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.
Filmography (270 titles)
7.0MovieMary Pickford a Blessing and a Curse
Self · 2023
8.0MovieCharlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
Self (archive footage) · 2020
6.5MovieCinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts
Self - Actress (archive footage) · 2017
7.1MovieThe Women Who Run Hollywood
Self (archive footage) · 2016
10.0MovieAstrid
Self (archive footage) · 2014
7.1MovieBirth of the Tramp
Self (archive footage) · 2013
7.2MovieFascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
Self (archive footage) · 2012
7.0MovieSigrid Holmquist
Sigrid Holmquist (archive footage) · 2010
5.0MovieMary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
Self (archive footage) · 2008
4.3MovieWhy Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
Self (voice) (archive footage) · 2007
8.0MovieDouglas Fairbanks: The Great Swashbuckler
Self (archive footage) · 2005
7.0MovieMary Pickford
Self/Archival Footage · 2005
MovieElf: Christmas in Tinseltown
Self (archive) · 2004
5.3MovieChaplin Today: The Gold Rush
Self (archive footage) · 2003
5.0MovieMurders of Hollywood
Self (archive footage) · 2003
MovieD.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913
2002
7.0MovieThe Tramp and the Dictator
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) · 2002
6.5MovieDecasia: The State of Decay
Self (archive footage) · 2002
7.0MovieMary Pickford: A Life on Film
Self / Numerous Roles (archive footage) (uncredited) · 2000
10.0MovieStar Power: The Creation Of United Artists
Self / Various roles (archive footage) · 1998
8.0MovieThe First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Self (archive footage) · 1995
8.3MovieThe Casting Couch
1995
6.5ShowAmerican Experience
Self · 1988
MovieHollywood Scandals and Tragedies
(archive footage) (uncredited) · 1988
9.0MovieHollywood’s Children
Self (archive footage) · 1982
8.0MovieHooray for Hollywood
Self (archive footage) · 1976
6.7MovieMondo Hollywood
1967
Anniversary
Herself - Archive Footage (uncredited) · 1963
7.0MovieThe Legend of Rudolph Valentino
Self (archive footage) · 1961
7.0MovieYesterday and Today
(archive footage) · 1953