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Known For
Acting
Birthday
April 7, 1892
Died
May 29, 1979
Place of Birth
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Also Known As
- Baby Gladys
- Gladys Marie Smith
- Catherine Hennessey
- Dorothy Nicholson
- Gladys Nicholson
- Baby Gladys Smith
- مری پیکفورد
- America's Sweetheart
Mary Pickford
0.8 Popularity
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
7.0
Self
Mary Pickford a Blessing and a Curse
2023
6.5
Self - Actress (archive footage)
Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts
2017
7.1
Self (archive footage)
The Women Who Run Hollywood
2016
7.1
Self (archive footage)
Birth of the Tramp
2013
7.2
Self (archive footage)
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
2012
7.0
Sigrid Holmquist (archive footage)
Sigrid Holmquist
2010
5.0
Self (archive footage)
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
2008
4.3
Self (voice) (archive footage)
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
2007
6.0
Self (archive footage)
Douglas Fairbanks: The Great Swashbuckler
2005
7.0
Self/Archival Footage
Mary Pickford
2005
Credits
Mary Pickford a Blessing and a Curse
as Self
2023
7.0
Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
2017
6.5
The Women Who Run Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
2016
7.1
Birth of the Tramp
as Self (archive footage)
2013
7.1
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
as Self (archive footage)
2012
7.2
Sigrid Holmquist
as Sigrid Holmquist (archive footage)
2010
7.0
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
as Self (archive footage)
2008
5.0
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
as Self (voice) (archive footage)
2007
4.3
Douglas Fairbanks: The Great Swashbuckler
as Self (archive footage)
2005
6.0
Mary Pickford
as Self/Archival Footage
2005
7.0
Chaplin Today: The Gold Rush
as Self (archive footage)
2003
5.0
Murders of Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
2003
2.0
D.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913
2002
0.0
The Tramp and the Dictator
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2002
7.0
Mary Pickford: A Life on Film
as Self / Numerous Roles (archive footage) (uncredited)
2000
0.0
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
as Self / Various roles (archive footage)
1998
0.0
American Experience
as Self
1988
6.9
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988
0.0
What Do Those Old Films Mean?
as Herself(archive footage)
1985
6.0
Hollywood’s Children
as Self (archive footage)
1982
0.0
Hooray for Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
1976
0.0
🎬
Anniversary
as Herself - Archive Footage (uncredited)
1963
0.0
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
as Self (archive footage)
1961
0.0
Yesterday and Today
as (archive footage)
1953
0.0
The Way of the World
as Dora (Archive Footage)
1947
0.0
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
as Herself
1942
6.0
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
1941
6.0
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
as Self (archive footage)
1940
6.5
Hollywood Hobbies
as Self (uncredited)
1939
5.3
Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove
as Self
1934
5.5
Hollywood on Parade No. B-5
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1933
0.0
Secrets
as Mary Marlowe / Mary Carlton
1933
4.8
Hollywood on Parade No. A-4
as Self (uncredited)
1932
0.0
The House That Shadows Built
as (archive footage)
1931
7.0
Kiki
as Kiki
1931
4.5
Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5
as Mary Pickford
1930
0.0
🎬
The Voice of Hollywood
as Self/Queen of the Movies
1930
0.0
The Taming of the Shrew
as Caterina
1929
5.4
Coquette
as Norma Besant
1929
5.7
The Gaucho
as The Virgin Mary
1927
6.1
My Best Girl
as Maggie Johnson
1927
7.0
One of Many
as Archive footage
1927
0.0
A Kiss from Mary Pickford
as Self (archive footage)
1927
4.7
Sparrows
as Molly
1926
7.0
The Black Pirate
as Princess Isobel in Final Embrace - Cameo Appearance (uncredited)
1926
6.7
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
1925
7.3
Little Annie Rooney
as Annabelle 'Little Annie' Rooney
1925
6.9
Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall
as Dorothy Vernon
1924
4.3
🎬
Mary and Doug Visit Stockholm
1924
0.0
Rosita
as Rosita
1923
6.5
Hollywood
as Mary Pickford
1923
8.5
Tess of the Storm Country
as Tessibel 'Tess' Skinner
1922
5.8
From Farm to Fame
as Mary Pickford
1922
0.0
Little Lord Fauntleroy
as Cedric Errol / Widow Errol
1921
7.0
Through The Back Door
as Jeanne Bodamere
1921
6.1
The Love Light
as Angela Carlotti
1921
6.7
Suds
as Amanda Afflick
1920
6.5
Pollyanna
as Pollyanna Whittier
1920
6.3
Heart o' the Hills
as Mavis Hawn
1919
6.0
The Hoodlum
as Amy Burke
1919
5.8
Daddy-Long-Legs
as Judy Abbott
1919
6.6
Captain Kidd, Jr.
