Mary Pickford
Acting
1892-04-07 · 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.
Filmography
TheatersCharmed Lives: A Family Romance
2028 · Movie
Mary Pickford a Blessing and a Curse
2023 · Movie
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
2020 · Movie
Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts
2017 · Movie
The Women Who Run Hollywood
2016 · Movie
Birth of the Tramp
2013 · Movie
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
2012 · Movie
Sigrid Holmquist
2010 · Movie
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
2008 · Movie
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
2007 · Movie
Douglas Fairbanks: The Great Swashbuckler
2005 · Movie
Mary Pickford
2005 · Movie
Elf: Christmas in Tinseltown
2004 · Movie
Chaplin Today: The Gold Rush
2003 · Movie
Murders of Hollywood
2003 · Movie
D.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913
2002 · Movie
The Tramp and the Dictator
2002 · Movie
Decasia: The State of Decay
2002 · Movie
Mary Pickford: A Life on Film
2000 · Movie
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
1998 · Movie
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995 · Movie
The Casting Couch
1995 · Movie
American Experience
1988 · Series
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988 · Movie
Hollywood’s Children
1982 · Movie
Hooray for Hollywood
1976 · Movie
Mondo Hollywood
1967 · Movie
Anniversary
1963 · Movie
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
1961 · Movie
Yesterday and Today
1953 · Movie
Love Happy
1949 · Movie
Sleep, My Love
1948 · Movie
Stork Bites Man
1947 · Movie
White Cradle Inn
1947 · Movie
The Way of the World
1947 · Movie
Little Iodine
1946 · Movie
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
1942 · Movie
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
1941 · Movie
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940 · Movie
Hollywood Hobbies
1939 · Movie
The Gay Desperado
1936 · Movie
One Rainy Afternoon
1936 · Movie
Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove
1934 · Movie
Hollywood on Parade No. B-10
1934 · Movie
Hollywood on Parade No. B-5
1933 · Movie
Secrets
1933 · Movie
Hollywood on Parade No. A-4
1932 · Movie
The House That Shadows Built
1931 · Movie
Kiki
1931 · Movie
Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5
1930 · Movie
The Voice of Hollywood
1930 · Movie
The Taming of the Shrew
1929 · Movie
Coquette
1929 · Movie
The Gaucho
1927 · Movie
One of Many
1927 · Movie
My Best Girl
1927 · Movie
A Kiss from Mary Pickford
1927 · Movie
Sparrows
1926 · Movie
The Black Pirate
1926 · Movie
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925 · Movie
Little Annie Rooney
1925 · Movie
Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall
1924 · Movie
Mary and Doug Visit Stockholm
1924 · Movie
Rosita
1923 · Movie
Hollywood
1923 · Movie
Garrison's Finish
1923 · Movie
Tess of the Storm Country
1922 · Movie
From Farm to Fame
1922 · Movie
Little Lord Fauntleroy
1921 · Movie
Through the Back Door
1921 · Movie
The Love Light
1921 · Movie
Suds
1920 · Movie
Pollyanna
1920 · Movie
Heart o' the Hills
1919 · Movie
The Hoodlum
1919 · Movie
Daddy-Long-Legs
1919 · Movie
Captain Kidd, Jr.
1919 · Movie
100% American
1918 · Movie
Johanna Enlists
1918 · Movie
Cupid Angling
1918 · Movie
How Could You, Jean?
