Actor
Mary Pickford
134 years · Toronto, Ontario, Canada · 227 films
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.
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Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925 · Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
On Kanopy
The Lonely Villa
1909 · Actor
On Fawesome
The Black Pirate
1926 · Princess Isobel in Final Embrace - Cameo Appearance (uncredited)
On Plex
Sleep, My Love
1948 · Producer
On Tubi TV
Sparrows
1926 · Molly, Producer
On Philo
The Unchanging Sea
1910 · The Daughter as an Adult
On Fawesome
Filmography 226
Mary Pickford a Blessing and a Curse
2023 · Self
On Hoopla
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
2020 · Self (archive footage)
Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts
2017 · Self - Actress (archive footage)
On Kanopy
The Women Who Run Hollywood
2016 · Self (archive footage)
On Hoopla
Birth of the Tramp
2013 · Self (archive footage)
On Magellan TV
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
2012 · Self (archive footage)
Sigrid Holmquist
2010 · Sigrid Holmquist (archive footage)
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
2008 · Self (archive footage)
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
2007 · Self (voice) (archive footage)
Douglas Fairbanks: The Great Swashbuckler
2005 · Self (archive footage)
On Fandango at Home Free
Mary Pickford
2005 · Self (archive footage)
Elf: Christmas in Tinseltown
2004 · Self (archive)
Chaplin Today: The Gold Rush
2003 · Self (archive footage)
Murders of Hollywood
2003 · Self (archive footage)
On Pluto TV
D.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913
2002 · Actor
The Tramp and the Dictator
2002 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
On Criterion Channel
Decasia: The State of Decay
2002 · Self (archive footage)
Mary Pickford: A Life on Film
2000 · Self / Numerous Roles (archive footage) (uncredited)
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
1998 · Self / Various roles (archive footage)
On Plex
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995 · Self (archive footage)
The Casting Couch
1995 · Actor
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988 · (archive footage) (uncredited)
Lillian Gish: The Actor's Life for Me
1988 · Self (archive footage)
Hollywood’s Children
1982 · Self (archive footage)
On Tubi TV