Mary Pickford
Acting • Born 1892-04-07 – Died 1979-05-29
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.
Filmography
267 credits
The Temptress
Movie • 1911
Lucille Allen
The Sealed Room
Movie • 1909
A Lady-in-Waiting
Hollywood on Parade No. A-4
Movie • 1932
Self (uncredited)
Sunshine Sue
Movie • 1910
Yesterday and Today
Movie • 1953
(archive footage)
Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5
Movie • 1930
Mary Pickford
Stella Maris
Movie • 1918
Miss Stella Maris / Unity Blake
Daddy-Long-Legs
Movie • 1919
Judy Abbott
Tess of the Storm Country
Movie • 1922
Tessibel 'Tess' Skinner
The Pride of the Clan
Movie • 1917
Marget MacTavish
Sparrows
Movie • 1926
Molly
My Best Girl
Movie • 1927
Maggie Johnson
Cinderella
Movie • 1914
Cinderella
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
Movie • 1961
Self (archive footage)
Coquette
Movie • 1929
Norma Besant
Suds
Movie • 1920
Amanda Afflick
The Poor Little Rich Girl
Movie • 1917
Gwen
Hollywood
Movie • 1923
Mary Pickford
Through the Back Door
Movie • 1921
Jeanne Bodamere
Pollyanna
Movie • 1920
Pollyanna Whittier
The Old Actor
Movie • 1912
The Old Actor's Daughter
Little Annie Rooney
Movie • 1925
Annabelle 'Little Annie' Rooney
The Hoodlum
Movie • 1919
Amy Burke
The New York Hat
Movie • 1912
Mary Harding, the Daughter
From Farm to Fame
Movie • 1922
Mary Pickford
Kiki
Movie • 1931
Kiki
A Little Princess
Movie • 1917
Sara Crewe
A Good Little Devil
Movie • 1914
Juliet
Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley
Movie • 1918
Amarilly Jenkins
A Sweet Revenge
Movie • 1909
The Little Darling
Movie • 1909
Little Darling
So Near, Yet So Far
Movie • 1912
The Young Woman
The Mender of Nets
Movie • 1912
The Little Net-Mender
Wilful Peggy
Movie • 1910
Peggy
The Renunciation
Movie • 1909
Kittie Ryan
A Beast at Bay
Movie • 1912
The Young Woman
Friends
Movie • 1912
Dora - the Orphan
The Narrow Road
Movie • 1912
Mrs. Jim Holcomb
The School Teacher and the Waif
Movie • 1912
Nora, the Waif
Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall
Movie • 1924
Dorothy Vernon
Mary Pickford
Movie • 2005
Self/Archival Footage
Tess of the Storm Country
Movie • 1914
Tessibel Skinner
Madame Butterfly
Movie • 1915
Cho-Cho-San
A Romance of the Redwoods
Movie • 1917
Jenny Lawrence
Johanna Enlists
Movie • 1918
Johanna Renssaller
Heart o' the Hills
Movie • 1919
Mavis Hawn
100% American
Movie • 1918
Mayme
M'Liss
Movie • 1918
Melissa 'M'liss' Smith
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Movie • 1921
Cedric Errol / Widow Errol
The Love Light
Movie • 1921
Angela Carlotti
The Unchanging Sea
Movie • 1910
The Daughter as an Adult
A Kiss from Mary Pickford
Movie • 1927
Self (archive footage)
Rosita
Movie • 1923
Rosita
An Arcadian Maid
Movie • 1910
The Arcadian Maid
Ramona
Movie • 1910
Ramona
As It Is in Life
Movie • 1910
Daughter (Adult)
What the Daisy Said
Movie • 1910
Martha
The Dream
Movie • 1911
Nell Herbert
Poor Little Peppina
Movie • 1916
Peppina
The Mountaineer's Honor
Movie • 1909
Harum-Scarum, a Mountain Girl
The Violin Maker of Cremona
Movie • 1909
Giannina, Taddeo's Daughter
In Old Madrid
Movie • 1911
Sweet Memories
Movie • 1911
Polly Biblett
Hollywood Hobbies
Movie • 1939
Self (uncredited)
Secrets
Movie • 1933
Mary Marlowe / Mary Carlton
The Little American
Movie • 1917
Angela Moore
The Eternal Grind
Movie • 1916
Louise
Fanchon, the Cricket
Movie • 1915
Fanchon, the Cricket
The Taming of the Shrew
Movie • 1929
Caterina
The Mirror
Movie • 1911
Dorothy
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Movie • 1917
Rebecca Randall
Chaplin Today: The Gold Rush
Movie • 2003
Self (archive footage)
Hearts Adrift
Movie • 1914
Nina
Captain Kidd, Jr.
