Mary Pickford
Known for Acting · 267 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 (266)
Ramona
1910
as Ramona
The Gaucho
1927
as The Virgin Mary
The Necklace
1909
as The Maid / In Pawnshop
The Newlyweds
1910
as Alice Vance
M'Liss
1918
as Melissa 'M'liss' Smith
The Dream
1911
as Nell Herbert
Three Sisters
1911
as Mary
The Test
1909
as Bessie
Artful Kate
1911
as Artful Kate Stanley
Hollywood
1923
as Mary Pickford
Rosita
1923
as Rosita
Home Folks
1912
as The Young Woman
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925
as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
The Portrait
1911
as Little Vera - the Model
Mondo Hollywood
1967
Getting Even
1909
as Miss Lucy
Johanna Enlists
1918
as Johanna Renssaller
Sparrows
1926
as Molly
Hearts Adrift
1914
as Nina
The Black Pirate
1926
as Princess Isobel in Final Embrace - Cameo Appearance (uncredited)
The Renunciation
1909
as Kittie Ryan
Hollywood’s Children
1982
as Self (archive footage)
Muggsy's First Sweetheart
1910
as Mabel Brown
Second Sight
1911
as Gertrude Edgar
My Baby
1912
as The Wife
Pippa Passes
1909
as Girl in crowd
So Near, Yet So Far
1912
as The Young Woman
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940
as Self (archive footage)
Tracked
1911
as Unknown Role
1776, or The Hessian Renegades
1909
as Messenger's Sister
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
2020
as Self (archive footage)
A Strange Meeting
1909
The Awakening
1909
as The Widow's Daughter
The Gibson Goddess
1909
as Woman on Sidewalk
Sweet Memories
1911
as Polly Biblett
The Tramp and the Dictator
2002
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Narrow Road
1912
as Mrs. Jim Holcomb
Hollywood Hobbies
1939
as Self (uncredited)
A Beast at Bay
1912
as The Young Woman
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
2007
as Self (voice) (archive footage)
The House That Shadows Built
1931
as (archive footage)
The Violin Maker of Cremona
1909
as Giannina, Taddeo's Daughter
To Save Her Soul
1909
as Agnes Hailey
They Would Elope
1909
as Bessie
Birth of the Tramp
2013
as Self (archive footage)
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
2012
as Self (archive footage)
Secrets
1933
as Mary Marlowe / Mary Carlton
Science
1911
as Mrs. Crawford
The Usurer
1910
as Invalid Daughter
My Best Girl
1927
as Maggie Johnson
Coquette
1929
as Norma Besant
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
1961
as Self (archive footage)
Kiki
1931
as Kiki
The Faded Lilies
1909
as At party
Stella Maris
1918
as Miss Stella Maris / Unity Blake
The Light That Came
1909
as Daisy
The Casting Couch
1995
Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts
2017
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
Hooray for Hollywood
1976
as Self (archive footage)
Fanchon, the Cricket
1915
as Fanchon, the Cricket
A Feud in the Kentucky Hills
1912
as The Daughter
In the Bishop's Carriage
1913
as Nance Olden
The Women Who Run Hollywood
2016
as Self (archive footage)
Her First Biscuits
1909
as Biscuit Victim
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
All on Account of the Milk
1910
as The Young Woman
Sigrid Holmquist
2010
as Sigrid Holmquist (archive footage)
Love Among the Roses
1910
as The Lacemaker
An Arcadian Maid
1910
as The Arcadian Maid
Rags
1915
as Rags / Alice McCloud
The Way of Man
1909
as Winnie, Mabel's Cousin
Through the Breakers
1909
as An Extra
Tender Hearts
1909
as Nellie
The Hoodlum
1919
as Amy Burke
Captain Kidd, Jr.
1919
as Mary MacTavish
The Sealed Room
1909
as A Lady-in-Waiting
100% American
1918
as Mayme
A Decree of Destiny
1911
as Mary
The Old Actor
1912
as The Old Actor's Daughter
Madame Butterfly
1915
as Cho-Cho-San
Lines of White on a Sullen Sea
1909
as Second Couple
Little Lord Fauntleroy
1921
as Cedric Errol / Widow Errol
The Little American
1917
as Angela Moore
Pollyanna
1920
as Pollyanna Whittier
Through the Back Door
1921
as Jeanne Bodamere
The School Teacher and the Waif
1912
as Nora, the Waif
The Son's Return
1909
as Mary
The Restoration
1909
as Alice Ashford
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
1917
as Rebecca Randall
What Drink Did
1909
The Little Darling
1909
as Little Darling
Mary Pickford: A Life on Film
2000
as Self / Numerous Roles (archive footage) (uncredited)
One of Many
1927
as Self (archive footage)
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
1998
as Self / Various roles (archive footage)
The Voice of Hollywood
1930
as Self/Queen of the Movies
The Informer
1912
as The Confederate Captain's Sweetheart
The Love Light
1921
as Angela Carlotti
Caprice
1913
as Mercy Baxter
Fate's Interception
1912
as The Mexican Girl
The New York Hat
1912
as Mary Harding, the Daughter
The Twisted Trail
1910
as Molly Hendricks
A Timely Repentance
1912
as Mrs. Nordell - Heroine of the Movie within the Movie, 'The Wife's Desertion'
Little Annie Rooney
1925
as Annabelle 'Little Annie' Rooney
Suds
1920
as Amanda Afflick
Cupid Angling
1918
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
1942
as Herself
The Unchanging Sea
1910
as The Daughter as an Adult
For the Queen's Honor
1911
as Princess Gilda
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
1941
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
2008
as Self (archive footage)
A Romance of the Redwoods
1917
as Jenny Lawrence
A Kiss from Mary Pickford
1927
as Self (archive footage)
Wilful Peggy
1910
as Peggy
Chaplin Today: The Gold Rush
2003
as Self (archive footage)
The Taming of the Shrew
1929
as Caterina
Heart o' the Hills
1919
as Mavis Hawn
The Mountaineer's Honor
1909
as Harum-Scarum, a Mountain Girl
The Female of the Species
1912
as The Miner's Wife's Sister
Won by a Fish
1912
as The Woman
The Dawn of a Tomorrow
1915
as Glad
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 267 credits spanning from 1909 to 2023, Mary Pickford has appeared in 266 films and 1 TV show.
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- Ramona (1910) — as Ramona
- The Gaucho (1927) — as The Virgin Mary
- The Necklace (1909) — as The Maid / In Pawnshop
- The Newlyweds (1910) — as Alice Vance
- M'Liss (1918) — as Melissa 'M'liss' Smith
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