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