as Mary MacTavish
1919
0.0
100% American
as Mayme
1918
5.5
Johanna Enlists
as Johanna Renssaller
1918
5.8
Cupid Angling
1918
0.0
How Could You, Jean?
as Jean Mackaye
1918
0.0
M'Liss
as Melissa 'M'liss' Smith
1918
5.7
Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley
as Amarilly Jenkins
1918
5.3
Stella Maris
as Miss Stella Maris / Unity Blake
1918
6.8
A Little Princess
as Sara Crewe
1917
5.2
All-Star Production of Patriotic Episodes for the Second Liberty Loan
1917
0.0
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
as Rebecca Randall
1917
5.8
The Little American
as Angela Moore
1917
6.3
A Romance of the Redwoods
as Jenny Lawrence
1917
6.4
The Poor Little Rich Girl
as Gwen
1917
5.7
The Pride of the Clan
as Marget MacTavish
1917
7.1
Less Than the Dust
as Radha
1916
3.0
Hulda from Holland
as Hulda
1916
0.0
The Eternal Grind
as Louise
1916
0.0
Poor Little Peppina
as Peppina
1916
5.2
The Foundling
as Molly O
1916
0.0
Madame Butterfly
as Cho-Cho-San
1915
4.5
A Girl of Yesterday
as Jane Stuart
1915
0.0
Esmeralda
as Esmeralda Rogers
1915
0.0
Rags
as Rags / Alice McCloud
1915
7.5
🎬
The Foundling
as Molly O
1915
0.0
Little Pal
as 'Little Pal'
1915
0.0
The Dawn of a Tomorrow
as Glad
1915
7.0
Fanchon, the Cricket
as Fanchon, the Cricket
1915
6.9
Mistress Nell
as Nell Gwyn
1915
0.0
Cinderella
as Cinderella
1914
5.4
Behind the Scenes
as Dolly Lane
1914
0.0
Such a Little Queen
as Queen Anna Victoria
1914
0.0
The Eagle's Mate
as Anemone Breckenridge
1914
5.0
Tess of the Storm Country
as Tessibel Skinner
1914
5.4
A Good Little Devil
as Juliet
1914
0.0
Hearts Adrift
as Nina
1914
0.0
Caprice
as Mercy Baxter
1913
1.0
In the Bishop's Carriage
as Nance Olden
1913
1.0
The Unwelcome Guest
as Jessie - the Slavey
1913
5.0
The New York Hat
as Mary Harding, the Daughter
1912
5.6
The Informer
as The Confederate Captain's Sweetheart
1912
0.0
My Baby
as The Wife
1912
5.5
The One She Loved
as The Wife
1912
0.0
A Feud in the Kentucky Hills
as The Daughter
1912
4.5
So Near, Yet So Far
as The Young Woman
1912
5.9
Friends
as Dora - the Orphan
1912
5.5
A Pueblo Legend
as The Indian Girl
1912
0.0
With the Enemy's Help
as Faro Kate
1912
3.0
The Inner Circle
as The Rich Italian's Daughter
1912
4.0
The Narrow Road
as Mrs. Jim Holcomb
1912
4.5
An Indian Summer
as The Widow's Daughter
1912
4.0
The School Teacher and the Waif
as Nora, the Waif
1912
4.8
Lena and the Geese
as Lena
1912
4.4
Home Folks
as The Young Woman
1912
0.0
A Beast at Bay
as The Young Woman
1912
5.6
A Lodging for the Night
as The Mexican Girl
1912
5.7
The Old Actor
as The Old Actor's Daughter
1912
5.4
Won by a Fish
as The Woman
1912
4.0
🎬
Just Like a Woman
as The Young Woman
1912
0.0
The Female of the Species
as The Miner's Wife's Sister
1912
4.2
Fate's Interception
as The Mexican Girl
1912
0.0
Iola's Promise
as Iola
1912
5.0
A Timely Repentance
as Mrs. Nordell - Heroine of the Movie within the Movie, 'The Wife's Desertion'
1912
0.0
The Mender of Nets
as The Little Net-Mender
1912
5.8
🎬
Honor Thy Father
as Mary Fuller
1912