Movie • 1919
Mary MacTavish
How Could You, Jean?
Movie • 1918
Jean Mackaye
Hollywood on Parade No. B-5
Movie • 1933
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Pippa Passes
Movie • 1909
Girl in crowd
Getting Even
Movie • 1909
Miss Lucy
The Son's Return
Movie • 1909
Mary
A Manly Man
Movie • 1911
Lola
Mary Pickford: A Life on Film
Movie • 2000
Self / Numerous Roles (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Lonely Villa
Movie • 1909
A Pueblo Legend
Movie • 1912
The Indian Girl
The Gibson Goddess
Movie • 1909
Woman on Sidewalk
Mary Pickford a Blessing and a Curse
Movie • 2023
Self
The Light That Came
Movie • 1909
Daisy
The Country Doctor
Movie • 1909
Poor Mother's Elder Daughter
Her First Biscuits
Movie • 1909
Biscuit Victim
A Strange Meeting
Movie • 1909
The Black Pirate
Movie • 1926
Princess Isobel in Final Embrace - Cameo Appearance (uncredited)
Mary and Doug Visit Stockholm
Movie • 1924
Love Among the Roses
Movie • 1910
The Lacemaker
The Broken Locket
Movie • 1909
Ruth King
The Indian Runner's Romance
Movie • 1909
Blue Cloud's Wife
All-Star Production of Patriotic Episodes for the Second Liberty Loan
Movie • 1917
The Italian Barber
Movie • 1911
Alice
Artful Kate
Movie • 1911
Artful Kate Stanley
The Awakening
Movie • 1909
The Widow's Daughter
The Way of Man
Movie • 1909
Winnie, Mabel's Cousin
Such a Little Queen
Movie • 1914
Queen Anna Victoria
One of Many
Movie • 1927
Self (archive footage)
Lines of White on a Sullen Sea
Movie • 1909
Second Couple
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
Movie • 2008
Self (archive footage)
Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove
Movie • 1934
Self
The Voice of Hollywood
Movie • 1930
Self/Queen of the Movies
Two Memories
Movie • 1909
Marion's Sister
Sweet and Twenty
Movie • 1909
Alice
As a Boy Dreams
Movie • 1911
Less Than the Dust
Movie • 1916
Radha
The Little Teacher
Movie • 1909
The Little Teacher
The Thread of Destiny
Movie • 1910
Myrtle
A Romance of the Western Hills
Movie • 1910
In the Season of Buds
Movie • 1910
Mabel
The Woman from Mellon's
Movie • 1910
Mary Petersby
What Do Those Old Films Mean?
