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.

Cast

The Temptress

(Lucille Allen)

The Sealed Room

(A Lady-in-Waiting)

Hollywood on Parade No. A-4

(Self (uncredited))

Sunshine Sue

Yesterday and Today

((archive footage))

Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5

(Mary Pickford)

Stella Maris

(Miss Stella Maris / Unity Blake)

Daddy-Long-Legs

(Judy Abbott)

Tess of the Storm Country

(Tessibel 'Tess' Skinner)

The Pride of the Clan

(Marget MacTavish)

Sparrows

(Molly)

My Best Girl

(Maggie Johnson)

Cinderella

(Cinderella)

The Legend of Rudolph Valentino

(Self (archive footage))

Coquette

(Norma Besant)

Smash His Camera

(Self (archive footage))

Suds

(Amanda Afflick)

The Poor Little Rich Girl

(Gwen)

Hollywood

(Mary Pickford)

Through The Back Door

(Jeanne)

Pollyanna

(Pollyanna Whittier)

The Old Actor

(The Old Actor's Daughter)

Little Annie Rooney

(Annabelle 'Little Annie' Rooney)

The Hoodlum

(Amy Burke)

The New York Hat

(Mary Harding, the Daughter)

From Farm to Fame

(Mary Pickford)

Kiki

(Kiki)

A Little Princess

(Sara Crewe)

A Good Little Devil

(Juliet)

Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley

(Amarilly Jenkins)

A Sweet Revenge

The Little Darling

(Little Darling)

So Near, Yet So Far

(The Young Woman)

The Mender of Nets

(The Little Net-Mender)

Wilful Peggy

(Peggy)

The Renunciation

(Kittie Ryan)

A Beast at Bay

(The Young Woman)

Friends

(Dora - the Orphan)

The Narrow Road

(Mrs. Jim Holcomb)

The School Teacher and the Waif

(Nora, the Waif)

Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall

(Dorothy Vernon)

Mary Pickford

(Self/Archival Footage)

Tess of the Storm Country

(Tessibel Skinner)

Madame Butterfly

(Cho-Cho-San)

A Romance of the Redwoods

(Jenny Lawrence)

100% American

(Mayme)

Johanna Enlists

(Johanna Renssaller)

M'Liss

(Melissa 'M'liss' Smith)

Heart o' the Hills

(Mavis Hawn)

The Unchanging Sea

(The Daughter as an Adult)

Little Lord Fauntleroy

(Cedric Errol / Widow Errol)

The Love Light

(Angela Carlotti)

A Kiss from Mary Pickford

(Self (archive footage))

Rosita

(Rosita)

Ramona

(Ramona)

An Arcadian Maid

(The Arcadian Maid)

As It Is in Life

The Dream

(Nell Herbert)

What the Daisy Said

(Martha)

Poor Little Peppina

(Peppina)

The Mountaineer's Honor

(Harum-Scarum, a Mountain Girl)

The Violin Maker of Cremona

(Giannina, Taddeo's Daughter)

Sweet Memories

(Polly Biblett)

In Old Madrid

Hollywood Hobbies

(Self (uncredited))

Secrets

(Mary Marlowe / Mary Carlton)

The Little American

(Angela Moore)

The Eternal Grind

(Louise)

Fanchon, the Cricket

(Fanchon, the Cricket)

The Taming of the Shrew

(Caterina)

The Mirror

(Dorothy)

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

(Rebecca Randall)

Hearts Adrift

(Nina)

Chaplin Today: 'The Gold Rush'

(Self (archive footage))

Captain Kidd, Jr.

(Mary MacTavish)

How Could You, Jean?