1918 · Movie
M'Liss
1918 · Movie
Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley
1918 · Movie
Stella Maris
1918 · Movie
A Little Princess
1917 · Movie
All-Star Production of Patriotic Episodes for the Second Liberty Loan
1917 · Movie
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
1917 · Movie
The Little American
1917 · Movie
A Romance of the Redwoods
1917 · Movie
The Poor Little Rich Girl
1917 · Movie
The Pride of the Clan
1917 · Movie
Less Than the Dust
1916 · Movie
Hulda from Holland
1916 · Movie
The Eternal Grind
1916 · Movie
Poor Little Peppina
1916 · Movie
The Foundling
1916 · Movie
Madame Butterfly
1915 · Movie
A Girl of Yesterday
1915 · Movie
Esmeralda
1915 · Movie
Rags
1915 · Movie
The Foundling
1915 · Movie
Little Pal
1915 · Movie
The Dawn of a Tomorrow
1915 · Movie
Fanchon, the Cricket
1915 · Movie
Mistress Nell
1915 · Movie
Cinderella
1914 · Movie
Behind the Scenes
1914 · Movie
Such a Little Queen
1914 · Movie
The Eagle's Mate
1914 · Movie
Tess of the Storm Country
1914 · Movie
A Good Little Devil
1914 · Movie
Hearts Adrift
1914 · Movie
Caprice
1913 · Movie
In the Bishop's Carriage
1913 · Movie
The Unwelcome Guest
1913 · Movie
The New York Hat
1912 · Movie
The Informer
1912 · Movie
My Baby
1912 · Movie
The One She Loved
1912 · Movie
A Feud in the Kentucky Hills
1912 · Movie
So Near, Yet So Far
1912 · Movie
Friends
1912 · Movie
A Pueblo Legend
1912 · Movie
With the Enemy's Help
1912 · Movie
The Inner Circle
1912 · Movie
The Narrow Road
1912 · Movie
An Indian Summer
1912 · Movie
The School Teacher and the Waif
1912 · Movie
Lena and the Geese
1912 · Movie
Home Folks
1912 · Movie
A Beast at Bay
1912 · Movie
A Lodging for the Night
1912 · Movie
The Old Actor
1912 · Movie
Won by a Fish
1912 · Movie
Just Like a Woman
1912 · Movie
The Female of the Species
1912 · Movie
Fate's Interception
1912 · Movie
Iola's Promise
1912 · Movie
A Timely Repentance
1912 · Movie
The Mender of Nets
1912 · Movie
Honor Thy Father
1912 · Movie
The Caddy's Dream
1911 · Movie
How Mary Fixed it
1911 · Movie
The Portrait
1911 · Movie
Little Red Riding Hood
1911 · Movie
Love Heeds Not Showers
1911 · Movie
The Courting of Mary
1911 · Movie
From the Bottom of the Sea
1911 · Movie
His Dress Shirt
1911 · Movie
The Better Way
1911 · Movie
The Sentinel Asleep
1911 · Movie
The Rose's Story
1911 · Movie
'Tween Two Loves
1911 · Movie
The Toss of a Coin
1911 · Movie
The Call of the Song
1911 · Movie
As a Boy Dreams
1911 · Movie
The Skating Bug
1911 · Movie
Science
1911 · Movie
At a Quarter of Two
1911 · Movie
Caught in the Act
1911 · Movie
A Gasoline Engagement
1911 · Movie
For the Queen's Honor
1911 · Movie
In the Sultan's Garden
1911 · Movie
Behind the Stockade
1911 · Movie
Back to the Soil
1911 · Movie
The Lighthouse Keeper
1911 · Movie
The Master and the Man
1911 · Movie
For Her Brother's Sake
1911 · Movie
The Fair Dentist
1911 · Movie
The Temptress
1911 · Movie
Second Sight
1911 · Movie
While There is hope, There is Life
1911 · Movie
Madame Rex
1911 · Movie
The Stampede
1911 · Movie
Sweet Memories
1911 · Movie
In Old Madrid
1911 · Movie
The Fisher-Maid
1911 · Movie
The Secret of the Palm
1911 · Movie
The Medallion
1911 · Movie
