Storm Country

Marget MacTavish

The Pride of the Clan

Molly

Sparrows

Maggie Johnson

My Best Girl

Cinderella

Cinderella

Self (archive footage)

The Legend of Rudolph Valentino

Norma Besant

Coquette

Amanda Afflick

Suds

Gwen

The Poor Little Rich Girl

Mary Pickford

Hollywood

Jeanne

Through The Back Door

Pollyanna Whittier

Pollyanna

The Old Actor's Daughter

The Old Actor

Annabelle 'Little Annie' Rooney

Little Annie Rooney

Amy Burke

The Hoodlum

Mary Harding, the Daughter

The New York Hat

Mary Pickford

From Farm to Fame

Kiki

Kiki

Sara Crewe

A Little Princess

Juliet

A Good Little Devil

Amarilly Jenkins

Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley

A Sweet Revenge

Little Darling

The Little Darling

The Young Woman

So Near, Yet So Far

The Little Net-Mender

The Mender of Nets

Peggy

Wilful Peggy

Kittie Ryan

The Renunciation

The Young Woman

A Beast at Bay

Dora - the Orphan

Friends

Mrs. Jim Holcomb

The Narrow Road

Nora, the Waif

The School Teacher and the Waif

Dorothy Vernon

Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall

Self/Archival Footage

Mary Pickford

Tessibel Skinner

Tess of the Storm Country

Cho-Cho-San

Madame Butterfly

Jenny Lawrence

A Romance of the Redwoods

Johanna Renssaller

Johanna Enlists

Mavis Hawn

Heart o' the Hills

Mayme

100% American

Melissa 'M'liss' Smith

M'Liss

Cedric Errol / Widow Errol

Little Lord Fauntleroy

Angela Carlotti

The Love Light

The Daughter as an Adult

The Unchanging Sea

Self (archive footage)

Поцелуй Мэри Пикфорд

Rosita

Rosita

The Arcadian Maid

An Arcadian Maid

Ramona

Ramona

Daughter (Adult)

As It Is in Life

Martha

What the Daisy Said

Nell Herbert

The Dream

Peppina

Poor Little Peppina

Harum-Scarum, a Mountain Girl

The Mountaineer's Honor

Giannina, Taddeo's Daughter

The Violin Maker of Cremona

In Old Madrid

Polly Biblett

Sweet Memories

Self (uncredited)

Hollywood Hobbies

Mary Marlowe / Mary Carlton

Secrets

Angela Moore

The Little American

Louise

The Eternal Grind

Fanchon, the Cricket

Fanchon, the Cricket

Caterina

The Taming of the Shrew

Dorothy

The Mirror

Rebecca Randall

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

Self (archive footage)

Chaplin Today: 'The Gold Rush'

Nina

Hearts Adrift

Mary MacTavish

Captain Kidd, Jr.

Jean Mackaye

How Could You, Jean?

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Hollywood on Parade No. B-5

Girl in crowd

Pippa Passes

Miss Lucy

Getting Even

Mary

The Son's Return

Lola

A Manly Man

Self / Numerous Roles (archive footage) (uncredited)

Mary Pickford: A Life on Film

The Lonely Villa

The Indian Girl

A Pueblo Legend

Woman on Sidewalk

The Gibson Goddess

Self

Mary Pickford une légende et une malédiction hollywoodiennes

Daisy

The Light That Came

Poor Mother's Elder Daughter

The Country Doctor

Biscuit Victim

Her First Biscuits

A Strange Meeting

Princess Isobel in Final Embrace - Cameo Appearance (uncredited)

The Black Pirate

Mary och Doug besöker Stockholm

The Lacemaker

Love Among the Roses

Ruth King

The Broken Locket

Blue Cloud's Wife

The Indian Runner's Romance

All-Star Production of Patriotic Episodes for the Second Liberty Loan

Alice

The Italian Barber

Artful Kate Stanley

Artful Kate

The Widow's Daughter

The Awakening

Winnie, Mabel's Cousin

The Way of Man

Queen Anna Victoria

Such a Little Queen

Archive footage

Одна из многих

Second Couple

Lines of White on a Sullen Sea

Self (archive footage)

Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies

Self

Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove

Self/Queen of the Movies

The Voice of Hollywood

Marion's Sister

Two Memories

Alice

Sweet and Twenty

As a Boy Dreams

Radha

Less Than the Dust

The Little Teacher

The Little Teacher

Myrtle

The Thread of Destiny

A Romance of the Western Hills

Mabel

In the Season of Buds

Mary Petersby

The Woman from Mellon's

Herself(archive footage)

What Do Those Old Films Mean?