(Jean Mackaye)

Hollywood on Parade No. B-5

(Self (archive footage) (uncredited))

Pippa Passes

(Girl in crowd)

Getting Even

(Miss Lucy)

The Son's Return

(Mary)

A Manly Man

(Lola)

Mary Pickford: A Life on Film

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

The Lonely Villa

A Pueblo Legend

(The Indian Girl)

The Gibson Goddess

(Woman on Sidewalk)

Mary Pickford a Blessing and a Curse

(Self)

The Country Doctor

(Poor Mother's Elder Daughter)

The Light That Came

Her First Biscuits

(Biscuit Victim)

A Strange Meeting

The Black Pirate

(Princess Isobel in Final Embrace - Cameo Appearance (uncredited))

Mary and Doug Visit Stockholm

The Broken Locket

(Ruth King)

The Indian Runner's Romance

(Blue Cloud's Wife)

Love Among the Roses

(The Lacemaker)

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

The Italian Barber

(Alice)

The Way of Man

(Winnie, Mabel's Cousin)

The Awakening

(The Widow's Daughter)

Artful Kate

(Artful Kate Stanley)

Such a Little Queen

(Queen Anna Victoria)

One of Many

(Archive footage)

Lines of White on a Sullen Sea

(Second Couple)

Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies

(Self (archive footage))

Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove

(Self)

The Voice of Hollywood

(Self/Queen of the Movies)

Two Memories

(Marion's Sister)

Sweet and Twenty

(Alice)

As a Boy Dreams

Less Than the Dust

(Radha)

The Little Teacher

(The Little Teacher)

The Thread of Destiny

(Myrtle)

A Romance of the Western Hills

For Her Brother's Sake

(Madge Spotwood)

All on Account of the Milk

(The Young Woman)

The Woman from Mellon's

(Mary Petersby)

The Englishman and the Girl

(The Girl)

The Newlyweds

(Alice Vance)

The Twisted Trail

(Molly Hendricks)

The Smoker

(George's Wife)

A Rich Revenge

(Jennie)

The Two Brothers

(A Mexican)

In the Season of Buds

(Mabel)

What Do Those Old Films Mean?

(Herself(archive footage))

The Master and the Man

(Elsie Graham)

A Victim of Jealousy

(The Wife's Friend)

Never Again

(The Girl)

May and December

(May)

Muggsy's First Sweetheart

(Mabel Brown)

A Child's Impulse

(Grace)

Their First Misunderstanding

(Mae Darcy)

The Lighthouse Keeper

(Polly Berry - the Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter)

Back to the Soil

(Sadie Allen)

The Call to Arms

(A Messenger)

When We Were in Our 'Teens

(Mary)

The Sorrows of the Unfaithful

(Mary)

Muggsy Becomes a Hero

(Mabel)

A Gold Necklace

(Masie)

A Lucky Toothache

(Mary)

A Lucky Toothache

(Bessie)

In the Bishop's Carriage

(Nance Olden)

The Foundling

(Molly O)

The Gaucho

(The Virgin Mary)

Hulda from Holland

(Hulda)

A Girl of Yesterday

(Jane Stuart)

Rags

(Rags / Alice McCloud)

Waiter No. 5

(The Chief of Police's Son's Fiancée)

Simple Charity

(Miss Wilkins)

The Song of the Wildwood Flute

(Dove Eyes)

Caprice

(Mercy Baxter)

A Plain Song

(Edith)

White Roses

(Betty)

Esmeralda

(Esmeralda Rogers)

In the Sultan's Garden

(Hadee)

In the Sultan's Garden

(Haidee)

For the Queen's Honor

(Princess Gilda)

The Female of the Species

(The Miner's Wife's Sister)

When a Man Loves

(Tessie)

Maid or Man

(Elsie Keene)

Three Sisters

(Mary)

When the Cat's Away

(Dorothy, The Wife)

The Eagle's Mate

(Anemone Breckenridge)

A Gasoline Engagement

(Flora Powell)

His Wife's Visitor

(Bessie Wright)

A Decree of Destiny

(Mary)

Her Darkest Hour

(Ruth)

The Convert

(Agnes Boyd)

Behind the Scenes

(Dolly Lane)

At a Quarter of Two

(Mrs Warren)

Science

(Mrs. Crawford)

Tracked

(Unknown Role)

The Message in the Bottle

(Louise Spencer)