The Message in the Bottle
1911 · Movie
A Decree of Destiny
1911 · Movie
Tracked
1911 · Movie
A Manly Man
1911 · Movie
Artful Kate
1911 · Movie
The Convert
1911 · Movie
Her Darkest Hour
1911 · Movie
The Mirror
1911 · Movie
When the Cat's Away
1911 · Movie
Three Sisters
1911 · Movie
Maid or Man
1911 · Movie
The Dream
1911 · Movie
The Italian Barber
1911 · Movie
Their First Misunderstanding
1911 · Movie
When a Man Loves
1911 · Movie
White Roses
1910 · Movie
A Plain Song
1910 · Movie
The Song of the Wildwood Flute
1910 · Movie
Sunshine Sue
1910 · Movie
Simple Charity
1910 · Movie
Waiter No. 5
1910 · Movie
A Lucky Toothache
1910 · Movie
That Chink at Golden Gulch
1910 · Movie
A Gold Necklace
1910 · Movie
Muggsy Becomes a Hero
1910 · Movie
Wilful Peggy
1910 · Movie
The Sorrows of the Unfaithful
1910 · Movie
When We Were in Our 'Teens
1910 · Movie
The Usurer
1910 · Movie
An Arcadian Maid
1910 · Movie
The Call to Arms
1910 · Movie
What the Daisy Said
1910 · Movie
Muggsy's First Sweetheart
1910 · Movie
A Child's Impulse
1910 · Movie
May and December
1910 · Movie
Never Again
1910 · Movie
A Victim of Jealousy
1910 · Movie
In the Season of Buds
1910 · Movie
Ramona
1910 · Movie
An Affair of Hearts
1910 · Movie
The Two Brothers
1910 · Movie
Love Among the Roses
1910 · Movie
The Unchanging Sea
1910 · Movie
A Romance of the Western Hills
1910 · Movie
A Rich Revenge
1910 · Movie
As It Is in Life
1910 · Movie
The Smoker
1910 · Movie
The Twisted Trail
1910 · Movie
The Thread of Destiny
1910 · Movie
The Newlyweds
1910 · Movie
The Englishman and the Girl
1910 · Movie
The Woman from Mellon's
1910 · Movie
All on Account of the Milk
1910 · Movie
The Heart of an Outlaw
1909 · Movie
The Day After
1909 · Movie
To Save Her Soul
1909 · Movie
The Test
1909 · Movie
Through the Breakers
1909 · Movie
The Trick that Failed
1909 · Movie
The Mountaineer's Honor
1909 · Movie
Sweet Revenge
1909 · Movie
A Midnight Adventure
1909 · Movie
The Light That Came
1909 · Movie
The Restoration
1909 · Movie
The Gibson Goddess
1909 · Movie
What's Your Hurry?
1909 · Movie
Lines of White on a Sullen Sea
1909 · Movie
In the Watches of the Night
1909 · Movie
His Lost Love
1909 · Movie
The Little Teacher
1909 · Movie
Pippa Passes
1909 · Movie
The Awakening
1909 · Movie
In Old Kentucky
1909 · Movie
The Broken Locket
1909 · Movie
Getting Even
1909 · Movie
1776, or The Hessian Renegades
1909 · Movie
The Sealed Room
1909 · Movie
The Little Darling
1909 · Movie
The Seventh Day
1909 · Movie
Oh, Uncle!
1909 · Movie
The Indian Runner's Romance
1909 · Movie
His Wife's Visitor
1909 · Movie
They Would Elope
1909 · Movie
A Strange Meeting
1909 · Movie
The Slave
1909 · Movie
Sweet and Twenty
1909 · Movie
The Renunciation
1909 · Movie
Tender Hearts
1909 · Movie
The Cardinal's Conspiracy
1909 · Movie
The Country Doctor
1909 · Movie
The Necklace
1909 · Movie
The Way of Man
1909 · Movie
The Peachbasket Hat
1909 · Movie
The Mexican Sweethearts
1909 · Movie
Her First Biscuits
1909 · Movie
The Faded Lilies
1909 · Movie
The Son's Return
1909 · Movie
The Lonely Villa
1909 · Movie
The Violin Maker of Cremona
1909 · Movie
His Duty
1909 · Movie
What Drink Did
1909 · Movie
Two Memories
1909 · Movie