Mary Pickford
Acting
Born April 7, 1892 · 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.
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Acting (264)
Mary Pickford a Blessing and a Curse
2023
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
2020
Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts
2017
The Women Who Run Hollywood
2016
Birth of the Tramp
2013
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
2012
Sigrid Holmquist
2010
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
2008
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
2007
Douglas Fairbanks: The Great Swashbuckler
2005
Mary Pickford
2005
Chaplin Today: The Gold Rush
2003
Murders of Hollywood
2003
D.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913
2002
The Tramp and the Dictator
2002
Mary Pickford: A Life on Film
2000
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
1998
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988
What Do Those Old Films Mean?
1985
Hollywood’s Children
1982
Hooray for Hollywood
1976
Mondo Hollywood
1967
Anniversary
1963
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
1961
Yesterday and Today
1953
The Way of the World
1947
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
1942
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
1941
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940
Hollywood Hobbies
1939
Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove
1934
Hollywood on Parade No. B-10
1934
Hollywood on Parade No. B-5
1933
Secrets
1933
Hollywood on Parade No. A-4
1932
The House That Shadows Built
1931
Kiki
1931
Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5
1930
The Voice of Hollywood
1930
The Taming of the Shrew
1929
Coquette
1929
The Gaucho
1927
My Best Girl
1927
One of Many
1927
A Kiss from Mary Pickford
1927
Sparrows
1926
The Black Pirate
1926
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925
Little Annie Rooney
1925
Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall
1924
Mary and Doug Visit Stockholm
1924
Rosita
1923
Hollywood
1923
Tess of the Storm Country
1922
From Farm to Fame
1922
Little Lord Fauntleroy
1921
Through the Back Door
1921
The Love Light
1921
Suds
1920
Pollyanna
1920
Heart o' the Hills
1919
The Hoodlum
1919
Daddy-Long-Legs
1919
Captain Kidd, Jr.
1919
100% American
1918
Johanna Enlists
1918
Cupid Angling
1918
How Could You, Jean?
1918
M'Liss
1918
Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley
1918
Stella Maris
1918
A Little Princess
1917
All-Star Production of Patriotic Episodes for the Second Liberty Loan
1917
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
1917
The Little American
1917
A Romance of the Redwoods
1917
The Poor Little Rich Girl
1917
The Pride of the Clan
1917
Less Than the Dust
1916
Hulda from Holland
1916
The Eternal Grind
1916
Poor Little Peppina
1916
The Foundling
1916
Madame Butterfly
1915
A Girl of Yesterday
1915
Esmeralda
1915
Rags
1915
The Foundling
1915
Little Pal
1915
The Dawn of a Tomorrow
1915
Fanchon, the Cricket
1915
Mistress Nell
1915
Cinderella
1914
Behind the Scenes
1914
Such a Little Queen
1914
The Eagle's Mate
1914
Tess of the Storm Country
1914
A Good Little Devil
1914
Hearts Adrift
1914
Caprice
1913
In the Bishop's Carriage
1913
The Unwelcome Guest
1913
The New York Hat
1912
The Informer
1912
My Baby
1912
The One She Loved
1912
A Feud in the Kentucky Hills
1912
So Near, Yet So Far
1912
Friends
1912
A Pueblo Legend
1912
With the Enemy's Help
1912
The Inner Circle
1912
The Narrow Road
1912