Molly Hendricks

The Twisted Trail

The Girl

The Englishman and the Girl

George's Wife

The Smoker

A Mexican

The Two Brothers

The Young Woman

All on Account of the Milk

Madge Spotwood

For Her Brother's Sake

Jennie

A Rich Revenge

Alice Vance

The Newlyweds

Elsie Graham

The Master and the Man

The Girl

Never Again

The Wife's Friend

A Victim of Jealousy

May

May and December

Mabel Brown

Muggsy's First Sweetheart

Grace

A Child's Impulse

Mae Darcy

Their First Misunderstanding

Polly Berry - the Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter

The Lighthouse Keeper

Sadie Allen

Back to the Soil

A Messenger

The Call to Arms

Bessie

A Lucky Toothache

Mary

A Lucky Toothache

Mary

The Sorrows of the Unfaithful

Mabel

Muggsy Becomes a Hero

Mary

When We Were in Our 'Teens

Masie

A Gold Necklace

Nance Olden

In the Bishop's Carriage

Molly O

The Foundling

Hulda

Hulda from Holland

Jane Stuart

A Girl of Yesterday

Rags / Alice McCloud

Rags

The Virgin Mary

The Gaucho

The Chief of Police's Son's Fiancée

Waiter No. 5

Miss Wilkins

Simple Charity

Dove Eyes

The Song of the Wildwood Flute

Mercy Baxter

Caprice

Edith

A Plain Song

Betty

White Roses

Princess Gilda

For the Queen's Honor

The Miner's Wife's Sister

The Female of the Species

Esmeralda Rogers

Esmeralda

Hadee

In the Sultan's Garden

Haidee

In the Sultan's Garden

Tessie

When a Man Loves

Mary

Three Sisters

Anemone Breckenridge

The Eagle's Mate

Elsie Keene

Maid or Man

Dorothy, The Wife

When the Cat's Away

Flora Powell

A Gasoline Engagement

Bessie Wright

His Wife's Visitor

Mrs. Crawford

Science

Mrs Warren

At a Quarter of Two

Ruth

Her Darkest Hour

Dolly Lane

Behind the Scenes

Mary

A Decree of Destiny

Agnes Boyd

The Convert

Paula, The Fishing-Maid

The Fisher-Maid

Louise Spencer

The Message in the Bottle

On street/In store

The Peachbasket Hat

Edna

The Secret of the Palm

A young woman in the street

His Duty

At party

The Faded Lilies

Nell Gwyn

Mistress Nell

Unknown Role

Tracked

The Maid / In Pawnshop

The Necklace

The Señorita

The Mexican Sweethearts

Nellie

Tender Hearts

A Slave Girl

The Slave

Bessie

They Would Elope

A Disguised Servant

The Cardinal's Conspiracy

Glad

The Dawn of a Tomorrow

Unknown Role

While There is hope, There is Life

Messenger's Sister

1776, or The Hessian Renegades

Bessie

Oh, Uncle!

Gertrude Edgar

Second Sight

Nello

The Stampede

The Maid

The Seventh Day

Girl at Henry Brainard's

In the Watches of the Night

Partygoer

In Old Kentucky

The Girl

The Skating Bug

Mary

His Lost Love

The Mexican Girl

A Lodging for the Night

Mary

What's Your Hurry?

Amy Gordon

The Call of the Song

Alice Barton - the Farmer's Daughter

The Toss of a Coin

Jessie - the Slavey

The Unwelcome Guest

Edith Morton - The Fair Dentist

The Fair Dentist

Bessie

The Test

Nellie Burt

The Trick that Failed

'Little Pal'

Little Pal

The Outlaw's Daughter, as an Adult

The Heart of an Outlaw

Eleanor

A Midnight Adventure

Alice Ashford

The Restoration

An Extra

Through the Breakers

Agnes Hailey

To Save Her Soul

The Confederate Captain's Sweetheart

The Informer

Mary

The Courting of Mary

Mary

Love Heeds Not Showers

The Wife

My Baby

The Wife

The One She Loved

The Daughter

A Feud in the Kentucky Hills

Little Red Riding Hood

Little Red Riding Hood

Mary Fuller

Honor Thy Father

Miss Kelsomine

The Caddy's Dream

The Rich Italian's Daughter

The Inner Circle

Faro Kate

With the Enemy's Help

Lena

Lena and the Geese

The Widow's Daughter

An Indian Summer

Grace

'Tween Two Loves

The Woman

Won by a Fish

The Young Woman

Just Like a Woman

The Young Woman

Home Folks

Iola

Iola's Promise

Unknown Role

The Rose's Story

Mary

How Mary Fixed it

Mrs. Kirby

His Dress Shirt

Unknown Role

The Sentinel Asleep

Mrs. Nordell - Heroine of the Movie within the Movie, 'The Wife's Desertion'

A Timely Repentance

Lillian Garvey - a Salvation Army Lass

The Better Way

Little Vera - the Model

The Portrait

The Mexican Girl

Fate's Interception

Self (archive footage)

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

Herself

Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6

D.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2

Self / Various roles (archive footage)

Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Tramp and the Dictator

Molly O

The Foundling

Sigrid Holmquist (archive footage)

Sigrid Holmquist

Self (voice) (archive footage)

Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

(archive footage)

The House That Shadows Built

Self (archive footage)

La naissance de Charlot

Self (archive footage)

Et la femme créa Hollywood

Florence Williams

Behind the Stockade

Undetermined Role (unconfirmed)

From the Bottom of the Sea

Cupid Angling

Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

Self - Actress (archive footage)

Cinecittà Babilonia: sesso, droga e camicie nere

Self (archive footage)

Hollywood’s Children

Invalid Daughter

The Usurer

That Chink at Golden Gulch

Self (archive footage)

Douglas Fairbanks: The Great Swashbuckler

Self (archive footage)

Hooray for Hollywood

What Drink Did

Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies

Self (archive footage)

Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe

Self

Murders of Hollywood

Herself - Archive Footage (uncredited)

Anniversary

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

261

Gender

Female

Birthday

1892-04-07

Place of Birth

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Also Known As

Baby Gladys