Mary Pickford

ActorProducerWriterDirector Apr 7 (died age 87) Toronto, Ontario, Canada 1909–2023 (114 year career)

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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. Pic…

Known For

Film

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)

Film

The Black Pirate

Princess Isobel in Final Embrace - Cameo Appearance (uncredited)

Film

Sparrows

Molly

Film

The Lonely Villa

6.0 1909

Film

Sleep, My Love

Producer

Film

Love Happy

Executive Producer

Film

The Unchanging Sea

The Daughter as an Adult

Film

Stella Maris

Miss Stella Maris / Unity Blake

Filmography

Acting (265)

Movies (264)

Mary Pickford a Blessing and a Curse

2023

as Self

7.0

Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty

2020

as Self (archive footage)

7.8

Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts

2017

as Self - Actress (archive footage)

6.5

The Women Who Run Hollywood

2016

as Self (archive footage)

7.1

Birth of the Tramp

2013

as Self (archive footage)

7.1

Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe

2012

as Self (archive footage)

7.2

Sigrid Holmquist

2010

as Sigrid Holmquist (archive footage)

7.0

Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies

2008

as Self (archive footage)

5.0

Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

2007

as Self (voice) (archive footage)

4.3

Douglas Fairbanks: The Great Swashbuckler

2005

as Self (archive footage)

6.0

Mary Pickford

2005

as Self/Archival Footage

7.0

Murders of Hollywood

2003

as Self (archive footage)

2.0

Chaplin Today: The Gold Rush

2003

as Self (archive footage)

5.0

The Tramp and the Dictator

2002

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

7.0

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

2002

Mary Pickford: A Life on Film

2000

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

Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists

1998

as Self / Various roles (archive footage)

Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies

1988

What Do Those Old Films Mean?

1985

as Herself(archive footage)

6.0

Hollywood’s Children

1982

as Self (archive footage)

Hooray for Hollywood

1976

as Self (archive footage)

Mondo Hollywood

1967

5.3

Anniversary

1963

as Herself - Archive Footage (uncredited)

The Legend of Rudolph Valentino

1961

as Self (archive footage)

Yesterday and Today

1953

as (archive footage)

The Way of the World

1947

as Dora (Archive Footage)

Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6

1942

as Herself

6.0

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2

1941

6.0

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

1940

as Self (archive footage)

6.5

Hollywood Hobbies

1939

as Self (uncredited)

5.3

Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove

1934

as Self

5.5

Secrets

1933

as Mary Marlowe / Mary Carlton

4.8

Hollywood on Parade No. B-5

1933

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Hollywood on Parade No. B-10

1933

as Self

Hollywood on Parade No. A-4

1932

as Self (uncredited)

Kiki

1931

as Kiki

4.5

The House That Shadows Built

1931

as (archive footage)

7.0

The Voice of Hollywood

1930

as Self/Queen of the Movies

Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5

1930

as Mary Pickford

Coquette

1929

as Norma Besant

5.7

The Taming of the Shrew

1929

as Caterina

5.4

One of Many

1927

as Self (archive footage)

The Gaucho

as The Virgin Mary

My Best Girl

as Maggie Johnson

A Kiss from Mary Pickford

1927

as Self (archive footage)

Sparrows

as Molly

The Black Pirate

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

6.7

Little Annie Rooney

1925

as Annabelle 'Little Annie' Rooney

6.9

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

1925

as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)

7.3

Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall

1924

as Dorothy Vernon

4.3

Mary and Doug Visit Stockholm

Hollywood

as Mary Pickford

Rosita

as Rosita

From Farm to Fame

as Mary Pickford

Tess of the Storm Country

1922

as Tessibel 'Tess' Skinner

5.8

Through the Back Door

1921

as Jeanne Bodamere

6.1

Little Lord Fauntleroy

1921

as Cedric Errol / Widow Errol

The Love Light

as Angela Carlotti

Pollyanna

as Pollyanna Whittier

Suds

as Amanda Afflick

Captain Kidd, Jr.

as Mary MacTavish

The Hoodlum

as Amy Burke

Heart o' the Hills

as Mavis Hawn

Daddy-Long-Legs

as Judy Abbott

Cupid Angling

100% American

as Mayme

Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley

1918

as Amarilly Jenkins

5.3

Stella Maris

1918

as Miss Stella Maris / Unity Blake

6.8

Johanna Enlists

1918

as Johanna Renssaller

5.8

M'Liss

1918

as Melissa 'M'liss' Smith

5.7

How Could You, Jean?

