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