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)
Mondo Hollywood
1967
Sparrows
1926
as Molly
My Baby
1912
as The Wife
The Newlyweds
1910
as Alice Vance
The Awakening
1909
as The Widow's Daughter
Ramona
1910
as Ramona
Getting Even
1909
as Miss Lucy
Muggsy's First Sweetheart
1910
as Mabel Brown
The Gaucho
1927
as The Virgin Mary
The Necklace
1909
as The Maid / In Pawnshop
The Portrait
1911
as Little Vera - the Model
Second Sight
1911
as Gertrude Edgar
Tracked
1911
as Unknown Role
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940
as Self (archive footage)
M'Liss
1918
as Melissa 'M'liss' Smith
Sweet Memories
1911
as Polly Biblett
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925
as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
The Dream
1911
as Nell Herbert
Hollywood’s Children
1982
as Self (archive footage)
Rosita
1923
as Rosita
The Test
1909
as Bessie
The Restoration
1909
as Alice Ashford
The Casting Couch
1995
The Black Pirate
1926
as Princess Isobel in Final Embrace - Cameo Appearance (uncredited)
Kiki
1931
as Kiki
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
2007
as Self (voice) (archive footage)
The Renunciation
1909
as Kittie Ryan
Coquette
1929
as Norma Besant
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
1961
as Self (archive footage)
The Women Who Run Hollywood
2016
as Self (archive footage)
Secrets
1933
as Mary Marlowe / Mary Carlton
My Best Girl
1927
as Maggie Johnson
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Artful Kate
1911
as Artful Kate Stanley
The Little American
1917
as Angela Moore
Hooray for Hollywood
1976
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood
1923
as Mary Pickford
The House That Shadows Built
1931
as (archive footage)
Stella Maris
1918
as Miss Stella Maris / Unity Blake
The Usurer
1910
as Invalid Daughter
The Tramp and the Dictator
2002
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Little Annie Rooney
1925
as Annabelle 'Little Annie' Rooney
Astrid
2014
as Self (archive footage)
Fanchon, the Cricket
1915
as Fanchon, the Cricket
The Slave
1909
as A Slave Girl
In the Bishop's Carriage
1913
as Nance Olden
The Hoodlum
1919
as Amy Burke
Johanna Enlists
1918
as Johanna Renssaller
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
2012
as Self (archive footage)
The One She Loved
1912
as The Wife
Hollywood Hobbies
1939
as Self (uncredited)
Pippa Passes
1909
as Girl in crowd
A Decree of Destiny
1911
as Mary
Tess of the Storm Country
1922
as Tessibel 'Tess' Skinner
The Dawn of a Tomorrow
1915
as Glad
Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts
2017
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
Science
1911
as Mrs. Crawford
The Voice of Hollywood
1930
as Self/Queen of the Movies
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
1998
as Self / Various roles (archive footage)
Three Sisters
1911
as Mary
Sigrid Holmquist
2010
as Sigrid Holmquist (archive footage)
The Informer
1912
as The Confederate Captain's Sweetheart
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
2020
as Self (archive footage)
The Sealed Room
1909
as A Lady-in-Waiting
So Near, Yet So Far
1912
as The Young Woman
What Drink Did
1909
A Beast at Bay
1912
as The Young Woman
Love Among the Roses
1910
as The Lacemaker
The Love Light
1921
as Angela Carlotti
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
1917
as Rebecca Randall
Captain Kidd, Jr.
1919
as Mary MacTavish
Pollyanna
1920
as Pollyanna Whittier
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
1941
Through the Breakers
1909
as An Extra
For the Queen's Honor
1911
as Princess Gilda
Birth of the Tramp
2013
as Self (archive footage)
The School Teacher and the Waif
1912
as Nora, the Waif
100% American
1918
as Mayme
The Taming of the Shrew
1929
as Caterina
The Gibson Goddess
1909
as Woman on Sidewalk
Caprice
1913
as Mercy Baxter
Mary Pickford: A Life on Film
2000
as Self / Numerous Roles (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Violin Maker of Cremona
1909
as Giannina, Taddeo's Daughter
The Indian Runner's Romance
1909
as Blue Cloud's Wife
The Mountaineer's Honor
1909
as Harum-Scarum, a Mountain Girl
The New York Hat
1912
as Mary Harding, the Daughter
Hearts Adrift
1914
as Nina
The Old Actor
1912
as The Old Actor's Daughter
Wilful Peggy
1910
as Peggy
The Narrow Road
1912
as Mrs. Jim Holcomb
His Duty
1909
as A young woman in the street
A Victim of Jealousy
1910
as The Wife's Friend
One of Many
1927
as Self (archive footage)
His Wife's Visitor
1909
as Bessie Wright
To Save Her Soul
1909
as Agnes Hailey
Behind the Scenes
1914
as Dolly Lane
Home Folks
1912
as The Young Woman
Hollywood on Parade No. B-5
1933
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1776, or The Hessian Renegades
1909
as Messenger's Sister
Little Lord Fauntleroy
1921
as Cedric Errol / Widow Errol
Heart o' the Hills
1919
as Mavis Hawn
A Timely Repentance
1912
as Mrs. Nordell - Heroine of the Movie within the Movie, 'The Wife's Desertion'
The Sorrows of the Unfaithful
1910
as Mary
The Lonely Villa
1909
Cinderella
1914
as Cinderella
A Strange Meeting
1909
Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley
1918
as Amarilly Jenkins
The Son's Return
1909
as Mary
The Secret of the Palm
1911
as Edna
A Kiss from Mary Pickford
1927
as Self (archive footage)
Cupid Angling
1918
A Feud in the Kentucky Hills
1912
as The Daughter
A Romance of the Redwoods
1917
as Jenny Lawrence
They Would Elope
1909
as Bessie
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
1942
as Herself
The Female of the Species
1912
as The Miner's Wife's Sister
A Lucky Toothache
1910
as Mary / Bessie
Back to the Soil
1911
as Sadie Allen
Suds
1920
as Amanda Afflick
The Cardinal's Conspiracy
1909
as A Disguised Servant
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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Most Popular Mary Pickford Movies
- Mondo Hollywood (1967)
- Sparrows (1926) — as Molly
- My Baby (1912) — as The Wife
- The Newlyweds (1910) — as Alice Vance
- The Awakening (1909) — as The Widow's Daughter
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