1918

as Jean Mackaye

The Pride of the Clan

1917

as Marget MacTavish

7.1

The Poor Little Rich Girl

as Gwen

The Little American

as Angela Moore

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

as Rebecca Randall

A Little Princess

as Sara Crewe

A Romance of the Redwoods

1917

as Jenny Lawrence

6.4

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

1917

Hulda from Holland

1916

as Hulda

Less Than the Dust

1916

as Radha

3.0

The Eternal Grind

1916

as Louise

Poor Little Peppina

1916

as Peppina

5.2

The Foundling

1916

as Molly O

The Foundling

1915

as Molly O

Mistress Nell

1915

as Nell Gwyn

Little Pal

1915

as 'Little Pal'

Esmeralda

1915

as Esmeralda Rogers

Rags

1915

as Rags / Alice McCloud

7.5

Fanchon, the Cricket

1915

as Fanchon, the Cricket

Madame Butterfly

as Cho-Cho-San

A Girl of Yesterday

as Jane Stuart

The Dawn of a Tomorrow

1915

as Glad

7.0

Tess of the Storm Country

1914

as Tessibel Skinner

5.4

A Good Little Devil

1914

as Juliet

Hearts Adrift

1914

as Nina

Cinderella

1914

as Cinderella

5.4

The Eagle's Mate

1914

as Anemone Breckenridge

5.0

Behind the Scenes

1914

as Dolly Lane

Such a Little Queen

1914

as Queen Anna Victoria

Caprice

1913

as Mercy Baxter

1.0

In the Bishop's Carriage

1913

as Nance Olden

1.0

The Unwelcome Guest

1913

as Jessie - the Slavey

Won by a Fish

as The Woman

The Mender of Nets

as The Little Net-Mender

A Beast at Bay

as The Young Woman

The Inner Circle

as The Rich Italian's Daughter

4.0

The New York Hat

1912

as Mary Harding, the Daughter

5.6

Honor Thy Father

1912

as Mary Fuller

The Narrow Road

1912

as Mrs. Jim Holcomb

4.5

A Pueblo Legend

1912

as The Indian Girl

Friends

1912

as Dora - the Orphan

5.5

The Female of the Species

1912

as The Miner's Wife's Sister

So Near, Yet So Far

as The Young Woman

The Informer

as The Confederate Captain's Sweetheart

An Indian Summer

1912

as The Widow's Daughter

4.0

Just Like a Woman

1912

as The Young Woman

My Baby

1912

as The Wife

5.5

The Old Actor

1912

as The Old Actor's Daughter

Lena and the Geese

as Lena

The One She Loved

as The Wife

Home Folks

1912

as The Young Woman

Fate's Interception

1912

as The Mexican Girl

A Lodging for the Night

1912

as The Mexican Girl

5.7

A Feud in the Kentucky Hills

1912

as The Daughter

4.5

A Timely Repentance

1912

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

Iola's Promise

1912

as Iola

5.0

With the Enemy's Help

1912

as Faro Kate

3.0

The School Teacher and the Waif

1912

as Nora, the Waif

4.8

At a Quarter of Two

1911

as Mrs Warren

When the Cat's Away

1911

as Dorothy, The Wife

As a Boy Dreams

1911

4.0

In the Sultan's Garden

1911

as Hadee

Behind the Stockade

1911

as Florence Williams

The Better Way

1911

as Lillian Garvey - a Salvation Army Lass

Sweet Memories

1911

as Polly Biblett

4.0

The Sentinel Asleep

1911

as Unknown Role

