Mary Pickford
- Acting
- April 7, 1892 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- May 29, 1979
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
- Mary Pickford a Blessing and a Curse · Self
- Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty · Self
- Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts · Self
- The Women Who Run Hollywood · Self
- Birth of the Tramp · Self
- Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe · Self
- Sigrid Holmquist · Sigrid Holmquist (archive footage)
- Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies · Self
- Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema · Self
- Douglas Fairbanks: The Great Swashbuckler · Self
- Mary Pickford · Self
- Elf: Christmas in Tinseltown · Self
- Chaplin Today: The Gold Rush · Self
- Murders of Hollywood · Self
- D.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913
- The Tramp and the Dictator · Self
- Decasia: The State of Decay · Self
- 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
- The Casting Couch
- American Experience · Self
- Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies · (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Lillian Gish: The Actor's Life for Me · Self
- Hollywood’s Children · Self
- Hollywood · Self
- Hooray for Hollywood · Self
- Mondo Hollywood
- Anniversary · Self
- The Legend of Rudolph Valentino · Self
- 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 · Self
- Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
- Cavalcade of the Academy Awards · Self
- Hollywood Hobbies · Self
- 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
- Secrets · Mary Marlowe / Mary Carlton, Executive producer
- Hollywood on Parade No. A-4 · Self
- The House That Shadows Built · (archive footage)
- Kiki · Kiki
- Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5 · Mary Pickford
- The Voice of Hollywood · Self/Queen of the Movies
- The Taming of the Shrew · Caterina
- Coquette · Norma Besant, Producer
- The Gaucho · The Virgin Mary
- My Best Girl · Maggie Johnson, Producer
- One of Many · Self
- A Kiss from Mary Pickford · Self
- Sparrows · Molly, Producer
- The Black Pirate · Princess Isobel in Final Embrace - Cameo Appearance (uncredited)
- Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ · Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
- Little Annie Rooney · Annabelle 'Little Annie' Rooney, Writer
- Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall · Dorothy Vernon, Producer
- Mary and Doug Visit Stockholm
- Rosita · Rosita, Producer
- Hollywood · Mary Pickford
- Garrison's Finish · Writer
- Tess of the Storm Country · Tessibel 'Tess' Skinner, Producer
- From Farm to Fame · Mary Pickford
- Little Lord Fauntleroy · Cedric Errol / Widow Errol, Producer
- Through the Back Door · Jeanne Bodamere, Producer
- The Love Light · Angela Carlotti, Producer
- Suds · Amanda Afflick, Producer
- Pollyanna · Pollyanna Whittier, Producer
- Heart o' the Hills · Mavis Hawn
- The Hoodlum · Amy Burke, Executive producer
- Daddy-Long-Legs · Judy Abbott, Producer
- Captain Kidd, Jr. · Mary MacTavish
- 100% American · Mayme