0.0
🎬
The Caddy's Dream
as Miss Kelsomine
1911
0.0
🎬
How Mary Fixed it
as Mary
1911
0.0
🎬
The Portrait
as Little Vera - the Model
1911
0.0
Little Red Riding Hood
as Little Red Riding Hood
1911
0.0
🎬
Love Heeds Not Showers
as Mary
1911
0.0
The Courting of Mary
as Mary
1911
6.0
🎬
From the Bottom of the Sea
as Undetermined Role (unconfirmed)
1911
0.0
His Dress Shirt
as Mrs. Kirby
1911
0.0
The Better Way
as Lillian Garvey - a Salvation Army Lass
1911
0.0
🎬
The Sentinel Asleep
as Unknown Role
1911
0.0
The Rose's Story
as Unknown Role
1911
0.0
'Tween Two Loves
as Grace
1911
0.0
The Toss of a Coin
as Alice Barton - the Farmer's Daughter
1911
0.0
🎬
The Call of the Song
as Amy Gordon
1911
0.0
As a Boy Dreams
1911
4.0
🎬
The Skating Bug
as The Girl
1911
0.0
🎬
Science
as Mrs. Crawford
1911
0.0
🎬
At a Quarter of Two
as Mrs Warren
1911
0.0
🎬
A Gasoline Engagement
as Flora Powell
1911
0.0
For the Queen's Honor
as Princess Gilda
1911
0.0
In the Sultan's Garden
as Hadee
1911
0.0
In the Sultan's Garden
as Haidee
1911
0.0
🎬
Behind the Stockade
as Florence Williams
1911
0.0
🎬
Back to the Soil
as Sadie Allen
1911
0.0
🎬
The Lighthouse Keeper
as Polly Berry - the Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter
1911
0.0
🎬
The Master and the Man
as Elsie Graham
1911
0.0
🎬
For Her Brother's Sake
as Madge Spotwood
1911
0.0
🎬
The Fair Dentist
as Edith Morton - The Fair Dentist
1911
0.0
The Temptress
as Lucille Allen
1911
0.0
🎬
Second Sight
as Gertrude Edgar
1911
0.0
🎬
While There is hope, There is Life
as Unknown Role
1911
0.0
🎬
The Stampede
as Nello
1911
0.0
Sweet Memories
as Polly Biblett
1911
4.0
In Old Madrid
1911
4.0
🎬
The Fisher-Maid
as Paula, The Fishing-Maid
1911
0.0
🎬
The Secret of the Palm
as Edna
1911
0.0
🎬
The Medallion
as Rumored
1911
0.0
🎬
The Message in the Bottle
as Louise Spencer
1911
0.0
🎬
Tracked
as Unknown Role
1911
0.0
🎬
A Decree of Destiny
as Mary
1911
0.0
A Manly Man
as Lola
1911
0.0
Artful Kate
as Artful Kate Stanley
1911
3.0
The Convert
as Agnes Boyd
1911
0.0
Her Darkest Hour
as Ruth
1911
0.0
The Mirror
as Dorothy
1911
0.0
🎬
When the Cat's Away
as Dorothy, The Wife
1911
0.0
🎬
Three Sisters
as Mary
1911
0.0
Maid or Man
as Elsie Keene
1911
0.0
The Dream
as Nell Herbert
1911
5.5
The Italian Barber
as Alice
1911
4.0
Their First Misunderstanding
as Mae Darcy
1911
0.0
When a Man Loves
as Tessie
1911
4.0
🎬
White Roses
as Betty
1910
0.0
A Plain Song
as Edith
1910
0.0
The Song of the Wildwood Flute
as Dove Eyes
1910
0.0
Sunshine Sue
1910
0.0
Simple Charity
as Miss Wilkins
1910
0.0
Waiter No. 5
as The Chief of Police's Son's Fiancée
1910
0.0
A Lucky Toothache
as Mary
1910
0.0
A Lucky Toothache
as Bessie
1910
0.0
That Chink at Golden Gulch
1910
5.0
A Gold Necklace
as Masie
1910
5.5
Muggsy Becomes a Hero
as Mabel
1910
5.0
Wilful Peggy
as Peggy
1910
5.0
The Sorrows of the Unfaithful
as Mary
1910
0.0
When We Were in Our 'Teens
as Mary
1910
5.0
The Usurer
as Invalid Daughter
1910
5.0
An Arcadian Maid
as The Arcadian Maid
1910
4.8
The Call to Arms
as A Messenger
1910
4.0
