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Mary Pickford

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1892-04-07

Day of Death

1979-05-29

Place of Birth

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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.

Filmography (269)

⭐ 7.0 Role: Self

Mary Pickford a Blessing and a Curse

2023
⭐ 8.0 Role: Self (archive footage)

Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty

2020
⭐ 6.5 Role: Self - Actress (archive footage)

Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts

2017
⭐ 7.1 Role: Self (archive footage)

The Women Who Run Hollywood

2016
⭐ 10.0 Role: Self (archive footage)

Astrid

2014
⭐ 7.1 Role: Self (archive footage)

Birth of the Tramp

2013
⭐ 7.2 Role: Self (archive footage)

Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe

2012
⭐ 7.0 Role: Sigrid Holmquist (archive footage)

Sigrid Holmquist

2010
⭐ 5.0 Role: Self (archive footage)

Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies

2008
⭐ 4.3 Role: Self (voice) (archive footage)

Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

2007
⭐ 8.0 Role: Self (archive footage)

Douglas Fairbanks: The Great Swashbuckler

2005
⭐ 7.0 Role: Self/Archival Footage

Mary Pickford

2005
⭐ 5.3 Role: Self (archive footage)

Chaplin Today: The Gold Rush

2003
⭐ 5.0 Role: Self (archive footage)

Murders of Hollywood

2003
⭐ 0 Role: Unknown

D.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913

2002