Mary Pickford
Known for: Acting
Born: April 7, 1892
Died: May 29, 1979
Place of birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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.
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Filmography
280 movies · 1 TV show, newest first
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Charmed Lives: A Family Romance
2028
7.0
Mary Pickford a Blessing and a Curse
2023
8.0
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
2020
6.5
Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts
2017
7.1
The Women Who Run Hollywood
2016
7.1
Birth of the Tramp
2013
7.2
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
2012
7.0
Sigrid Holmquist
2010
5.0
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
2008
4.3
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
2007
8.0
Douglas Fairbanks: The Great Swashbuckler
2005
7.0
Mary Pickford
2005
NR
Elf: Christmas in Tinseltown
2004
5.3
Chaplin Today: The Gold Rush
2003
5.0
Murders of Hollywood
2003
NR
D.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913
2002
7.0
The Tramp and the Dictator
2002
6.5
Decasia: The State of Decay
2002
7.0
Mary Pickford: A Life on Film
2000
10.0
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
1998
8.0
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995
8.3
The Casting Couch
1995
6.5
American Experience
1988
NR
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988
9.0
Hollywood’s Children
1982
8.0
Hooray for Hollywood
1976
6.7
Mondo Hollywood
19679.0
Anniversary
1963
7.0
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
1961
7.0
Yesterday and Today
1953
5.8
Love Happy
1949
6.3
Sleep, My Love
1948
10.0
Stork Bites Man
1947
6.8
White Cradle Inn
1947
NR
The Way of the World
1947
4.7
Little Iodine
1946
6.0
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
19427.0
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
1941
6.3
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940
5.6
Hollywood Hobbies
1939
3.7
The Gay Desperado
1936
5.0
One Rainy Afternoon
1936
6.0
Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove
1934
NR
Hollywood on Parade No. B-10
1934NR
Hollywood on Parade No. B-5
1933
5.2
Secrets
1933NR
Hollywood on Parade No. A-4
1932
8.5
The House That Shadows Built
1931
5.2
Kiki
1931
NR
Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5
1930
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The Voice of Hollywood
1930
5.8
The Taming of the Shrew
1929
5.9
Coquette
1929
6.3
The Gaucho
1927
7.1
My Best Girl
1927
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One of Many
1927
5.2
A Kiss from Mary Pickford
1927
7.0
Sparrows
1926
6.7
The Black Pirate
1926
7.3
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925
7.1
Little Annie Rooney
1925
5.0
Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall
1924NR
Mary and Doug Visit Stockholm
1924
6.6
Rosita
1923
9.0
Hollywood
1923
8.0
Garrison's Finish
1923
6.2
Tess of the Storm Country
1922
8.0
From Farm to Fame
1922
7.0
Little Lord Fauntleroy
1921
6.5
Through the Back Door
1921
6.9
The Love Light
1921
6.6
Suds
1920
6.5
Pollyanna
1920
6.3
Heart o' the Hills
1919
6.0
The Hoodlum
1919
6.7
Daddy-Long-Legs
1919
NR
Captain Kidd, Jr.
1919
7.0
100% American
1918
6.0
Johanna Enlists
1918
NR
Cupid Angling
1918
NR
How Could You, Jean?
1918
5.7
M'Liss
1918
5.3
Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley
1918
6.8
Stella Maris
1918
5.2
A Little Princess
1917
8.0
All-Star Production of Patriotic Episodes for the Second Liberty Loan
1917
5.8
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
1917
6.3
The Little American
1917
6.4
A Romance of the Redwoods
1917
5.7
The Poor Little Rich Girl
1917
7.1
The Pride of the Clan
1917
3.0
Less Than the Dust
1916
NR
Hulda from Holland
1916
NR
The Eternal Grind
1916
5.2
Poor Little Peppina
1916
NR
The Foundling
1916
4.5
Madame Butterfly
1915
NR
A Girl of Yesterday
1915
NR
Esmeralda
1915
7.5
Rags
1915NR
The Foundling
1915
NR
Little Pal
1915
7.0
The Dawn of a Tomorrow
1915
7.0
Fanchon, the Cricket
1915
NR
Mistress Nell
1915
5.4
Cinderella
1914
NR
Behind the Scenes
1914
NR
Such a Little Queen
1914
5.0
The Eagle's Mate
1914
5.4
Tess of the Storm Country
1914
NR
A Good Little Devil
1914
NR
Hearts Adrift
1914
1.0
Caprice
1913
1.0
In the Bishop's Carriage
1913
5.0
The Unwelcome Guest
1913
5.6
The New York Hat
1912
NR
The Informer