An Indian Summer
1912
The School Teacher and the Waif
1912
Lena and the Geese
1912
Home Folks
1912
A Beast at Bay
1912
A Lodging for the Night
1912
The Old Actor
1912
Won by a Fish
1912
Just Like a Woman
1912
The Female of the Species
1912
Fate's Interception
1912
Iola's Promise
1912
A Timely Repentance
1912
The Mender of Nets
1912
Honor Thy Father
1912
The Caddy's Dream
1911
How Mary Fixed it
1911
The Portrait
1911
Little Red Riding Hood
1911
Love Heeds Not Showers
1911
The Courting of Mary
1911
From the Bottom of the Sea
1911
His Dress Shirt
1911
The Better Way
1911
The Sentinel Asleep
1911
The Rose's Story
1911
'Tween Two Loves
1911
The Toss of a Coin
1911
As a Boy Dreams
1911
The Call of the Song
1911
The Skating Bug
1911
Science
1911
At a Quarter of Two
1911
A Gasoline Engagement
1911
For the Queen's Honor
1911
In the Sultan's Garden
1911
Behind the Stockade
1911
Back to the Soil
1911
The Lighthouse Keeper
1911
The Master and the Man
1911
For Her Brother's Sake
1911
The Fair Dentist
1911
The Temptress
1911
Second Sight
1911
While There is hope, There is Life
1911
The Stampede
1911
Sweet Memories
1911
In Old Madrid
1911
The Fisher-Maid
1911
The Secret of the Palm
1911
The Message in the Bottle
1911
The Medallion
1911
A Decree of Destiny
1911
Tracked
1911
A Manly Man
1911
Artful Kate
1911
The Convert
1911
Her Darkest Hour
1911
The Mirror
1911
When the Cat's Away
1911
Three Sisters
1911
Maid or Man
1911
The Dream
1911
The Italian Barber
1911
Their First Misunderstanding
1911
When a Man Loves
1911
White Roses
1910
A Plain Song
1910
The Song of the Wildwood Flute
1910
Sunshine Sue
1910
Simple Charity
1910
Waiter No. 5
1910
A Lucky Toothache
1910
That Chink at Golden Gulch
1910
A Gold Necklace
1910
Muggsy Becomes a Hero
1910
Wilful Peggy
1910
The Sorrows of the Unfaithful
1910
When We Were in Our 'Teens
1910
The Usurer
1910
An Arcadian Maid
1910
The Call to Arms
1910
What the Daisy Said
1910
Muggsy's First Sweetheart
1910
A Child's Impulse
1910
Never Again
1910
May and December
1910
A Victim of Jealousy
1910
In the Season of Buds
1910
Ramona
1910
The Two Brothers
1910
Love Among the Roses
1910
The Unchanging Sea
1910
A Romance of the Western Hills
1910
A Rich Revenge
1910
As It Is in Life
1910
The Smoker
1910
The Twisted Trail
1910
The Thread of Destiny
1910
The Newlyweds
1910
The Englishman and the Girl
1910
The Woman from Mellon's
1910
All on Account of the Milk
1910
The Heart of an Outlaw
1909
To Save Her Soul
1909
The Test
1909
Through the Breakers
1909
The Trick that Failed
1909
The Mountaineer's Honor
1909
A Sweet Revenge
1909
A Midnight Adventure
1909
The Light That Came
1909
The Restoration
1909
The Gibson Goddess
1909
What's Your Hurry?
1909
Lines of White on a Sullen Sea
1909
In the Watches of the Night
1909
His Lost Love
1909
The Little Teacher
1909
Pippa Passes
1909
The Awakening
1909
In Old Kentucky
1909
The Broken Locket
1909
Getting Even
1909
1776, or The Hessian Renegades
1909
The Sealed Room
1909
The Little Darling
1909
Oh, Uncle!
1909
The Seventh Day
1909
The Indian Runner's Romance
1909
His Wife's Visitor
1909
They Would Elope
1909
A Strange Meeting
1909
The Slave
1909
Sweet and Twenty
1909
The Renunciation
1909
Tender Hearts
1909
The Cardinal's Conspiracy
1909
The Country Doctor
1909
The Necklace
1909
The Way of Man
1909
The Peachbasket Hat
1909
The Mexican Sweethearts
1909
Her First Biscuits
1909
The Faded Lilies
1909
The Son's Return
1909
The Lonely Villa
1909
The Violin Maker of Cremona
1909
What Drink Did
1909
His Duty
1909
Two Memories
1909