Movie • 1985
Herself(archive footage)
The Twisted Trail
Movie • 1910
Molly Hendricks
The Englishman and the Girl
Movie • 1910
The Girl
The Smoker
Movie • 1910
George's Wife
The Two Brothers
Movie • 1910
A Mexican
All on Account of the Milk
Movie • 1910
The Young Woman
For Her Brother's Sake
Movie • 1911
Madge Spotwood
A Rich Revenge
Movie • 1910
Jennie
The Newlyweds
Movie • 1910
Alice Vance
The Master and the Man
Movie • 1911
Elsie Graham
Never Again
Movie • 1910
The Girl
A Victim of Jealousy
Movie • 1910
The Wife's Friend
May and December
Movie • 1910
May
Muggsy's First Sweetheart
Movie • 1910
Mabel Brown
A Child's Impulse
Movie • 1910
Grace
Their First Misunderstanding
Movie • 1911
Mae Darcy
The Lighthouse Keeper
Movie • 1911
Polly Berry - the Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter
Back to the Soil
Movie • 1911
Sadie Allen
The Call to Arms
Movie • 1910
A Messenger
A Lucky Toothache
Movie • 1910
Bessie
A Lucky Toothache
Movie • 1910
Mary
The Sorrows of the Unfaithful
Movie • 1910
Mary
Muggsy Becomes a Hero
Movie • 1910
Mabel
When We Were in Our 'Teens
Movie • 1910
Mary
A Gold Necklace
Movie • 1910
Masie
In the Bishop's Carriage
Movie • 1913
Nance Olden
The Foundling
Movie • 1916
Molly O
Hulda from Holland
Movie • 1916
Hulda
A Girl of Yesterday
Movie • 1915
Jane Stuart
Rags
Movie • 1915
Rags / Alice McCloud
The Gaucho
Movie • 1927
The Virgin Mary
Waiter No. 5
Movie • 1910
The Chief of Police's Son's Fiancée
Simple Charity
Movie • 1910
Miss Wilkins
The Song of the Wildwood Flute
Movie • 1910
Dove Eyes
Caprice
Movie • 1913
Mercy Baxter
A Plain Song
Movie • 1910
Edith
White Roses
Movie • 1910
Betty
For the Queen's Honor
Movie • 1911
Princess Gilda
The Female of the Species
Movie • 1912
The Miner's Wife's Sister
Esmeralda
Movie • 1915
Esmeralda Rogers
In the Sultan's Garden
Movie • 1911
Hadee
In the Sultan's Garden
Movie • 1911
Haidee
When a Man Loves
Movie • 1911
Tessie
Three Sisters
Movie • 1911
Mary
The Eagle's Mate
Movie • 1914
Anemone Breckenridge
Maid or Man
Movie • 1911
Elsie Keene
When the Cat's Away
Movie • 1911
Dorothy, The Wife
A Gasoline Engagement
Movie • 1911
Flora Powell
His Wife's Visitor
Movie • 1909
Bessie Wright
Science
Movie • 1911
Mrs. Crawford
At a Quarter of Two
Movie • 1911
Mrs Warren
Her Darkest Hour
Movie • 1911
Ruth
Behind the Scenes
Movie • 1914
Dolly Lane
A Decree of Destiny
Movie • 1911
Mary
The Convert
Movie • 1911
Agnes Boyd
The Fisher-Maid
Movie • 1911
Paula, The Fishing-Maid
The Message in the Bottle
Movie • 1911
Louise Spencer
The Peachbasket Hat
Movie • 1909
On street/In store
The Secret of the Palm
Movie • 1911
Edna
His Duty
Movie • 1909
A young woman in the street
The Faded Lilies
Movie • 1909
At party
Mistress Nell
Movie • 1915
Nell Gwyn
Tracked
Movie • 1911
Unknown Role
The Necklace
Movie • 1909
The Maid / In Pawnshop
The Mexican Sweethearts
Movie • 1909
The Señorita
Tender Hearts
Movie • 1909
Nellie
The Slave
Movie • 1909
A Slave Girl
They Would Elope
Movie • 1909
Bessie
The Cardinal's Conspiracy
Movie • 1909
A Disguised Servant
The Dawn of a Tomorrow
Movie • 1915
Glad
While There is hope, There is Life
Movie • 1911
Unknown Role
1776, or The Hessian Renegades
Movie • 1909
Messenger's Sister
Oh, Uncle!
Movie • 1909
Bessie
Second Sight
Movie • 1911
Gertrude Edgar
The Stampede
Movie • 1911
Nello
The Seventh Day
Movie • 1909
The Maid
In the Watches of the Night
Movie • 1909
Girl at Henry Brainard's
In Old Kentucky
Movie • 1909
Partygoer
The Skating Bug
Movie • 1911
The Girl
His Lost Love
Movie • 1909
Mary
A Lodging for the Night
Movie • 1912
The Mexican Girl
What's Your Hurry?
