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.
Acted in 187
2010s
- 2010
Sigrid Holmquist
Sigrid Holmquist (archive footage)
2000s
- 2002
D.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913
Movie
1990s
- 1995
The Casting Couch
Movie
1980s
- 1988
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
(archive footage) (uncredited)
1960s
- 1967
Mondo Hollywood
Movie
1950s
- 1957
Los ojos del siglo (Volumen I)
Ella misma (material de archivo)
- 1953
Yesterday and Today
(archive footage)
1940s
- 1947
The Way of the World
Dora (Archive Footage)
- 1941
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
Movie
1930s
- 1933
- 1931
The House That Shadows Built
(archive footage)
Kiki
Kiki
- 1930
Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5
Mary Pickford
1920s
- 1929
Coquette
Norma Besant
- 1927
The Gaucho
The Virgin Mary
My Best Girl
Maggie Johnson
- 1926
Sparrows
Molly
- 1925
Little Annie Rooney
Annabelle 'Little Annie' Rooney
- 1924
Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall
Dorothy Vernon
- 1923
Rosita
Rosita
Hollywood
Mary Pickford
- 1922
Tess of the Storm Country
Tessibel 'Tess' Skinner
From Farm to Fame
Mary Pickford
- 1921
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Cedric Errol / Widow Errol
Through the Back Door
Jeanne Bodamere
The Love Light
Angela Carlotti
- 1920
Suds
Amanda Afflick
Pollyanna
Pollyanna Whittier
1910s
- 1919
Heart o' the Hills
Mavis Hawn
The Hoodlum
Amy Burke
Daddy-Long-Legs
Judy Abbott
Captain Kidd, Jr.
Mary MacTavish
- 1918
Johanna Enlists
Johanna Renssaller
How Could You, Jean?
Jean Mackaye
M'Liss
Melissa 'M'liss' Smith
Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley
Amarilly Jenkins
Stella Maris
Miss Stella Maris / Unity Blake
- 1917
All-Star Production of Patriotic Episodes for the Second Liberty Loan
Movie
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Rebecca Randall
The Little American
Angela Moore
A Romance of the Redwoods
Jenny Lawrence
The Poor Little Rich Girl
Gwen
The Pride of the Clan
Marget MacTavish
- 1916
Less Than the Dust
Radha
Hulda from Holland
Hulda
The Eternal Grind
Louise
Poor Little Peppina
Peppina
The Foundling
Molly O
- 1915
A Girl of Yesterday
Jane Stuart
Esmeralda
Esmeralda Rogers
Rags
Rags / Alice McCloud
Little Pal
'Little Pal'
The Dawn of a Tomorrow
Glad
Fanchon, the Cricket
Fanchon, the Cricket
Mistress Nell
Nell Gwyn
- 1914
Cinderella
Cinderella
Behind the Scenes
Dolly Lane
Such a Little Queen
Queen Anna Victoria
The Eagle's Mate
Anemone Breckenridge
Tess of the Storm Country
Tessibel Skinner
A Good Little Devil
Juliet
- 1913
Caprice
Mercy Baxter
In the Bishop's Carriage
Nance Olden
The Unwelcome Guest
Jessie - the Slavey
- 1912
The New York Hat
Mary Harding, the Daughter
The Informer
The Confederate Captain's Sweetheart
My Baby
The Wife
A Feud in the Kentucky Hills
The Daughter
So Near, Yet So Far
The Young Woman
Friends
Dora - the Orphan
A Pueblo Legend
The Indian Girl
With the Enemy's Help
Faro Kate
The Inner Circle
The Rich Italian's Daughter
The Narrow Road
Mrs. Jim Holcomb
An Indian Summer
The Widow's Daughter
The School Teacher and the Waif
Nora, the Waif
Lena and the Geese
Lena
Home Folks
The Young Woman
A Beast at Bay
The Young Woman
A Lodging for the Night
The Mexican Girl
The Old Actor
The Old Actor's Daughter
Won by a Fish
The Woman
The Female of the Species
The Miner's Wife's Sister
Fate's Interception
The Mexican Girl
Iola's Promise
Iola
A Timely Repentance
Mrs. Nordell - Heroine of the Movie within the Movie, 'The Wife's Desertion'
The Mender of Nets
The Little Net-Mender
- 1911
Little Red Riding Hood
Little Red Riding Hood
The Courting of Mary
Mary
His Dress Shirt
Mrs. Kirby
The Better Way
Lillian Garvey - a Salvation Army Lass
The Rose's Story
Unknown Role
'Tween Two Loves
Grace
The Toss of a Coin
Alice Barton - the Farmer's Daughter
As a Boy Dreams
Movie
For the Queen's Honor
Princess Gilda
In the Sultan's Garden
Hadee, Haidee
The Temptress
Lucille Allen
Sweet Memories
Polly Biblett
In Old Madrid
Movie
A Decree of Destiny
Mary
A Manly Man
Lola
Artful Kate
Artful Kate Stanley
The Convert
Agnes Boyd
Her Darkest Hour
Ruth
The Mirror
Dorothy
Maid or Man
Elsie Keene
The Dream
Nell Herbert
The Italian Barber
Alice
Their First Misunderstanding
Mae Darcy
When a Man Loves
Tessie
- 1910
A Plain Song
Edith
The Song of the Wildwood Flute
Dove Eyes
Sunshine Sue
Movie
Simple Charity
Miss Wilkins
Waiter No. 5
The Chief of Police's Son's Fiancée
A Lucky Toothache
Bessie
That Chink at Golden Gulch
Movie
A Gold Necklace
Masie
Muggsy Becomes a Hero
Mabel
Wilful Peggy
Peggy
The Sorrows of the Unfaithful
Mary
When We Were in Our 'Teens
Mary
The Usurer
Invalid Daughter
An Arcadian Maid
The Arcadian Maid
The Call to Arms
A Messenger
What the Daisy Said
Martha
Muggsy's First Sweetheart
Mabel Brown
A Child's Impulse
Grace
May and December
May
A Victim of Jealousy
The Wife's Friend
Ramona
Ramona
The Two Brothers
A Mexican
Love Among the Roses
The Lacemaker
The Unchanging Sea
The Daughter as an Adult
A Romance of the Western Hills
Movie
The Thread of Destiny
Myrtle
The Newlyweds
Alice Vance
All on Account of the Milk
Sophia Simpson
1900s
- 1909
To Save Her Soul
Agnes Hailey
Through the Breakers
An Extra
The Mountaineer's Honor
Harum-Scarum, a Mountain Girl
The Light That Came
Daisy
The Restoration
Alice Ashford
The Gibson Goddess
Woman on Sidewalk
What's Your Hurry?