While There is hope, There is Life

1911

as Unknown Role

The Call of the Song

1911

as Amy Gordon

The Courting of Mary

1911

as Mary

6.0

The Master and the Man

1911

as Elsie Graham

A Manly Man

1911

as Lola

How Mary Fixed it

1911

as Mary

The Secret of the Palm

1911

as Edna

The Dream

1911

as Nell Herbert

5.5

Back to the Soil

1911

as Sadie Allen

For the Queen's Honor

1911

as Princess Gilda

The Medallion

1911

as Rumored

The Stampede

1911

as Nello

Artful Kate

1911

as Artful Kate Stanley

3.0

Her Darkest Hour

1911

as Ruth

Love Heeds Not Showers

1911

as Mary

A Decree of Destiny

1911

as Mary

Three Sisters

1911

as Mary

For Her Brother's Sake

1911

as Madge Spotwood

The Caddy's Dream

1911

as Miss Kelsomine

From the Bottom of the Sea

1911

as Undetermined Role (unconfirmed)

'Tween Two Loves

1911

as Grace

Maid or Man

1911

as Elsie Keene

The Fisher-Maid

1911

as Paula, The Fishing-Maid

The Skating Bug

1911

as The Girl

The Fair Dentist

1911

as Edith Morton - The Fair Dentist

Science

1911

as Mrs. Crawford

Tracked

1911

as Unknown Role

The Message in the Bottle

1911

as Louise Spencer

In Old Madrid

1911

4.0

Second Sight

1911

as Gertrude Edgar

Little Red Riding Hood

1911

as Little Red Riding Hood

The Mirror

1911

as Dorothy

Their First Misunderstanding

1911

as Mae Darcy

When a Man Loves

1911

as Tessie

4.0

The Lighthouse Keeper

1911

as Polly Berry - the Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter

The Italian Barber

1911

as Alice

4.0

The Toss of a Coin

1911

as Alice Barton - the Farmer's Daughter

The Temptress

1911

as Lucille Allen

A Gasoline Engagement

1911

as Flora Powell

The Rose's Story

1911

as Unknown Role

The Convert

1911

as Agnes Boyd

The Portrait

1911

as Little Vera - the Model

His Dress Shirt

1911

as Mrs. Kirby

A Lucky Toothache

1910

as Mary

In the Season of Buds

1910

as Mabel

The Woman from Mellon's

1910

as Mary Petersby

What the Daisy Said

1910

as Martha

4.7

Muggsy Becomes a Hero

1910

as Mabel

5.0

Sunshine Sue

1910

The Englishman and the Girl

1910

as The Girl

Waiter No. 5

1910

as The Chief of Police's Son's Fiancée

Muggsy's First Sweetheart

1910

as Mabel Brown

5.0

The Unchanging Sea

1910

as The Daughter as an Adult

Wilful Peggy

as Peggy

The Twisted Trail

as Molly Hendricks

The Call to Arms

as A Messenger

The Usurer

as Invalid Daughter

White Roses

as Betty

Ramona

as Ramona

A Gold Necklace

as Masie

A Rich Revenge

as Jennie

The Sorrows of the Unfaithful

1910

as Mary

May and December

as May

An Arcadian Maid

as The Arcadian Maid

A Plain Song

as Edith

The Song of the Wildwood Flute

1910

as Dove Eyes

That Chink at Golden Gulch

1910

5.0

The Thread of Destiny

1910

as Myrtle

A Child's Impulse

as Grace

Never Again

as The Girl

Love Among the Roses

as The Lacemaker

The Two Brothers

as A Mexican

As It Is in Life

1910

as Daughter (Adult)