What the Daisy Said
as Martha
1910
4.7
Muggsy's First Sweetheart
as Mabel Brown
1910
5.0
A Child's Impulse
as Grace
1910
6.2
🎬
Never Again
as The Girl
1910
4.0
May and December
as May
1910
5.0
A Victim of Jealousy
as The Wife's Friend
1910
0.0
In the Season of Buds
as Mabel
1910
0.0
Ramona
as Ramona
1910
4.8
The Two Brothers
as A Mexican
1910
0.0
Love Among the Roses
as The Lacemaker
1910
4.7
The Unchanging Sea
as The Daughter as an Adult
1910
6.4
A Romance of the Western Hills
1910
0.0
🎬
A Rich Revenge
as Jennie
1910
0.0
As It Is in Life
as Daughter (Adult)
1910
5.2
🎬
The Smoker
as George's Wife
1910
0.0
🎬
The Twisted Trail
as Molly Hendricks
1910
0.0
The Thread of Destiny
as Myrtle
1910
0.0
The Newlyweds
as Alice Vance
1910
5.0
🎬
The Englishman and the Girl
as The Girl
1910
0.0
🎬
The Woman from Mellon's
as Mary Petersby
1910
0.0
All on Account of the Milk
as The Young Woman
1910
5.3
🎬
The Heart of an Outlaw
as The Outlaw's Daughter, as an Adult
1909
2.0
To Save Her Soul
as Agnes Hailey
1909
5.2
🎬
The Test
as Bessie
1909
4.2
Through the Breakers
as An Extra
1909
4.2
🎬
The Trick that Failed
as Nellie Burt
1909
4.0
The Mountaineer's Honor
as Harum-Scarum, a Mountain Girl
1909
4.6
🎬
A Sweet Revenge
1909
4.5
🎬
A Midnight Adventure
as Eleanor
1909
0.5
The Light That Came
as Daisy
1909
4.1
The Restoration
as Alice Ashford
1909
4.5
The Gibson Goddess
as Woman on Sidewalk
1909
4.1
What's Your Hurry?
as Mary
1909
5.3
Lines of White on a Sullen Sea
as Second Couple
1909
3.2
🎬
In the Watches of the Night
as Girl at Henry Brainard's
1909
2.0
His Lost Love
as Mary
1909
2.0
🎬
The Little Teacher
as The Little Teacher
1909
1.0
Pippa Passes
as Girl in crowd
1909
5.4
The Awakening
as The Widow's Daughter
1909
3.7
In Old Kentucky
as Partygoer
1909
1.5
The Broken Locket
as Ruth King
1909
3.5
Getting Even
as Miss Lucy
1909
3.8
1776, or The Hessian Renegades
as Messenger's Sister
1909
5.2
The Sealed Room
as A Lady-in-Waiting
1909
4.9
The Little Darling
as Little Darling
1909
4.4
Oh, Uncle!
as Bessie
1909
3.5
The Seventh Day
as The Maid
1909
3.0
The Indian Runner's Romance
as Blue Cloud's Wife
1909
3.0
His Wife's Visitor
as Bessie Wright
1909
0.5
They Would Elope
as Bessie
1909
5.1
A Strange Meeting
1909
4.3
The Slave
as A Slave Girl
1909
4.2
Sweet and Twenty
as Alice
1909
3.8
The Renunciation
as Kittie Ryan
1909
4.4
Tender Hearts
as Nellie
1909
3.0
The Cardinal's Conspiracy
as A Disguised Servant
1909
3.7
The Country Doctor
as Poor Mother's Elder Daughter
1909
6.2
The Necklace
as The Maid / In Pawnshop
1909
4.0
The Way of Man
as Winnie, Mabel's Cousin
1909
4.0
The Peachbasket Hat
as On street/In store
1909
4.2
🎬
The Mexican Sweethearts
as The Señorita
1909
0.5
Her First Biscuits
as Biscuit Victim
1909
3.0
The Faded Lilies
as At party
1909
2.2
The Son's Return
as Mary
1909
5.6
The Lonely Villa
1909
6.0
The Violin Maker of Cremona
as Giannina, Taddeo's Daughter
1909
4.6
What Drink Did
1909
4.5
His Duty
as A young woman in the street
1909
3.9
Two Memories
as Marion's Sister
1909
4.2