Mary Pickford
Known for Acting · 268 credits
- Born
- 1892-04-07
- Died
- 1979-05-29
- Place of birth
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Also known as
- Baby Gladys · Gladys Marie Smith · Catherine Hennessey · Dorothy Nicholson · Gladys Nicholson · Baby Gladys Smith
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
TV Shows (1)
Movies (267)
Sparrows
1926
as Molly
Sweet Memories
1911
as Polly Biblett
The Awakening
1909
as The Widow's Daughter
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940
as Self (archive footage)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925
as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
The Newlyweds
1910
as Alice Vance
The Restoration
1909
as Alice Ashford
Second Sight
1911
as Gertrude Edgar
My Baby
1912
as The Wife
Hollywood’s Children
1982
as Self (archive footage)
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
1961
as Self (archive footage)
Mondo Hollywood
1967
The Necklace
1909
as The Maid / In Pawnshop
The Portrait
1911
as Little Vera - the Model
The Women Who Run Hollywood
2016
as Self (archive footage)
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
2007
as Self (voice) (archive footage)
Secrets
1933
as Mary Marlowe / Mary Carlton
So Near, Yet So Far
1912
as The Young Woman
Getting Even
1909
as Miss Lucy
Little Annie Rooney
1925
as Annabelle 'Little Annie' Rooney
The Gaucho
1927
as The Virgin Mary
The Black Pirate
1926
as Princess Isobel in Final Embrace - Cameo Appearance (uncredited)
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
1917
as Rebecca Randall
Coquette
1929
as Norma Besant
Hollywood
1923
as Mary Pickford
The Voice of Hollywood
1930
as Self/Queen of the Movies
Mary Pickford: A Life on Film
2000
as Self / Numerous Roles (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hooray for Hollywood
1976
as Self (archive footage)
Stella Maris
1918
as Miss Stella Maris / Unity Blake
The Tramp and the Dictator
2002
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Chaplin Today: The Gold Rush
2003
as Self (archive footage)
Sigrid Holmquist
2010
as Sigrid Holmquist (archive footage)
The School Teacher and the Waif
1912
as Nora, the Waif
Ramona
1910
as Ramona
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
1941
The New York Hat
1912
as Mary Harding, the Daughter
In the Bishop's Carriage
1913
as Nance Olden
Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts
2017
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
Captain Kidd, Jr.
1919
as Mary MacTavish
The Hoodlum
1919
as Amy Burke
The Mexican Sweethearts
1909
as The Señorita
The Slave
1909
as A Slave Girl
D.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913
2002
The Little American
1917
as Angela Moore
Birth of the Tramp
2013
as Self (archive footage)
Little Lord Fauntleroy
1921
as Cedric Errol / Widow Errol
The Poor Little Rich Girl
1917
as Gwen
Won by a Fish
1912
as The Woman
The Sealed Room
1909
as A Lady-in-Waiting
Love Among the Roses
1910
as The Lacemaker
Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove
1934
as Self
The Master and the Man
1911
as Elsie Graham
The Dawn of a Tomorrow
1915
as Glad
Hearts Adrift
1914
as Nina
A Beast at Bay
1912
as The Young Woman
The Renunciation
1909
as Kittie Ryan
Fanchon, the Cricket
1915
as Fanchon, the Cricket
Pollyanna
1920
as Pollyanna Whittier
Astrid
2014
as Self (archive footage)
Cinderella
1914
as Cinderella
Sunshine Sue
1910
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
1942
as Herself
The Broken Locket
1909
as Ruth King
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
2008
as Self (archive footage)
The Usurer
1910
as Invalid Daughter
The Faded Lilies
1909
as At party
Rosita
1923
as Rosita
Two Memories
1909
as Marion's Sister
Through the Breakers
1909
as An Extra
Decasia: The State of Decay
2002
as Self (archive footage)
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
2012
as Self (archive footage)
The Love Light
1921
as Angela Carlotti
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
1998
as Self / Various roles (archive footage)
An Arcadian Maid
1910
as The Arcadian Maid
The Two Brothers
1910
as A Mexican
The Dream
1911
as Nell Herbert
A Timely Repentance
1912
as Mrs. Nordell - Heroine of the Movie within the Movie, 'The Wife's Desertion'
The Violin Maker of Cremona
1909
as Giannina, Taddeo's Daughter
Tracked
1911
as Unknown Role
Hollywood on Parade No. B-5
1933
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Lonely Villa
1909
The Mirror
1911
as Dorothy
Suds
1920
as Amanda Afflick
Mary Pickford
2005
as Self/Archival Footage
The Country Doctor
1909
as Poor Mother's Elder Daughter
Muggsy Becomes a Hero
1910
as Mabel
The Cardinal's Conspiracy
1909
as A Disguised Servant
The House That Shadows Built
1931
as (archive footage)
A Romance of the Redwoods
1917
as Jenny Lawrence
They Would Elope
1909
as Bessie
Daddy-Long-Legs
1919
as Judy Abbott
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley
1918
as Amarilly Jenkins
Hollywood Hobbies
1939
as Self (uncredited)
A Good Little Devil
1914
as Juliet
M'Liss
1918
as Melissa 'M'liss' Smith
The Mountaineer's Honor
1909
as Harum-Scarum, a Mountain Girl
Hollywood on Parade No. B-10
1934
as Self
The Unwelcome Guest
1913
as Jessie - the Slavey
White Roses
1910
as Betty
The Taming of the Shrew
1929
as Caterina
His Wife's Visitor
1909
as Bessie Wright
The Son's Return
1909
as Mary
Pippa Passes
1909
as Girl in crowd
Anniversary
1963
as Herself - Archive Footage (uncredited)
Heart o' the Hills
1919
as Mavis Hawn
Rags
1915
as Rags / Alice McCloud
Her First Biscuits
1909
as Biscuit Victim
Iola's Promise
1912
as Iola
The Gibson Goddess
1909
as Woman on Sidewalk
Kiki
1931
as Kiki
My Best Girl
1927
as Maggie Johnson
The Seventh Day
1909
as The Maid
The Old Actor
1912
as The Old Actor's Daughter
What Drink Did
1909
His Duty
1909
as A young woman in the street
A Strange Meeting
1909
Muggsy's First Sweetheart
1910
as Mabel Brown
Three Sisters
1911
as Mary
The Pride of the Clan
1917
as Marget MacTavish
About Mary Pickford
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 recognis… With 268 credits spanning from 1909 to 2023, Mary Pickford has appeared in 267 films and 1 TV show.
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Most Popular Mary Pickford Movies
- Sparrows (1926) — as Molly
- Sweet Memories (1911) — as Polly Biblett
- The Awakening (1909) — as The Widow's Daughter
- Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (1940) — as Self (archive footage)
- Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925) — as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
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