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 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
Credits
- 2023 · Mary Pickford a Blessing and a Curse as Self
- 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)
- 2010 · Sigrid Holmquist as Sigrid Holmquist (archive footage)
- 2010 · Smash His Camera as Self (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)
- 2002 · D.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913 as
- 2002 · The Tramp and the Dictator as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 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 · American Experience as Self
- 1985 · What Do Those Old Films Mean? as Herself(archive footage)
- 1982 · Hollywood’s Children 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 · Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2 as
- 1940 · Cavalcade of the Academy Awards as Self (archive footage)
- 1939 · Hollywood Hobbies as Self (uncredited)
- 1934 · Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove as Self
- 1933 · Hollywood on Parade No. B-5 as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1933 · Secrets as Mary Marlowe / Mary Carlton
- 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 · The Taming of the Shrew as Caterina
- 1929 · Coquette as Norma Besant
- 1927 · The Gaucho as The Virgin Mary
- 1927 · My Best Girl as Maggie Johnson
- 1927 · One of Many as Archive footage
- 1927 · A Kiss from Mary Pickford as Self (archive footage)
- 1926 · Sparrows as Molly
- 1926 · The Black Pirate as Princess Isobel in Final Embrace - Cameo Appearance (uncredited)
- 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 · Mary and Doug Visit Stockholm as
- 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 · Through The Back Door as Jeanne
- 1921 · The Love Light as Angela Carlotti
- 1920 · Suds as Amanda Afflick
- 1920 · Pollyanna as Pollyanna Whittier
- 1919 · Heart o' the Hills as Mavis Hawn
- 1919 · The Hoodlum as Amy Burke
- 1919 · Daddy-Long-Legs as Judy Abbott
- 1919 · Captain Kidd, Jr. as Mary MacTavish
- 1918 · 100% American as Mayme
- 1918 · Johanna Enlists as Johanna Renssaller
- 1918 · Cupid Angling as
- 1918 · How Could You, Jean? as Jean Mackaye
- 1918 · M'Liss as Melissa 'M'liss' Smith
- 1918 · Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley as Amarilly Jenkins
- 1918 · Stella Maris as Miss Stella Maris / Unity Blake
- 1917 · A Little Princess as Sara Crewe
- 1917 · All-Star Production of Patriotic Episodes for the Second Liberty Loan as
- 1917 · Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm as Rebecca Randall
- 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 · The Pride of the Clan as Marget MacTavish
- 1916 · Less Than the Dust as Radha
- 1916 · Hulda from Holland as Hulda
- 1916 · The Eternal Grind as Louise
- 1916 · Poor Little Peppina as Peppina
- 1916 · The Foundling as Molly O
- 1915 · Madame Butterfly as Cho-Cho-San
- 1915 · A Girl of Yesterday as Jane Stuart
- 1915 · Esmeralda as Esmeralda Rogers
- 1915 · Rags as Rags / Alice McCloud
- 1915 · The Foundling as Molly O
- 1915 · Little Pal as 'Little Pal'
- 1915 · The Dawn of a Tomorrow as Glad
- 1915 · Fanchon, the Cricket as Fanchon, the Cricket
- 1915 · Mistress Nell as Nell Gwyn
- 1914 · Cinderella as Cinderella
- 1914 · Behind the Scenes as Dolly Lane
- 1914 · Such a Little Queen as Queen Anna Victoria
- 1914 · The Eagle's Mate as Anemone Breckenridge
- 1914 · Tess of the Storm Country as Tessibel Skinner
- 1914 · A Good Little Devil as Juliet
- 1914 · Hearts Adrift as Nina
- 1913 · Caprice as Mercy Baxter