5.2

The Smoker

1910

as George's Wife

The Newlyweds

1910

as Alice Vance

5.0

A Romance of the Western Hills

1910

A Victim of Jealousy

1910

as The Wife's Friend

All on Account of the Milk

1910

as The Young Woman

5.3

Simple Charity

1910

as Miss Wilkins

When We Were in Our 'Teens

as Mary

A Strange Meeting

The Mexican Sweethearts

as The Señorita

A Midnight Adventure

as Eleanor

Through the Breakers

as An Extra

The Son's Return

as Mary

The Lonely Villa

What's Your Hurry?

as Mary

The Mountaineer's Honor

1909

as Harum-Scarum, a Mountain Girl

4.6

The Indian Runner's Romance

as Blue Cloud's Wife

A Sweet Revenge

The Broken Locket

as Ruth King

The Awakening

as The Widow's Daughter

The Little Darling

as Little Darling

The Renunciation

as Kittie Ryan

Tender Hearts

as Nellie

1776, or The Hessian Renegades

1909

as Messenger's Sister

5.2

The Trick that Failed

as Nellie Burt

Sweet and Twenty

as Alice

The Cardinal's Conspiracy

1909

as A Disguised Servant

3.7

The Little Teacher

1909

as The Little Teacher

In Old Kentucky

as Partygoer

His Lost Love

as Mary

His Wife's Visitor

as Bessie Wright

The Necklace

as The Maid / In Pawnshop

The Sealed Room

as A Lady-in-Waiting

They Would Elope

as Bessie

The Peachbasket Hat

as On street/In store

The Gibson Goddess

as Woman on Sidewalk

Pippa Passes

as Girl in crowd

The Slave

as A Slave Girl

What Drink Did

Two Memories

as Marion's Sister

Her First Biscuits

as Biscuit Victim

The Light That Came

as Daisy

To Save Her Soul

as Agnes Hailey

The Country Doctor

as Poor Mother's Elder Daughter

6.2

His Duty

1909

as A young woman in the street

3.9

Getting Even

1909

as Miss Lucy

3.8

The Violin Maker of Cremona

1909

as Giannina, Taddeo's Daughter

Oh, Uncle!

as Bessie

The Seventh Day

as The Maid

The Restoration

as Alice Ashford

Lines of White on a Sullen Sea

1909

as Second Couple

3.2

In the Watches of the Night

1909

as Girl at Henry Brainard's

2.0

The Way of Man

1909

as Winnie, Mabel's Cousin

The Test

as Bessie

The Faded Lilies

as At party

The Heart of an Outlaw

1909

as The Outlaw's Daughter, as an Adult

2.0

Television (1)

American Experience

1988

as Self

6.6

Crew (39)

Movies (39)

Love Happy

Executive Producer

Sleep, My Love

Producer

Stork Bites Man

Producer

White Cradle Inn

Producer

Little Iodine

Executive Producer

The Gay Desperado

Producer

One Rainy Afternoon

Producer

Secrets

Executive Producer

Coquette

Producer

My Best Girl

Producer

Sparrows

Producer

Little Annie Rooney

Producer

Little Annie Rooney

Writer

Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall

1924

Director

4.3

Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall

1924

Producer

4.3

Garrison's Finish

1923

Writer

Rosita

1923

Producer

6.5

Tess of the Storm Country

1922

Producer

5.8

Through the Back Door

1921

Producer

6.1

Little Lord Fauntleroy

Producer

The Love Light

Producer

Pollyanna

Producer

Suds

Producer

The Hoodlum

Executive Producer

Daddy-Long-Legs

Producer

Johanna Enlists

Executive Producer

How Could You, Jean?

Producer

The Little American

Producer

A Little Princess

Producer

Less Than the Dust

Producer

Poor Little Peppina

Producer

Hearts Adrift

Writer

Lena and the Geese

1912

Screenplay

4.7

Madame Rex

1911

Writer

The Medallion

1911

Screenplay

Caught in the Act

1911

Screenplay

May and December

Writer

The Awakening

Screenplay

The Day After

Writer