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…

Movies & TV Shows

1. Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925) — Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
2. The Lonely Villa (1909)
3. The Black Pirate (1926) — Princess Isobel in Final Embrace - Cameo Appearance (uncredited)
4. American Experience (1988) — Self
5. Sparrows (1926) — Molly
6. The Country Doctor (1909) — Poor Mother's Elder Daughter
7. The Poor Little Rich Girl (1917) — Gwen
8. The Unchanging Sea (1910) — The Daughter as an Adult
9. Coquette (1929) — Norma Besant
10. The Sealed Room (1909) — A Lady-in-Waiting
11. The New York Hat (1912) — Mary Harding, the Daughter
12. Stella Maris (1918) — Miss Stella Maris / Unity Blake
13. Cinderella (1914) — Cinderella
14. The Tramp and the Dictator (2002) — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
15. Decasia: The State of Decay (2002) — Self (archive footage)
16. Pollyanna (1920) — Pollyanna Whittier
17. My Best Girl (1927) — Maggie Johnson
18. Little Annie Rooney (1925) — Annabelle 'Little Annie' Rooney
19. The Little American (1917) — Angela Moore
20. Daddy-Long-Legs (1919) — Judy Abbott
21. Ramona (1910) — Ramona
22. The Old Actor (1912) — The Old Actor's Daughter
23. Little Lord Fauntleroy (1921) — Cedric Errol / Widow Errol
24. Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1917) — Rebecca Randall
25. Birth of the Tramp (2013) — Self (archive footage)
26. The Taming of the Shrew (1929) — Caterina
27. The Hoodlum (1919) — Amy Burke
28. Tess of the Storm Country (1914) — Tessibel Skinner
29. A Little Princess (1917) — Sara Crewe
30. A Romance of the Redwoods (1917) — Jenny Lawrence
31. Secrets (1933) — Mary Marlowe / Mary Carlton
32. The Female of the Species (1912) — The Miner's Wife's Sister
33. Tess of the Storm Country (1922) — Tessibel 'Tess' Skinner
34. Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley (1918) — Amarilly Jenkins
35. Fanchon, the Cricket (1915) — Fanchon, the Cricket
36. What Drink Did (1909)
37. Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty (2020) — Self (archive footage)
38. The Little Darling (1909) — Little Darling
39. A Kiss from Mary Pickford (1927) — Self (archive footage)
40. Rosita (1923) — Rosita

Directed

1. Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall (1924) — Director