Mary
Lines of White on a Sullen Sea
Second Couple
His Lost Love
Mary
Pippa Passes
Girl in crowd
The Awakening
The Widow's Daughter
In Old Kentucky
Partygoer
The Broken Locket
Ruth King
Getting Even
Miss Lucy
1776, or The Hessian Renegades
Messenger's Sister
The Sealed Room
A Lady-in-Waiting
The Little Darling
Little Darling
Oh, Uncle!
Bessie
The Seventh Day
The Maid
The Indian Runner's Romance
Blue Cloud's Wife
His Wife's Visitor
Bessie Wright
They Would Elope
Bessie
A Strange Meeting
Movie
The Slave
A Slave Girl
Sweet and Twenty
Alice
Tender Hearts
Nellie
The Cardinal's Conspiracy
A Disguised Servant
The Country Doctor
Poor Mother's Elder Daughter
The Way of Man
Winnie, Mabel's Cousin
The Peachbasket Hat
On street/In store
Her First Biscuits
Biscuit Victim
The Faded Lilies
At party
The Son's Return
Mary
The Lonely Villa
Movie
The Violin Maker of Cremona
Giannina, Taddeo's Daughter
His Duty
A young woman in the street
What Drink Did
Movie
Two Memories
Marion's Sister
Produced 28
1940s
- 1949
- 1948
- 1947
Stork Bites Man
Producer
White Cradle Inn
Producer
- 1946
Little Iodine
Executive Producer
1930s
- 1936
The Gay Desperado
Producer
One Rainy Afternoon
Producer
- 1933
1920s
- 1929
Coquette
Producer
- 1927
My Best Girl
Producer
- 1926
Sparrows
Producer
- 1925
Little Annie Rooney
Producer
- 1924
Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall
Producer
- 1923
Rosita
Producer
- 1922
Tess of the Storm Country
Producer
- 1921
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Producer
Through the Back Door
Producer
The Love Light
Producer
- 1920
Suds
Producer
Pollyanna
Producer
1910s
- 1919
The Hoodlum
Executive Producer
Daddy-Long-Legs
Producer
- 1918
Johanna Enlists
Executive Producer
How Could You, Jean?
Producer
- 1917
The Little American
Producer
- 1916
Less Than the Dust
Producer
Poor Little Peppina
Producer
Wrote 8
1920s
- 1925
Little Annie Rooney
Writer
- 1923
Garrison's Finish
Writer
1910s
- 1914
- 1912
Lena and the Geese
Screenplay
- 1911
Madame Rex
Writer
- 1910
May and December
Writer
1900s
- 1909
The Day After
Writer
The Awakening
Screenplay
Directed 1
1920s
- 1924
Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall
Director
Appearances35
2020s
- 2028
Charmed Lives: A Family Romance
Self (archive footage)
- 2023
Mary Pickford a Blessing and a Curse
Self
- 2020
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
Self (archive footage)
2010s
- 2017
Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts
Self - Actress (archive footage)
- 2016
- 2013
Birth of the Tramp
Self (archive footage)
- 2012
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
Self (archive footage)
2000s
- 2008
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
Self (archive footage)
- 2007
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
Self (voice) (archive footage)
- 2005
Douglas Fairbanks: The Great Swashbuckler
Self (archive footage)
- 2004
Elf: Christmas in Tinseltown
Self (archive)
- 2003
Chaplin Today: The Gold Rush
Self (archive footage)
Murders of Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
- 2002
The Tramp and the Dictator
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Decasia: The State of Decay
Self (archive footage)
- 2000
Mary Pickford: A Life on Film
Self / Numerous Roles (archive footage) (uncredited)
1990s
- 1998
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
Self / Various roles (archive footage)
- 1995
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Self (archive footage)
1980s
- 1988
Lillian Gish: The Actor's Life for Me
Self (archive footage)
- 1982
Hollywood’s Children
Self (archive footage)
- 1980
Hollywood
Self (archive footage), Self (archive footage, uncredited) · 1 episode
1970s
- 1976
Hooray for Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
1960s
- 1961
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
Self (archive footage)
1940s
- 1942
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
Self
- 1940
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Self (archive footage)
1930s
- 1939
Hollywood Hobbies
Self (uncredited)
- 1934
Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove
Self
Hollywood on Parade No. B-10
Self
- 1933
Hollywood on Parade No. B-5
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1932
Hollywood on Parade No. A-4
Self (uncredited)
- 1930
The Voice of Hollywood
Self/Queen of the Movies
1920s
- 1927
One of Many
Self (archive footage)
