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Mary Pickford

Mary Pickford

Birthday: 1892-04-07 | 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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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2016
The Women Who Run Hollywood

as    Self (archive footage)

2010
Sigrid Holmquist

as    Sigrid Holmquist (archive footage)

2008
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies

as    Self (archive footage)

2003
Chaplin Today: The Gold Rush

as    Self (archive footage)

2000
Mary Pickford: A Life on Film

as    Self / Numerous Roles (archive footage) (uncredited)

1963
Anniversary

as    Herself - Archive Footage (uncredited)

1947
The Way of the World

as    Dora (Archive Footage)

1940
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

as    Self (archive footage)

1933
Secrets

as    Mary Marlowe / Mary Carlton

1931
Kiki

as    Kiki

1930
Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5

as    Mary Pickford

1929
The Taming of the Shrew

as    Caterina

1929
Coquette

as    Norma Besant

1927
One of Many

as    Archive footage

1927
My Best Girl

as    Maggie Johnson

1927
The Gaucho

as    The Virgin Mary

1926
Sparrows

as    Molly

1925
Little Annie Rooney

as    Annabelle 'Little Annie' Rooney

1924
Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall

as    Dorothy Vernon