Mary Pickford
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1892-04-07
Day of Death
1979-05-29 (87 years old)
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.
Known For
Acting
(2023)
(2017)
Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
(2016)
The Women Who Run Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
(2013)
Birth of the Tramp
as Self (archive footage)
(2012)
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
as Self (archive footage)
(2010)
Smash His Camera
as Self (archive footage)
(2010)
Sigrid Holmquist
as Sigrid Holmquist (archive footage)
(2008)
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
as Self (archive footage)
(2007)
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
as Self (voice) (archive footage)
(2005)
Douglas Fairbanks: The Great Swashbuckler
as Self (archive footage)
(2005)
Mary Pickford
as Self/Archival Footage
(2003)
(2003)
Chaplin Today: 'The Gold Rush'
as Self (archive footage)
(2002)
The Tramp and the Dictator
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(2002)
(2000)
Mary Pickford: A Life on Film
as Self / Numerous Roles (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1998)
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
as Self / Various roles (archive footage)
(1988)
(1985)
What Do Those Old Films Mean?
as Herself(archive footage)
(1982)
Hollywood’s Children
as Self (archive footage)
(1976)
Hooray for Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
(1961)
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
as Self (archive footage)
(1953)
Yesterday and Today
as (archive footage)
(1942)
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
as Herself
(1941)
(1940)
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
as Self (archive footage)
(1939)
Hollywood Hobbies
as Self (uncredited)
(1934)
(1933)
Secrets
as Mary Marlowe / Mary Carlton
(1933)
Hollywood on Parade No. B-5
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1932)
Hollywood on Parade No. A-4
as Self (uncredited)
(1931)
The House That Shadows Built
as (archive footage)
(1931)
Kiki
as Kiki
(1930)
The Voice of Hollywood
as Self/Queen of the Movies
(1930)
Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5
as Mary Pickford
(1929)
The Taming of the Shrew
as Caterina
(1929)
Coquette
as Norma Besant
(1927)
The Gaucho
as The Virgin Mary
(1927)
A Kiss from Mary Pickford
as Self (archive footage)
(1927)
My Best Girl
as Maggie Johnson
(1927)
One of Many
as Archive footage
(1926)
The Black Pirate
as Princess Isobel in Final Embrace - Cameo Appearance (uncredited)
(1926)
Sparrows
as Molly
(1925)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
(1925)
Little Annie Rooney
as Annabelle 'Little Annie' Rooney
(1924)
Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall
as Dorothy Vernon
(1924)
(1923)
Hollywood
as Mary Pickford
(1923)
Rosita
as Rosita
(1922)
Tess of the Storm Country
as Tessibel 'Tess' Skinner
(1922)
From Farm to Fame
as Mary Pickford
(1921)
The Love Light
as Angela Carlotti
(1921)
Little Lord Fauntleroy
as Cedric Errol / Widow Errol
(1921)
Through The Back Door
as Jeanne
(1920)
Pollyanna
as Pollyanna Whittier
(1920)
Suds
as Amanda Afflick
(1919)
Heart o' the Hills
as Mavis Hawn
(1919)
Daddy-Long-Legs
as Judy Abbott
(1919)
The Hoodlum
as Amy Burke
(1919)
Captain Kidd, Jr.
as Mary MacTavish
(1918)
Stella Maris
as Miss Stella Maris / Unity Blake
(1918)
Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley
as Amarilly Jenkins
(1918)
Johanna Enlists
as Johanna Renssaller
(1918)
(1918)
M'Liss
as Melissa 'M'liss' Smith
(1918)
100% American
as Mayme
(1918)
How Could You, Jean?