The Secret of the Palm

(Unknown Role)

The Fisher-Maid

(Paula, The Fishing-Maid)

Mistress Nell

(Nell Gwyn)

His Duty

(A young woman in the street)

The Faded Lilies

(At party)

The Peachbasket Hat

(On street/In store)

The Mexican Sweethearts

(The Señorita)

The Necklace

(The Maid / In Pawnshop)

Tender Hearts

(Nellie)

The Cardinal's Conspiracy

(A Disguised Servant)

The Slave

(A Slave Girl)

They Would Elope

(Bessie)

The Dawn of a Tomorrow

(Glad)

The Stampede

(Nello)

While There is hope, There is Life

(Unknown Role)

Second Sight

(Gertrude Edgar)

Oh, Uncle!

(Bessie)

The Seventh Day

(The Maid)

1776, or The Hessian Renegades

(Messenger's Sister)

In Old Kentucky

(Partygoer)

His Lost Love

(Mary)

A Lodging for the Night

(The Mexican Girl)

In the Watches of the Night

(Girl at Henry Brainard's)

What's Your Hurry?

(Mary)

The Skating Bug

(The Girl)

The Call of the Song

(Amy Gordon)

The Toss of a Coin

(Alice Barton - the Farmer's Daughter)

The Unwelcome Guest

(Jessie - the Slavey)

Little Pal

('Little Pal')

The Fair Dentist

(Edith Morton - The Fair Dentist)

The Restoration

(Alice Ashford)

A Midnight Adventure

(Eleanor)

The Trick that Failed

(Nellie Burt)

Through the Breakers

(An Extra)

The Test

(Bessie)

To Save Her Soul

(Agnes Hailey)

The Heart of an Outlaw

(The Outlaw's Daughter, as an Adult)

The Informer

(The Confederate Captain's Sweetheart)

The Courting of Mary

(Mary)

Love Heeds Not Showers

(Mary)

My Baby

(The Wife)

The One She Loved

(The Wife)

A Feud in the Kentucky Hills

(The Daughter)

Little Red Riding Hood

(Little Red Riding Hood)

The Caddy's Dream

(Miss Kelsomine)

Honor Thy Father

(Mary Fuller)

With the Enemy's Help

(Faro Kate)

The Inner Circle

(The Rich Italian's Daughter)

An Indian Summer

(The Widow's Daughter)

Lena and the Geese

(Lena)

'Tween Two Loves

(Grace)

Home Folks

(The Young Woman)

Won by a Fish

(The Woman)

Just Like a Woman

(The Young Woman)

Iola's Promise

(Iola)

The Rose's Story

(Unknown Role)

The Sentinel Asleep

(Unknown Role)

The Better Way

(Lillian Garvey - a Salvation Army Lass)

His Dress Shirt

(Mrs. Kirby)

The Portrait

(Little Vera - the Model)

How Mary Fixed it

(Mary)

A Timely Repentance

(Mrs. Nordell - Heroine of the Movie within the Movie, 'The Wife's Desertion')

Fate's Interception

(The Mexican Girl)

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

(Self (archive footage))

Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6

(Herself)

D.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2

Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists

(Self / Various roles (archive footage))

The Tramp and the Dictator

(Self (archive footage) (uncredited))

The Foundling

(Molly O)

Sigrid Holmquist

(Sigrid Holmquist (archive footage))

Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

(Self (voice) (archive footage))

The House That Shadows Built

((archive footage))

Birth of the Tramp

(Self (archive footage))

The Women Who Run Hollywood

(Self (archive footage))

Behind the Stockade

(Florence Williams)

From the Bottom of the Sea

(Undetermined Role (unconfirmed))

Cupid Angling

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

(Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited))

Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts

(Self - Actress (archive footage))

Hollywood’s Children

(Self (archive footage))

The Usurer

(Invalid Daughter)

That Chink at Golden Gulch

Douglas Fairbanks: The Great Swashbuckler

(Self (archive footage))

Hooray for Hollywood

(Self (archive footage))

American Experience

(Self)