- 1913 · In the Bishop's Carriage as Nance Olden
- 1913 · The Unwelcome Guest as Jessie - the Slavey
- 1912 · The New York Hat as Mary Harding, the Daughter
- 1912 · The Informer as The Confederate Captain's Sweetheart
- 1912 · My Baby as The Wife
- 1912 · The One She Loved as The Wife
- 1912 · A Feud in the Kentucky Hills as The Daughter
- 1912 · So Near, Yet So Far as The Young Woman
- 1912 · Friends as Dora - the Orphan
- 1912 · A Pueblo Legend as The Indian Girl
- 1912 · With the Enemy's Help as Faro Kate
- 1912 · The Inner Circle as The Rich Italian's Daughter
- 1912 · The Narrow Road as Mrs. Jim Holcomb
- 1912 · An Indian Summer as The Widow's Daughter
- 1912 · The School Teacher and the Waif as Nora, the Waif
- 1912 · Lena and the Geese as Lena
- 1912 · Home Folks as The Young Woman
- 1912 · A Beast at Bay as The Young Woman
- 1912 · A Lodging for the Night as The Mexican Girl
- 1912 · The Old Actor as The Old Actor's Daughter
- 1912 · Won by a Fish as The Woman
- 1912 · Just Like a Woman as The Young Woman
- 1912 · The Female of the Species as The Miner's Wife's Sister
- 1912 · Fate's Interception as The Mexican Girl
- 1912 · Iola's Promise as Iola
- 1912 · A Timely Repentance as Mrs. Nordell - Heroine of the Movie within the Movie, 'The Wife's Desertion'
- 1912 · The Mender of Nets as The Little Net-Mender
- 1912 · Honor Thy Father as Mary Fuller
- 1911 · How Mary Fixed it as Mary
- 1911 · The Caddy's Dream as Miss Kelsomine
- 1911 · The Portrait as Little Vera - the Model
- 1911 · Little Red Riding Hood as Little Red Riding Hood
- 1911 · Love Heeds Not Showers as Mary
- 1911 · The Courting of Mary as Mary
- 1911 · From the Bottom of the Sea as Undetermined Role (unconfirmed)
- 1911 · His Dress Shirt as Mrs. Kirby
- 1911 · The Better Way as Lillian Garvey - a Salvation Army Lass
- 1911 · The Sentinel Asleep as Unknown Role
- 1911 · The Rose's Story as Unknown Role
- 1911 · 'Tween Two Loves as Grace
- 1911 · The Toss of a Coin as Alice Barton - the Farmer's Daughter
- 1911 · The Call of the Song as Amy Gordon
- 1911 · As a Boy Dreams as
- 1911 · The Skating Bug as The Girl
- 1911 · Science as Mrs. Crawford
- 1911 · At a Quarter of Two as Mrs Warren
- 1911 · A Gasoline Engagement as Flora Powell
- 1911 · For the Queen's Honor as Princess Gilda
- 1911 · In the Sultan's Garden as Hadee
- 1911 · In the Sultan's Garden as Haidee
- 1911 · Behind the Stockade as Florence Williams
- 1911 · Back to the Soil as Sadie Allen
- 1911 · The Lighthouse Keeper as Polly Berry - the Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter
- 1911 · The Master and the Man as Elsie Graham
- 1911 · For Her Brother's Sake as Madge Spotwood
- 1911 · The Fair Dentist as Edith Morton - The Fair Dentist
- 1911 · The Temptress as Lucille Allen
- 1911 · Second Sight as Gertrude Edgar
- 1911 · While There is hope, There is Life as Unknown Role
- 1911 · The Stampede as Nello
- 1911 · Sweet Memories as Polly Biblett
- 1911 · In Old Madrid as
- 1911 · The Fisher-Maid as Paula, The Fishing-Maid
- 1911 · The Secret of the Palm as Unknown Role
- 1911 · The Message in the Bottle as Louise Spencer
- 1911 · Tracked as Unknown Role
- 1911 · A Decree of Destiny as Mary
- 1911 · A Manly Man as Lola
- 1911 · Artful Kate as Artful Kate Stanley
- 1911 · The Convert as Agnes Boyd
- 1911 · Her Darkest Hour as Ruth
- 1911 · When the Cat's Away as Dorothy, The Wife
- 1911 · The Mirror as Dorothy
- 1911 · Three Sisters as Mary
- 1911 · Maid or Man as Elsie Keene
- 1911 · The Dream as Nell Herbert
- 1911 · The Italian Barber as Alice
- 1911 · Their First Misunderstanding as Mae Darcy
