Mary Pickford
Acting
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
Acting270
movieCharlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
2020
Self (archive footage)
movieCinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts
2017
Self - Actress (archive footage)
movieThe Women Who Run Hollywood
2016
Self (archive footage)
movieAstrid
2014
Self (archive footage)
movieBirth of the Tramp
2013
Self (archive footage)
movieFascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
2012
Self (archive footage)
movieSigrid Holmquist
2010
Sigrid Holmquist (archive footage)
movieMary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
2008
Self (archive footage)
movieWhy Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
2007
Self (voice) (archive footage)
movieDouglas Fairbanks: The Great Swashbuckler
2005
Self (archive footage)
movieMary Pickford
2005
Self/Archival Footage
movieElf: Christmas in Tinseltown
2004
Self (archive)
movieChaplin Today: The Gold Rush
2003
Self (archive footage)
movieMurders of Hollywood
2003
Self (archive footage)
movieThe Tramp and the Dictator
2002
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieDecasia: The State of Decay
2002
Self (archive footage)
movieMary Pickford: A Life on Film
2000
Self / Numerous Roles (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieStar Power: The Creation Of United Artists
1998
Self / Various roles (archive footage)
movieThe First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995
Self (archive footage)
movieHollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988
(archive footage) (uncredited)
movieHollywood’s Children
1982
Self (archive footage)
movieHooray for Hollywood
1976
Self (archive footage)
Anniversary
1963
Herself - Archive Footage (uncredited)
movieThe Legend of Rudolph Valentino
1961
Self (archive footage)
movieYesterday and Today
1953
(archive footage)
movieThe Way of the World
1947
Dora (Archive Footage)
movieCavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940
Self (archive footage)
movieHollywood Hobbies
1939
Self (uncredited)
movieHollywood on Parade No. B-5
1933
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieSecrets
1933
Mary Marlowe / Mary Carlton
movieHollywood on Parade No. A-4
1932
Self (uncredited)
movieThe House That Shadows Built
1931
(archive footage)
movieKiki
1931
Kiki
movieScreen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5
1930
Mary Pickford
The Voice of Hollywood
1930
Self/Queen of the Movies
movieThe Taming of the Shrew
1929
Caterina
movieCoquette
1929
Norma Besant
movieThe Gaucho
1927
The Virgin Mary
movieMy Best Girl
1927
Maggie Johnson
movieOne of Many
1927
Self (archive footage)
movieA Kiss from Mary Pickford
1927
Self (archive footage)
movieSparrows
1926
Molly
movieThe Black Pirate
1926
Princess Isobel in Final Embrace - Cameo Appearance (uncredited)
movieBen-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925
Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
movieLittle Annie Rooney
1925
Annabelle 'Little Annie' Rooney
movieDorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall
1924
Dorothy Vernon
movieRosita
1923
Rosita
movieHollywood
1923
Mary Pickford
movieTess of the Storm Country
1922
Tessibel 'Tess' Skinner
movieFrom Farm to Fame
1922
Mary Pickford
movieLittle Lord Fauntleroy
1921
Cedric Errol / Widow Errol
movieThrough the Back Door
1921
Jeanne Bodamere
movieThe Love Light
1921
Angela Carlotti
movieSuds
1920
Amanda Afflick
moviePollyanna
1920
Pollyanna Whittier
movieHeart o' the Hills
1919
Mavis Hawn
movieThe Hoodlum
1919
Amy Burke
movieDaddy-Long-Legs
1919
Judy Abbott
movieCaptain Kidd, Jr.
1919
Mary MacTavish
movieJohanna Enlists
1918
Johanna Renssaller
movieHow Could You, Jean?
