Mary Pickford
Acting
- Born:
- 1892-04-07
- Died:
- 1979-05-29
- Place of birth:
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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
Filmography
Charmed Lives: A Family Romance
Mary Pickford a Blessing and a Curse
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts
The Women Who Run Hollywood
Birth of the Tramp
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
Sigrid Holmquist
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
Douglas Fairbanks: The Great Swashbuckler
Mary Pickford
Elf: Christmas in Tinseltown
Chaplin Today: The Gold Rush
Murders of Hollywood
D.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913
The Tramp and the Dictator
Decasia: The State of Decay
Mary Pickford: A Life on Film
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
The Casting Couch
American Experience
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
Lillian Gish: The Actor's Life for Me
Hollywood’s Children
Hollywood
Hooray for Hollywood
Mondo Hollywood
Anniversary
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
Yesterday and Today
The Way of the World
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Hollywood Hobbies
Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove
Hollywood on Parade No. B-10
Hollywood on Parade No. B-5
Secrets
Hollywood on Parade No. A-4
The House That Shadows Built
Kiki
Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5
The Voice of Hollywood
The Taming of the Shrew
Coquette
The Gaucho
My Best Girl
One of Many
A Kiss from Mary Pickford
Sparrows
The Black Pirate
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Little Annie Rooney
Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall
Mary and Doug Visit Stockholm
Rosita
Hollywood
Tess of the Storm Country
From Farm to Fame
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Through the Back Door
The Love Light
Suds
Pollyanna
Heart o' the Hills
The Hoodlum
Daddy-Long-Legs
Captain Kidd, Jr.
100% American
Johanna Enlists
Cupid Angling
How Could You, Jean?
M'Liss
Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley
Stella Maris
A Little Princess
All-Star Production of Patriotic Episodes for the Second Liberty Loan
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
The Little American
A Romance of the Redwoods
The Poor Little Rich Girl
The Pride of the Clan
Less Than the Dust
Hulda from Holland
The Eternal Grind
Poor Little Peppina
The Foundling
Madame Butterfly
A Girl of Yesterday
Esmeralda
Rags
The Foundling
Little Pal
The Dawn of a Tomorrow
Fanchon, the Cricket
Mistress Nell
Cinderella
Behind the Scenes
Such a Little Queen
The Eagle's Mate
Tess of the Storm Country
A Good Little Devil
Hearts Adrift
Caprice
In the Bishop's Carriage
The Unwelcome Guest
The New York Hat
The Informer
My Baby
The One She Loved
A Feud in the Kentucky Hills
So Near, Yet So Far
Friends
A Pueblo Legend
With the Enemy's Help
The Inner Circle
The Narrow Road
An Indian Summer
The School Teacher and the Waif
Lena and the Geese
Home Folks
A Beast at Bay
A Lodging for the Night
The Old Actor
Won by a Fish
Just Like a Woman
The Female of the Species
Fate's Interception
Iola's Promise
A Timely Repentance
The Mender of Nets
Honor Thy Father
The Caddy's Dream
How Mary Fixed it
The Portrait
Little Red Riding Hood
Love Heeds Not Showers
The Courting of Mary
From the Bottom of the Sea
His Dress Shirt
The Better Way
The Sentinel Asleep
The Rose's Story
'Tween Two Loves
The Toss of a Coin
As a Boy Dreams
The Call of the Song
The Skating Bug
Science
At a Quarter of Two
A Gasoline Engagement
For the Queen's Honor
In the Sultan's Garden
Behind the Stockade
Back to the Soil
The Lighthouse Keeper
The Master and the Man
For Her Brother's Sake
The Fair Dentist
The Temptress
Second Sight
While There is hope, There is Life
The Stampede
Sweet Memories
In Old Madrid
The Fisher-Maid
The Secret of the Palm
The Message in the Bottle
The Medallion
A Decree of Destiny
Tracked
A Manly Man
Artful Kate
The Convert
Her Darkest Hour
The Mirror
When the Cat's Away
Three Sisters
Maid or Man
The Dream
The Italian Barber
Their First Misunderstanding
When a Man Loves
White Roses
A Plain Song
The Song of the Wildwood Flute
Sunshine Sue
Simple Charity
Waiter No. 5
A Lucky Toothache
That Chink at Golden Gulch
A Gold Necklace
Muggsy Becomes a Hero
Wilful Peggy
The Sorrows of the Unfaithful
When We Were in Our 'Teens
The Usurer
An Arcadian Maid
The Call to Arms
What the Daisy Said
Muggsy's First Sweetheart
A Child's Impulse
Never Again
May and December
A Victim of Jealousy
In the Season of Buds
Ramona
An Affair of Hearts
The Two Brothers
Love Among the Roses
The Unchanging Sea
A Romance of the Western Hills
A Rich Revenge
As It Is in Life
The Smoker
The Twisted Trail
The Thread of Destiny
The Newlyweds
The Englishman and the Girl
The Woman from Mellon's
All on Account of the Milk
The Heart of an Outlaw
To Save Her Soul
The Test
Through the Breakers
The Trick that Failed
The Mountaineer's Honor
Sweet Revenge
A Midnight Adventure
The Light That Came
The Restoration
The Gibson Goddess
What's Your Hurry?
Lines of White on a Sullen Sea
In the Watches of the Night
His Lost Love
The Little Teacher
Pippa Passes
The Awakening
In Old Kentucky
The Broken Locket
Getting Even
1776, or The Hessian Renegades
The Sealed Room
The Little Darling
Oh, Uncle!
The Seventh Day
The Indian Runner's Romance
His Wife's Visitor
They Would Elope
A Strange Meeting
The Slave
Sweet and Twenty
The Renunciation
Tender Hearts
The Cardinal's Conspiracy
The Country Doctor
The Necklace
The Way of Man
The Peachbasket Hat
The Mexican Sweethearts
Her First Biscuits
The Faded Lilies
The Son's Return
The Lonely Villa
The Violin Maker of Cremona
His Duty
What Drink Did
Two Memories