as Jean Mackaye
(1917)
The Little American
as Angela Moore
(1917)
A Romance of the Redwoods
as Jenny Lawrence
(1917)
The Poor Little Rich Girl
as Gwen
(1917)
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
as Rebecca Randall
(1917)
The Pride of the Clan
as Marget MacTavish
(1917)
A Little Princess
as Sara Crewe
(1917)
(1916)
The Eternal Grind
as Louise
(1916)
Less Than the Dust
as Radha
(1916)
Poor Little Peppina
as Peppina
(1916)
Hulda from Holland
as Hulda
(1916)
The Foundling
as Molly O
(1915)
Rags
as Rags / Alice McCloud
(1915)
Fanchon, the Cricket
as Fanchon, the Cricket
(1915)
Madame Butterfly
as Cho-Cho-San
(1915)
The Dawn of a Tomorrow
as Glad
(1915)
The Foundling
as Molly O
(1915)
A Girl of Yesterday
as Jane Stuart
(1915)
Esmeralda
as Esmeralda Rogers
(1915)
Little Pal
as 'Little Pal'
(1915)
Mistress Nell
as Nell Gwyn
(1914)
Cinderella
as Cinderella
(1914)
Tess of the Storm Country
as Tessibel Skinner
(1914)
A Good Little Devil
as Juliet
(1914)
Hearts Adrift
as Nina
(1914)
Such a Little Queen
as Queen Anna Victoria
(1914)
The Eagle's Mate
as Anemone Breckenridge
(1914)
Behind the Scenes
as Dolly Lane
(1913)
The Unwelcome Guest
as Jessie - the Slavey
(1913)
In the Bishop's Carriage
as Nance Olden
(1913)
Caprice
as Mercy Baxter
(1912)
My Baby
as The Wife
(1912)
A Feud in the Kentucky Hills
as The Daughter
(1912)
Won by a Fish
as The Woman
(1912)
The Old Actor
as The Old Actor's Daughter
(1912)
With the Enemy's Help
as Faro Kate
(1912)
Iola's Promise
as Iola
(1912)
Honor Thy Father
as Mary Fuller
(1912)
The Informer
as The Confederate Captain's Sweetheart
(1912)
A Beast at Bay
as The Young Woman
(1912)
The School Teacher and the Waif
as Nora, the Waif
(1912)
Just Like a Woman
as The Young Woman
(1912)
The One She Loved
as The Wife
(1912)
So Near, Yet So Far
as The Young Woman
(1912)
Friends
as Dora - the Orphan
(1912)
A Timely Repentance
as Mrs. Nordell - Heroine of the Movie within the Movie, 'The Wife's Desertion'
(1912)
A Pueblo Legend
as The Indian Girl
(1912)
An Indian Summer
as The Widow's Daughter
(1912)
Fate's Interception
as The Mexican Girl
(1912)
Lena and the Geese
as Lena
(1912)
A Lodging for the Night
as The Mexican Girl
(1912)
The Inner Circle
as The Rich Italian's Daughter
(1912)
The Mender of Nets
as The Little Net-Mender
(1912)
Home Folks
as The Young Woman
(1912)
The New York Hat
as Mary Harding, the Daughter
(1912)
The Female of the Species
as The Miner's Wife's Sister
(1912)
The Narrow Road
as Mrs. Jim Holcomb
(1911)
The Italian Barber
as Alice
(1911)
When a Man Loves
as Tessie
(1911)
The Temptress
as Lucille Allen
(1911)
The Call of the Song
as Amy Gordon
(1911)
His Dress Shirt
as Mrs. Kirby
(1911)
The Courting of Mary
as Mary
(1911)
At a Quarter of Two
as Mrs Warren
(1911)
Maid or Man
as Elsie Keene
(1911)
When the Cat's Away
as Dorothy, The Wife
(1911)
The Mirror
as Dorothy
(1911)
The Master and the Man
as Elsie Graham
(1911)
The Better Way
as Lillian Garvey - a Salvation Army Lass
(1911)
For Her Brother's Sake
as Madge Spotwood
(1911)
Her Darkest Hour
as Ruth
(1911)
The Caddy's Dream