1918
Jean Mackaye
movieM'Liss
1918
Melissa 'M'liss' Smith
movieAmarilly of Clothes-Line Alley
1918
Amarilly Jenkins
movieStella Maris
1918
Miss Stella Maris / Unity Blake
movieA Little Princess
1917
Sara Crewe
movieRebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
1917
Rebecca Randall
movieThe Little American
1917
Angela Moore
movieA Romance of the Redwoods
1917
Jenny Lawrence
movieThe Pride of the Clan
1917
Marget MacTavish
moviePoor Little Peppina
1916
Peppina
movieThe Foundling
1916
Molly O
movieMadame Butterfly
1915
Cho-Cho-San
movieA Girl of Yesterday
1915
Jane Stuart
movieEsmeralda
1915
Esmeralda Rogers
movieRags
1915
Rags / Alice McCloud
movieLittle Pal
1915
'Little Pal'
movieFanchon, the Cricket
1915
Fanchon, the Cricket
movieMistress Nell
1915
Nell Gwyn
movieCinderella
1914
Cinderella
movieBehind the Scenes
1914
Dolly Lane
movieSuch a Little Queen
1914
Queen Anna Victoria
movieThe Eagle's Mate
1914
Anemone Breckenridge
movieTess of the Storm Country
1914
Tessibel Skinner
movieCaprice
1913
Mercy Baxter
movieIn the Bishop's Carriage
1913
Nance Olden
movieThe Unwelcome Guest
1913
Jessie - the Slavey
movieThe New York Hat
1912
Mary Harding, the Daughter
movieThe Informer
1912
The Confederate Captain's Sweetheart
movieMy Baby
1912
The Wife
movieA Feud in the Kentucky Hills
1912
The Daughter
movieSo Near, Yet So Far
1912
The Young Woman
movieFriends
1912
Dora - the Orphan
movieA Pueblo Legend
1912
The Indian Girl
movieWith the Enemy's Help
1912
Faro Kate
movieThe Inner Circle
1912
The Rich Italian's Daughter
movieThe Narrow Road
1912
Mrs. Jim Holcomb
movieAn Indian Summer
1912
The Widow's Daughter
movieThe School Teacher and the Waif
1912
Nora, the Waif
movieHome Folks
1912
The Young Woman
movieA Beast at Bay
1912
The Young Woman
movieA Lodging for the Night
1912
The Mexican Girl
movieThe Old Actor
1912
The Old Actor's Daughter
movieWon by a Fish
1912
The Woman
Just Like a Woman
1912
The Young Woman
movieThe Female of the Species
1912
The Miner's Wife's Sister
movieFate's Interception
1912
The Mexican Girl
movieA Timely Repentance
1912
Mrs. Nordell - Heroine of the Movie within the Movie, 'The Wife's Desertion'
movieThe Mender of Nets
1912
The Little Net-Mender
Honor Thy Father
1912
Mary Fuller
The Caddy's Dream
1911
Miss Kelsomine
The Portrait
1911
Little Vera - the Model
movieLittle Red Riding Hood
1911
Little Red Riding Hood
From the Bottom of the Sea
1911
Undetermined Role (unconfirmed)
movieHis Dress Shirt
1911
Mrs. Kirby
movieThe Better Way
1911
Lillian Garvey - a Salvation Army Lass
The Sentinel Asleep
1911
Unknown Role
movieThe Rose's Story
1911
Unknown Role
movieThe Toss of a Coin
1911
Alice Barton - the Farmer's Daughter
Science
1911
Mrs. Crawford
movieFor the Queen's Honor
1911
Princess Gilda
movieIn the Sultan's Garden
1911
Hadee / Haidee
Behind the Stockade
1911
Florence Williams
Back to the Soil
1911
Sadie Allen
The Lighthouse Keeper
1911
Polly Berry - the Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter
For Her Brother's Sake
1911
Madge Spotwood
The Fair Dentist
1911
Edith Morton - The Fair Dentist
movieThe Temptress
1911
Lucille Allen
Second Sight
1911
Gertrude Edgar
movieSweet Memories
1911
Polly Biblett
The Fisher-Maid
1911
Paula, The Fishing-Maid
Tracked
1911
Unknown Role
movieArtful Kate
1911
Artful Kate Stanley
movieThe Convert
1911
Agnes Boyd
movieThe Mirror
1911
Dorothy
When the Cat's Away
1911
Dorothy, The Wife
movieMaid or Man
1911
Elsie Keene
movieThe Dream