- 1911 · When a Man Loves as Tessie
- 1910 · White Roses as Betty
- 1910 · A Plain Song as Edith
- 1910 · The Song of the Wildwood Flute as Dove Eyes
- 1910 · Sunshine Sue as
- 1910 · Simple Charity as Miss Wilkins
- 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 · That Chink at Golden Gulch as
- 1910 · A Gold Necklace as Masie
- 1910 · Muggsy Becomes a Hero as Mabel
- 1910 · Wilful Peggy as Peggy
- 1910 · The Sorrows of the Unfaithful as Mary
- 1910 · When We Were in Our 'Teens as Mary
- 1910 · The Usurer as Invalid Daughter
- 1910 · An Arcadian Maid as The Arcadian Maid
- 1910 · The Call to Arms as A Messenger
- 1910 · What the Daisy Said as Martha
- 1910 · Muggsy's First Sweetheart as Mabel Brown
- 1910 · A Child's Impulse as Grace
- 1910 · May and December as May
- 1910 · Never Again as The Girl
- 1910 · A Victim of Jealousy as The Wife's Friend
- 1910 · In the Season of Buds as Mabel
- 1910 · Ramona as Ramona
- 1910 · The Two Brothers as A Mexican
- 1910 · Love Among the Roses as The Lacemaker
- 1910 · The Unchanging Sea as The Daughter as an Adult
- 1910 · A Romance of the Western Hills as
- 1910 · A Rich Revenge as Jennie
- 1910 · As It Is in Life as
- 1910 · The Smoker as George's Wife
- 1910 · The Twisted Trail as Molly Hendricks
- 1910 · The Thread of Destiny as Myrtle
- 1910 · The Newlyweds as Alice Vance
- 1910 · The Englishman and the Girl as The Girl
- 1910 · The Woman from Mellon's as Mary Petersby
- 1910 · All on Account of the Milk as The Young Woman
- 1909 · The Heart of an Outlaw as The Outlaw's Daughter, as an Adult
- 1909 · To Save Her Soul as Agnes Hailey
- 1909 · The Test as Bessie
- 1909 · Through the Breakers as An Extra
- 1909 · The Trick that Failed as Nellie Burt
- 1909 · The Mountaineer's Honor as Harum-Scarum, a Mountain Girl
- 1909 · A Sweet Revenge as
- 1909 · A Midnight Adventure as Eleanor
- 1909 · The Light That Came as
- 1909 · The Restoration as Alice Ashford
- 1909 · The Gibson Goddess as Woman on Sidewalk
- 1909 · What's Your Hurry? as Mary
- 1909 · Lines of White on a Sullen Sea as Second Couple
- 1909 · In the Watches of the Night as Girl at Henry Brainard's
- 1909 · His Lost Love as Mary
- 1909 · The Little Teacher as The Little Teacher
- 1909 · Pippa Passes as Girl in crowd
- 1909 · The Awakening as The Widow's Daughter
- 1909 · In Old Kentucky as Partygoer
- 1909 · The Broken Locket as Ruth King
- 1909 · Getting Even as Miss Lucy
- 1909 · 1776, or The Hessian Renegades as Messenger's Sister
- 1909 · The Sealed Room as A Lady-in-Waiting
- 1909 · The Little Darling as Little Darling
- 1909 · The Seventh Day as The Maid
- 1909 · Oh, Uncle! as Bessie
- 1909 · The Indian Runner's Romance as Blue Cloud's Wife
- 1909 · His Wife's Visitor as Bessie Wright
- 1909 · They Would Elope as Bessie
- 1909 · A Strange Meeting as
- 1909 · The Slave as A Slave Girl
- 1909 · Sweet and Twenty as Alice
- 1909 · The Renunciation as Kittie Ryan
- 1909 · Tender Hearts as Nellie
- 1909 · The Cardinal's Conspiracy as A Disguised Servant
- 1909 · The Country Doctor as Poor Mother's Elder Daughter
- 1909 · The Necklace as The Maid / In Pawnshop
- 1909 · The Way of Man as Winnie, Mabel's Cousin
- 1909 · The Peachbasket Hat as On street/In store
- 1909 · The Mexican Sweethearts as The Señorita
- 1909 · Her First Biscuits as Biscuit Victim
- 1909 · The Faded Lilies as At party
- 1909 · The Son's Return as Mary
- 1909 · The Lonely Villa as
- 1909 · The Violin Maker of Cremona as Giannina, Taddeo's Daughter
- 1909 · His Duty as A young woman in the street
- 1909 · Two Memories as Marion's Sister