as Miss Kelsomine
(1911)
Back to the Soil
as Sadie Allen
(1911)
Artful Kate
as Artful Kate Stanley
(1911)
A Gasoline Engagement
as Flora Powell
(1911)
The Message in the Bottle
as Louise Spencer
(1911)
Little Red Riding Hood
as Little Red Riding Hood
(1911)
The Fair Dentist
as Edith Morton - The Fair Dentist
(1911)
The Toss of a Coin
as Alice Barton - the Farmer's Daughter
(1911)
Love Heeds Not Showers
as Mary
(1911)
From the Bottom of the Sea
as Undetermined Role (unconfirmed)
(1911)
'Tween Two Loves
as Grace
(1911)
Second Sight
as Gertrude Edgar
(1911)
The Rose's Story
as Unknown Role
(1911)
The Portrait
as Little Vera - the Model
(1911)
Three Sisters
as Mary
(1911)
The Convert
as Agnes Boyd
(1911)
In the Sultan's Garden
as Hadee
(1911)
In the Sultan's Garden
as Haidee
(1911)
The Fisher-Maid
as Paula, The Fishing-Maid
(1911)
The Stampede
as Nello
(1911)
A Decree of Destiny
as Mary
(1911)
(1911)
Sweet Memories
as Polly Biblett
(1911)
The Sentinel Asleep
as Unknown Role
(1911)
The Secret of the Palm
as Unknown Role
(1911)
A Manly Man
as Lola
(1911)
For the Queen's Honor
as Princess Gilda
(1911)
Their First Misunderstanding
as Mae Darcy
(1911)
The Skating Bug
as The Girl
(1911)
(1911)
The Lighthouse Keeper
as Polly Berry - the Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter
(1911)
Science
as Mrs. Crawford
(1911)
Tracked
as Unknown Role
(1911)
While There is hope, There is Life
as Unknown Role
(1911)
How Mary Fixed it
as Mary
(1911)
The Dream
as Nell Herbert
(1911)
Behind the Stockade
as Florence Williams
(1910)
The Unchanging Sea
as The Daughter as an Adult
(1910)
Waiter No. 5
as The Chief of Police's Son's Fiancée
(1910)
The Two Brothers
as A Mexican
(1910)
A Gold Necklace
as Masie
(1910)
Love Among the Roses
as The Lacemaker
(1910)
The Call to Arms
as A Messenger
(1910)
A Victim of Jealousy
as The Wife's Friend
(1910)
The Englishman and the Girl
as The Girl
(1910)
(1910)
White Roses
as Betty
(1910)
May and December
as May
(1910)
The Twisted Trail
as Molly Hendricks
(1910)
The Woman from Mellon's
as Mary Petersby
(1910)
A Plain Song
as Edith
(1910)
An Arcadian Maid
as The Arcadian Maid
(1910)
Muggsy Becomes a Hero
as Mabel
(1910)
A Child's Impulse
as Grace
(1910)
The Thread of Destiny
as Myrtle
(1910)
Ramona
as Ramona
(1910)
When We Were in Our 'Teens
as Mary
(1910)
In the Season of Buds
as Mabel
(1910)
The Usurer
as Invalid Daughter
(1910)
Never Again
as The Girl
(1910)
All on Account of the Milk
as The Young Woman
(1910)
(1910)
The Smoker
as George's Wife
(1910)
The Song of the Wildwood Flute
as Dove Eyes
(1910)
The Newlyweds
as Alice Vance
(1910)
(1910)
A Rich Revenge
as Jennie
(1910)
A Lucky Toothache
as Bessie
(1910)
A Lucky Toothache
as Mary
(1910)
Simple Charity
as Miss Wilkins
(1910)
Muggsy's First Sweetheart
as Mabel Brown
(1910)
What the Daisy Said
as Martha
(1910)
As It Is in Life
as Daughter (Adult)
(1910)
Wilful Peggy
as Peggy
(1910)
(1909)
To Save Her Soul
as Agnes Hailey
(1909)
His Duty
as A young woman in the street
(1909)
Through the Breakers
as An Extra
(1909)
Getting Even
as Miss Lucy
(1909)
