Mary Pickford

Known for ActingBorn 1892-04-07Died 1979-05-29Toronto, 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.Read more

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Astrid

Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists

Stork Bites Man

Hollywood’s Children

Anniversary

The Casting Couch

Hollywood

Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty

The Convert

Tracked

The Portrait

Douglas Fairbanks: The Great Swashbuckler

The House That Shadows Built

Hooray for Hollywood

Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe

The Women Who Run Hollywood

Mary Pickford a Blessing and a Curse

Birth of the Tramp

Garrison's Finish

From Farm to Fame

All-Star Production of Patriotic Episodes for the Second Liberty Loan

Caught in the Act

Sigrid Holmquist

The Tramp and the Dictator

Mary Pickford

Mary Pickford: A Life on Film

Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts

Rags

The Legend of Rudolph Valentino

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

Yesterday and Today

Decasia: The State of Decay

Mondo Hollywood

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2

American Experience

My Best Girl

Little Annie Rooney

White Cradle Inn

The Pride of the Clan

Little Lord Fauntleroy

Sparrows

100% American

Fanchon, the Cricket

The Dawn of a Tomorrow

A Timely Repentance

The Temptress

The Love Light

The Secret of the Palm