1911
Nell Herbert
movieSimple Charity
1910
Miss Wilkins
movieWaiter No. 5
1910
The Chief of Police's Son's Fiancée
movieA Lucky Toothache
1910
Mary / Bessie
movieThe Usurer
1910
Invalid Daughter
movieAn Arcadian Maid
1910
The Arcadian Maid
movieThe Call to Arms
1910
A Messenger
movieMuggsy's First Sweetheart
1910
Mabel Brown
Never Again
1910
The Girl
movieA Victim of Jealousy
1910
The Wife's Friend
movieRamona
1910
Ramona
movieThe Two Brothers
1910
A Mexican
movieLove Among the Roses
1910
The Lacemaker
movieThe Unchanging Sea
1910
The Daughter as an Adult
movieAs It Is in Life
1910
Daughter (Adult)
The Smoker
1910
George's Wife
The Twisted Trail
1910
Molly Hendricks
movieThe Newlyweds
1910
Alice Vance
movieAll on Account of the Milk
1910
The Young Woman
The Heart of an Outlaw
1909
The Outlaw's Daughter, as an Adult
movieTo Save Her Soul
1909
Agnes Hailey
movieThrough the Breakers
1909
An Extra
movieThe Mountaineer's Honor
1909
Harum-Scarum, a Mountain Girl
movieThe Restoration
1909
Alice Ashford
movieThe Gibson Goddess
1909
Woman on Sidewalk
movieLines of White on a Sullen Sea
1909
Second Couple
In the Watches of the Night
1909
Girl at Henry Brainard's
The Little Teacher
1909
The Little Teacher
moviePippa Passes
1909
Girl in crowd
movieThe Awakening
1909
The Widow's Daughter
movieIn Old Kentucky
1909
Partygoer
movieThe Broken Locket
1909
Ruth King
movieGetting Even
1909
Miss Lucy
movie1776, or The Hessian Renegades
1909
Messenger's Sister
movieThe Sealed Room
1909
A Lady-in-Waiting
movieThe Little Darling
1909
Little Darling
movieOh, Uncle!
1909
Bessie
movieThe Seventh Day
1909
The Maid
movieThe Indian Runner's Romance
1909
Blue Cloud's Wife
movieHis Wife's Visitor
1909
Bessie Wright
movieThe Slave
1909
A Slave Girl
movieThe Renunciation
1909
Kittie Ryan
movieTender Hearts
1909
Nellie
movieThe Cardinal's Conspiracy
1909
A Disguised Servant
movieThe Country Doctor
1909
Poor Mother's Elder Daughter
movieThe Necklace
1909
The Maid / In Pawnshop
movieThe Way of Man
1909
Winnie, Mabel's Cousin
movieThe Peachbasket Hat
1909
On street/In store
movieHer First Biscuits
1909
Biscuit Victim
movieThe Faded Lilies
1909
At party
movieThe Violin Maker of Cremona
1909
Giannina, Taddeo's Daughter
movieHis Duty
1909
A young woman in the street
movieTwo Memories
1909
Marion's Sister
Production28
movieLove Happy
1949
Executive Producer
movieSleep, My Love
1948
Producer
movieStork Bites Man
1947
Producer
movieWhite Cradle Inn
1947
Producer
movieLittle Iodine
1946
Executive Producer
movieThe Gay Desperado
1936
Producer
movieOne Rainy Afternoon
1936
Producer
movieSecrets
1933
Executive Producer
movieCoquette
1929
Producer
movieMy Best Girl
1927
Producer
movieSparrows
1926
Producer
movieLittle Annie Rooney
1925
Producer
movieRosita
1923
Producer
movieLittle Lord Fauntleroy
1921
Producer
movieThrough the Back Door
1921
Producer
movieThe Love Light
1921
Producer
movieSuds
1920
Producer
moviePollyanna
1920
Producer
movieThe Hoodlum
1919
Executive Producer
movieDaddy-Long-Legs
1919
Producer
movieJohanna Enlists
1918
Executive Producer
movieHow Could You, Jean?
1918
Producer
movieA Little Princess
1917
Producer
movieThe Little American
1917
Producer
movieLess Than the Dust
1916
Producer
moviePoor Little Peppina
1916
Producer
Writing10
movieHearts Adrift
1914
Writer
movieLena and the Geese
1912
Screenplay
movieMadame Rex
1911
Writer
The Medallion
1911
Screenplay
movieThe Day After
1909
Writer
movieThe Awakening
1909
Screenplay