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.
Personal Details
Also Known As
Movies (49)
Mary Pickford a Blessing and a Curse
as Self
2023
Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
2017
The Women Who Run Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
2016
Birth of the Tramp
as Self (archive footage)
2013
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
as Self (archive footage)
2012
Sigrid Holmquist
as Sigrid Holmquist (archive footage)
2010
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
as Self (archive footage)
2008
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
as Self (voice) (archive footage)
2007
Douglas Fairbanks: The Great Swashbuckler
as Self (archive footage)
2005
Mary Pickford
as Self/Archival Footage
2005
Chaplin Today: The Gold Rush
as Self (archive footage)
2003
Murders of Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
2003
D.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913
2002
The Tramp and the Dictator
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2002
Mary Pickford: A Life on Film
as Self / Numerous Roles (archive footage) (uncredited)
2000
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
as Self / Various roles (archive footage)
1998
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988
What Do Those Old Films Mean?
as Herself(archive footage)
1985
Hollywood’s Children
as Self (archive footage)
1982
Hooray for Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
1976
Anniversary
as Herself - Archive Footage (uncredited)
1963
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
as Self (archive footage)
1961
Yesterday and Today
as (archive footage)
1953
Love Happy
Executive Producer (Production)
1949
Sleep, My Love
Producer (Production)
1948
Stork Bites Man
Producer (Production)
1947
White Cradle Inn
Producer (Production)
1947
The Way of the World
as Dora (Archive Footage)
1947
Little Iodine
Executive Producer (Production)
1946
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
as Herself
1942
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
1941
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
as Self (archive footage)
1940
Hollywood Hobbies
as Self (uncredited)
1939
The Gay Desperado
Producer (Production)
1936
One Rainy Afternoon
Producer (Production)
1936
Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove
as Self
1934
Hollywood on Parade No. B-5
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1933
Secrets
as Mary Marlowe / Mary Carlton
1933
Hollywood on Parade No. A-4
as Self (uncredited)
1932
The House That Shadows Built
as (archive footage)
1931
Kiki
as Kiki
1931
Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5
as Mary Pickford
1930
The Voice of Hollywood
as Self/Queen of the Movies
1930
The Taming of the Shrew
as Caterina
1929
Coquette
as Norma Besant
1929
The Gaucho
as The Virgin Mary
1927
My Best Girl
as Maggie Johnson
1927
One of Many
as Self (archive footage)
1927
A Kiss from Mary Pickford
as Self (archive footage)
1927