1912
5.5
My Baby
1912NR
The One She Loved
1912
4.5
A Feud in the Kentucky Hills
1912
5.9
So Near, Yet So Far
1912
5.5
Friends
1912
NR
A Pueblo Legend
1912
3.0
With the Enemy's Help
1912
4.0
The Inner Circle
1912
4.5
The Narrow Road
1912
4.0
An Indian Summer
1912
4.8
The School Teacher and the Waif
1912
4.9
Lena and the Geese
1912
NR
Home Folks
1912
5.6
A Beast at Bay
1912
5.7
A Lodging for the Night
1912
5.4
The Old Actor
1912
4.0
Won by a Fish
1912NR
Just Like a Woman
1912
4.2
The Female of the Species
1912
NR
Fate's Interception
1912
5.5
Iola's Promise
1912
7.0
A Timely Repentance
1912
5.8
The Mender of Nets
1912NR
Honor Thy Father
1912NR
The Caddy's Dream
1911NR
How Mary Fixed it
19119.0
The Portrait
1911
NR
Little Red Riding Hood
1911NR
Love Heeds Not Showers
1911
6.0
The Courting of Mary
1911NR
From the Bottom of the Sea
1911
NR
His Dress Shirt
1911
NR
The Better Way
1911NR
The Sentinel Asleep
1911
NR
The Rose's Story
1911
NR
'Tween Two Loves
1911
NR
The Toss of a Coin
1911
4.0
As a Boy Dreams
1911NR
The Call of the Song
1911NR
The Skating Bug
1911NR
Science
1911NR
At a Quarter of Two
19118.0
Caught in the Act
1911NR
A Gasoline Engagement
1911
NR
For the Queen's Honor
1911
NR
In the Sultan's Garden
1911NR
Behind the Stockade
1911NR
Back to the Soil
1911NR
The Lighthouse Keeper
1911NR
The Master and the Man
1911NR
For Her Brother's Sake
1911NR
The Fair Dentist
1911
7.0
The Temptress
1911NR
Second Sight
1911NR
While There is hope, There is Life
1911NR
The Stampede
1911
NR
Madame Rex
1911
4.0
Sweet Memories
1911
4.0
In Old Madrid
1911NR
The Fisher-Maid
19117.0
The Secret of the Palm
1911NR
The Message in the Bottle
1911NR
The Medallion
1911NR
A Decree of Destiny
19119.0
Tracked
1911
NR
A Manly Man
1911
3.0
Artful Kate
1911
9.0
The Convert
1911
NR
Her Darkest Hour
1911
NR
The Mirror
1911NR
When the Cat's Away
1911NR
Three Sisters
1911
NR
Maid or Man
1911
5.5
The Dream
1911
4.0
The Italian Barber
1911
NR
Their First Misunderstanding
1911
4.0
When a Man Loves
1911NR
White Roses
1910
NR
A Plain Song
1910
NR
The Song of the Wildwood Flute
1910
NR
Sunshine Sue
1910
NR
Simple Charity
1910
NR
Waiter No. 5
1910
NR
A Lucky Toothache
1910
5.0
That Chink at Golden Gulch
1910
5.5
A Gold Necklace
1910
5.0
Muggsy Becomes a Hero
1910
5.0
Wilful Peggy
1910
NR
The Sorrows of the Unfaithful
1910
5.0
When We Were in Our 'Teens
1910
5.0
The Usurer
1910
4.8
An Arcadian Maid
1910
4.0
The Call to Arms
1910
4.7
What the Daisy Said
1910
5.0
Muggsy's First Sweetheart
1910
6.2
A Child's Impulse
19104.0
Never Again
1910
5.0
May and December
1910
NR
A Victim of Jealousy
1910NR
In the Season of Buds
1910
4.9
Ramona
19102.5
An Affair of Hearts
1910
NR
The Two Brothers
1910
4.7
Love Among the Roses
1910
6.5
The Unchanging Sea
1910
NR
A Romance of the Western Hills
1910NR
A Rich Revenge
1910
5.2
As It Is in Life
1910NR
The Smoker
1910NR
The Twisted Trail
1910
NR
The Thread of Destiny
1910
5.0
The Newlyweds
1910NR
The Englishman and the Girl
1910NR
The Woman from Mellon's
1910
5.3
All on Account of the Milk
19102.0
The Heart of an Outlaw
1909
2.8
The Day After
1909
5.2
To Save Her Soul
19094.2
The Test
1909
4.2
Through the Breakers
19094.0
The Trick that Failed
1909
4.7
The Mountaineer's Honor
19094.5
Sweet Revenge
19090.5
A Midnight Adventure
1909
4.1
The Light That Came
1909
4.5
The Restoration
1909
4.2
The Gibson Goddess
1909
5.2
What's Your Hurry?
1909
4.2
Lines of White on a Sullen Sea
19092.0
In the Watches of the Night
1909
2.0
His Lost Love
19091.0
The Little Teacher
1909
5.4
Pippa Passes
1909
4.2
The Awakening
1909
1.5
In Old Kentucky
1909
3.5
The Broken Locket
1909
3.8
Getting Even
1909
5.2
1776, or The Hessian Renegades
1909
5.1
The Sealed Room
1909
4.4
The Little Darling
1909
3.5
Oh, Uncle!
1909
3.0
The Seventh Day
1909
3.0
The Indian Runner's Romance
1909
0.5
His Wife's Visitor
1909
5.1
They Would Elope
1909
4.3
A Strange Meeting
1909
4.2
The Slave
1909
3.8
Sweet and Twenty
1909
4.4
The Renunciation
1909
3.0
Tender Hearts
1909
3.7
The Cardinal's Conspiracy
1909
6.1
The Country Doctor
1909
4.0
The Necklace
1909
4.0
The Way of Man
1909
4.2
The Peachbasket Hat
19090.5
The Mexican Sweethearts
1909
3.0
Her First Biscuits
1909
2.2
The Faded Lilies
1909
5.6
The Son's Return
1909
6.0
The Lonely Villa
1909
4.6
The Violin Maker of Cremona
1909
3.9
His Duty
1909
4.5
What Drink Did
1909
4.2
Two Memories
1909