Known For
Acting
Born
Apr 07, 1892
Died
May 29, 1979
Place of Birth
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Credits
282 titles
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
Filmography
Charmed Lives: A Family Romance
Self (archive footage)
Mary Pickford a Blessing and a Curse
Self
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
Self (archive footage)
Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts
Self - Actress (archive footage)
The Women Who Run Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
Astrid
Self (archive footage)
Birth of the Tramp
Self (archive footage)
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
Self (archive footage)
Sigrid Holmquist
Sigrid Holmquist (archive footage)
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
Self (archive footage)
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
Self (voice) (archive footage)
Douglas Fairbanks: The Great Swashbuckler
Self (archive footage)
Mary Pickford
Self/Archival Footage
Elf: Christmas in Tinseltown
Self (archive)
Chaplin Today: The Gold Rush
Self (archive footage)
Murders of Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
D.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913
The Tramp and the Dictator
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Decasia: The State of Decay
Self (archive footage)
Mary Pickford: A Life on Film
Self / Numerous Roles (archive footage) (uncredited)
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
Self / Various roles (archive footage)
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Self (archive footage)
The Casting Couch
American Experience
Self
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
(archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood’s Children
Self (archive footage)
Hooray for Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
Mondo Hollywood
Anniversary
Herself - Archive Footage (uncredited)
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
Self (archive footage)
Yesterday and Today
(archive footage)
Love Happy
Executive Producer
Sleep, My Love
Producer
Stork Bites Man
Producer
White Cradle Inn
Producer
The Way of the World
Dora (Archive Footage)
Little Iodine
Executive Producer
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
Herself
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Hobbies
Self (uncredited)
The Gay Desperado
Producer
One Rainy Afternoon
Producer
Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove
Self
Hollywood on Parade No. B-10
Self
Hollywood on Parade No. B-5
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Secrets
Mary Marlowe / Mary Carlton
Hollywood on Parade No. A-4
Self (uncredited)
The House That Shadows Built
(archive footage)
Kiki
Kiki