In Old Kentucky
as Partygoer
(1909)
Her First Biscuits
as Biscuit Victim
(1909)
The Way of Man
as Winnie, Mabel's Cousin
(1909)
The Peachbasket Hat
as On street/In store
(1909)
The Violin Maker of Cremona
as Giannina, Taddeo's Daughter
(1909)
The Necklace
as The Maid / In Pawnshop
(1909)
1776, or The Hessian Renegades
as Messenger's Sister
(1909)
Two Memories
as Marion's Sister
(1909)
The Sealed Room
as A Lady-in-Waiting
(1909)
The Broken Locket
as Ruth King
(1909)
The Awakening
as The Widow's Daughter
(1909)
The Little Teacher
as The Little Teacher
(1909)
The Faded Lilies
as At party
(1909)
The Indian Runner's Romance
as Blue Cloud's Wife
(1909)
Tender Hearts
as Nellie
(1909)
Lines of White on a Sullen Sea
as Second Couple
(1909)
A Midnight Adventure
as Eleanor
(1909)
The Heart of an Outlaw
as The Outlaw's Daughter, as an Adult
(1909)
The Restoration
as Alice Ashford
(1909)
The Test
as Bessie
(1909)
They Would Elope
as Bessie
(1909)
The Gibson Goddess
as Woman on Sidewalk
(1909)
(1909)
The Slave
as A Slave Girl
(1909)
(1909)
(1909)
Pippa Passes
as Girl in crowd
(1909)
Sweet and Twenty
as Alice
(1909)
What's Your Hurry?
as Mary
(1909)
His Lost Love
as Mary
(1909)
The Trick that Failed
as Nellie Burt
(1909)
The Mountaineer's Honor
as Harum-Scarum, a Mountain Girl
(1909)
(1909)
The Renunciation
as Kittie Ryan
(1909)
The Little Darling
as Little Darling
(1909)
The Light That Came
as Daisy
(1909)
His Wife's Visitor
as Bessie Wright
(1909)
The Cardinal's Conspiracy
as A Disguised Servant
(1909)
The Country Doctor
as Poor Mother's Elder Daughter
(1909)
The Mexican Sweethearts
as The Señorita
(1909)
Oh, Uncle!
as Bessie
(1909)
The Son's Return
as Mary
(1909)
In the Watches of the Night
as Girl at Henry Brainard's
(1909)
The Seventh Day
as The Maid
Crew
(1949)
Love Happy
Executive Producer
(1948)
Sleep, My Love
Producer
(1947)
White Cradle Inn
Producer
(1947)
Stork Bites Man
Producer
(1946)
Little Iodine
Executive Producer
(1936)
The Gay Desperado
Producer
(1936)
One Rainy Afternoon
Producer
(1933)
Secrets
Executive Producer
(1929)
Coquette
Producer
(1927)
My Best Girl
Producer
(1926)
Sparrows
Producer
(1925)
Little Annie Rooney
Writer, Producer
(1924)
Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall
Producer, Director
(1923)
Rosita
Producer
(1923)
Garrison's Finish
Writer
(1922)
Tess of the Storm Country
Producer
(1921)
The Love Light
Producer
(1921)
Through The Back Door
Producer
(1921)
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Producer
(1920)
Pollyanna
Producer
(1920)
Suds
Producer
(1919)
The Hoodlum
Executive Producer
(1919)
Daddy-Long-Legs
Producer
(1918)
Johanna Enlists
Executive Producer
(1918)
How Could You, Jean?
Producer
(1917)
The Little American
Producer
(1917)
A Little Princess
Producer
(1916)
Poor Little Peppina
Producer
(1916)
Less Than the Dust
Producer
(1914)
Hearts Adrift
Writer
(1912)
Lena and the Geese
Screenplay
(1911)
Madame Rex
Writer
(1911)
Caught in the Act
Screenplay
(1911)
The Medallion
Screenplay
(1910)
May and December
Writer
(1909)
The Day After
Writer
(1909)
The Awakening
Screenplay