Movie • 1909
Mary
The Call of the Song
Movie • 1911
Amy Gordon
The Toss of a Coin
Movie • 1911
Alice Barton - the Farmer's Daughter
The Unwelcome Guest
Movie • 1913
Jessie - the Slavey
The Fair Dentist
Movie • 1911
Edith Morton - The Fair Dentist
The Test
Movie • 1909
Bessie
The Trick that Failed
Movie • 1909
Nellie Burt
Little Pal
Movie • 1915
'Little Pal'
The Heart of an Outlaw
Movie • 1909
The Outlaw's Daughter, as an Adult
A Midnight Adventure
Movie • 1909
Eleanor
The Restoration
Movie • 1909
Alice Ashford
Through the Breakers
Movie • 1909
An Extra
To Save Her Soul
Movie • 1909
Agnes Hailey
The Informer
Movie • 1912
The Confederate Captain's Sweetheart
The Courting of Mary
Movie • 1911
Mary
Love Heeds Not Showers
Movie • 1911
Mary
My Baby
Movie • 1912
The Wife
The One She Loved
Movie • 1912
The Wife
A Feud in the Kentucky Hills
Movie • 1912
The Daughter
Little Red Riding Hood
Movie • 1911
Little Red Riding Hood
Honor Thy Father
Movie • 1912
Mary Fuller
The Caddy's Dream
Movie • 1911
Miss Kelsomine
The Inner Circle
Movie • 1912
The Rich Italian's Daughter
With the Enemy's Help
Movie • 1912
Faro Kate
Lena and the Geese
Movie • 1912
Lena
An Indian Summer
Movie • 1912
The Widow's Daughter
'Tween Two Loves
Movie • 1911
Grace
Won by a Fish
Movie • 1912
The Woman
Just Like a Woman
Movie • 1912
The Young Woman
Home Folks
Movie • 1912
The Young Woman
Iola's Promise
Movie • 1912
Iola
The Rose's Story
Movie • 1911
Unknown Role
How Mary Fixed it
Movie • 1911
Mary
His Dress Shirt
Movie • 1911
Mrs. Kirby
The Sentinel Asleep
Movie • 1911
Unknown Role
A Timely Repentance
Movie • 1912
Mrs. Nordell - Heroine of the Movie within the Movie, 'The Wife's Desertion'
The Better Way
Movie • 1911
Lillian Garvey - a Salvation Army Lass
The Portrait
Movie • 1911
Little Vera - the Model
Fate's Interception
Movie • 1912
The Mexican Girl
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Movie • 1940
Self (archive footage)
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
Movie • 1942
Herself
D.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913
Movie • 2002
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
Movie • 1941
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
Movie • 1998
Self / Various roles (archive footage)
The Tramp and the Dictator
Movie • 2002
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Foundling
Movie • 1915
Molly O
Sigrid Holmquist
Movie • 2010
Sigrid Holmquist (archive footage)
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
Movie • 2007
Self (voice) (archive footage)
The House That Shadows Built
Movie • 1931
(archive footage)
Birth of the Tramp
Movie • 2013
Self (archive footage)
The Women Who Run Hollywood
Movie • 2016
Self (archive footage)
Behind the Stockade
Movie • 1911
Florence Williams
From the Bottom of the Sea
Movie • 1911
Undetermined Role (unconfirmed)
Cupid Angling
Movie • 1918
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Movie • 1925
Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts
Movie • 2017
Self - Actress (archive footage)
Hollywood’s Children
Movie • 1982
Self (archive footage)
The Usurer
Movie • 1910
Invalid Daughter
That Chink at Golden Gulch
Movie • 1910
Douglas Fairbanks: The Great Swashbuckler
Movie • 2005
Self (archive footage)
Hooray for Hollywood
Movie • 1976
Self (archive footage)
What Drink Did
Movie • 1909
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
Movie • 1988
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
Movie • 2012
Self (archive footage)
Murders of Hollywood
Movie • 2003
Self (archive footage)
Anniversary
Movie • 1963
Herself - Archive Footage (uncredited)
The Way of the World
Movie • 1947
Dora (Archive Footage)
The Medallion
Movie • 1911
Rumored
Mondo Hollywood
Movie • 1967
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
Movie • 2020
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood on Parade No. B-10
Movie • 1934
Self
American Experience
TV • 1988
Self