Mary Pickford (1892–1979)

Actress | Producer | Writer

Mary Pickford was born Gladys Marie Smith in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, to Elsie Charlotte (Hennessy...

Born: April 8, 1892
Died: May 29, 1979 (age 87)

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Filmography

Known For

Coquette Norma Besant (1929)
My Best Girl Maggie Johnson (1927)
Secrets Mary Marlowe / Mary Carlton (1933)
Known For

Little Annie Rooney Little Annie Rooney (1925)
Actress

Secrets Mary Marlowe / Mary Carlton (1933)
Kiki Kiki (1931)
Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5 Mary Pickford (1930)
Forever Yours (1930)
The Taming of the Shrew Katherine (1929)
Coquette Norma Besant (1929)
The Gaucho Virgin Mary (1927)
My Best Girl Maggie Johnson (1927)
Sparrows Molly (1926)
The Black Pirate Princess Isobel in Final Embrace - Cameo Appearance (1926)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ Chariot Race Spectator (1925)
Little Annie Rooney Little Annie Rooney (1925)
Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall Dorothy Vernon (1924)
Rosita Rosita (1923)
Hollywood Mary Pickford (1923)
Tess of the Storm Country Tessibel 'Tess' Skinner (1922)
From Farm to Fame Mary Pickford (1922)
Little Lord Fauntleroy Cedric Errol / Widow Errol (1921)
Through the Back Door Jeanne (1921)
The Love Light Angela Carlotti (1921)
Suds Amanda Afflick (1920)
Pollyanna Pollyanna Whittier (1920)
Heart o' the Hills Mavis Hawn (1919)
The Hoodlum Amy Burke (1919)
Daddy-Long-Legs Judy Abbott (1919)
Captain Kidd, Jr. Mary MacTavish (1919)
One Hundred Percent American Mayme (1918)
Johanna Enlists Johanna Renssaller (1918)
How Could You, Jean? Jean Mackaye (1918)
M'Liss Melissa 'M'liss' Smith (1918)
Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley Amarilly Jenkins (1918)
Stella Maris Miss Stella Maris / Unity Blake (1918)
A Little Princess Sara Crewe (1917)
All-Star Production of Patriotic Episodes for the Second Liberty Loan (1917)
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm Rebecca Randall (1917)
The Little American Angela Moore (1917)
A Romance of the Redwoods Jenny Lawrence (1917)
The Poor Little Rich Girl Gwendolyn 'Gwen' (1917)
The Pride of the Clan Marget MacTavish (1917)
Less Than the Dust Radha (1916)
The Eternal Grind Louise (1916)
Hulda from Holland Hulda (1916)
Poor Little Peppina Peppina (1916)
The Foundling Molly O (1916)
Broken Hearts (1915)
Madame Butterfly Cho-Cho-San (1915)
A Girl of Yesterday Jane Stuart (1915)
Esmeralda Esmeralda Rogers (1915)
The Foundling Molly O (1915)
Rags Rags / Alice McCloud (1915)
Little Pal 'Little Pal' (1915)
The Dawn of a Tomorrow Glad (1915)
Fanchon, the Cricket Fanchon (1915)
Love's Reflection (1915)
Wifey's Fling (1915)
Mistress Nell Nell Gwyn (1915)
Cinderella Cinderella (1914)
The Outcome (1914)
Behind the Scenes Dolly Lane (1914)
Such a Little Queen Queen Anna Victoria (1914)
The Eagle's Mate Anemone Breckenridge (1914)
Tess of the Storm Country Tessibel Skinner (1914)
A Good Little Devil Juliet (1914)
Hearts Adrift Nina (1914)
Caprice Mercy Baxter (1913)
In the Bishop's Carriage Nance Olden (1913)
The Unwelcome Guest Jessie - the Slavey (1913)
Grannie (1912)
The New York Hat Miss Mollie Goodhue (1912)
The Informer The Confederate Captain's Sweetheart (1912)
My Baby The Wife (1912)
The One She Loved The Wife (1912)
A Feud in the Kentucky Hills The Daughter (1912)
So Near, Yet So Far The Young Woman (1912)
Friends Dora - the Orphan (1912)
A Pueblo Romance (1912)
A Pueblo Legend The Indian Girl / The Little Stranger (1912)
With the Enemy's Help Faro Kate (1912)
The Inner Circle The Rich Italian's Daughter (1912)
The Narrow Road Mrs. Jim Holcomb (1912)
An Indian Summer The Widow's First Daughter (1912)
The School Teacher and the Waif Nora - the Waif (1912)
Lena and the Geese Lena (1912)
Home Folks The Young Woman (1912)
A Beast at Bay The Young Woman (1912)
A Lodging for the Night The Mexican Girl (1912)
The Old Actor The Old Actor's Daughter (1912)
Won by a Fish The Woman (1912)
Just Like a Woman The Young Woman (1912)
The Female of the Species The Miner's Wife's Sister (1912)
Fate's Interception The Mexican Girl (1912)
Iola's Promise Iola (1912)
A Timely Repentance Mrs. Nordell - Heroine of the Movie within the Movie, 'The Wife's Desertion' (1912)
A Siren of Impulse Reveler (1912)
The Mender of Nets The Little Net-Mender (1912)
Honor Thy Father Mary Fuller (1912)
How Mary Fixed It Mary (1911)
A Dog's Tale (1911)
The Caddy's Dream Miss Kelsomine (1911)
The Portrait Little Vera - the Model (1911)
Little Red Riding Hood Little Red Riding Hood (1911)
Love Heeds Not Showers Mary (1911)
The Courting of Mary Mary (1911)
From the Bottom of the Sea Undetermined Role (1911)
His Dress Shirt Mrs. Kirby (1911)
The Better Way Lillian Garvey - a Salvation Army Lass (1911)
The Sentinel Asleep (1911)
'Tween Two Loves Grace (1911)
By the House That Jack Built (1911)
The Toss of a Coin Alice Barton - The Farmer's Daughter (1911)
The Call of the Song Amy Gordon (1911)
The Skating Bug (1911)
Science Mrs. Crawford (1911)
At a Quarter of Two Mrs. Warren (1911)
A Gasoline Engagement Flora Powell (1911)
For the Queen's Honor Princess Gilda (1911)
In the Sultan's Garden Haidee (1911)
Behind the Stockade Florence Williams (1911)
Back to the Soil Sadie Allen (1911)
The Lighthouse Keeper Polly Berry - the Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter (1911)
The Master and the Man Elsie Graham (1911)
For Her Brother's Sake Madge Spotwood (1911)
The Fair Dentist Edith Morton - The Fair Dentist (1911)
The Temptress Lucille Allen (1911)
Second Sight Gertrude Edgar (1911)
As a Boy Dreams Mary - the Captain's Daughter (1911)
The Stampede Nello - The Bandit's Daughter (1911)
Sweet Memories Polly Biblett (1911)
In Old Madrid Zelda (1911)
The Fisher-Maid Paula - The Fisher-Maid (1911)
The Message in the Bottle Louise Spencer (1911)
Conscience (1911)
A Decree of Destiny Mary - lst Sister (1911)
A Manly Man Elinor Williams (1911)
Artful Kate Artful Kate Stanley (1911)
The Convert Agnes Boyd (1911)
Her Darkest Hour Ruth (1911)
When the Cat's Away Dorothy - the Wife (1911)
The Mirror Dorothy (1911)
At the Duke's Command One of the Ladies of the Court (1911)
Three Sisters Mary (1911)
Maid or Man Elsie Keene (1911)
The Dream Nell Herbert (1911)
Their First Misunderstanding Mae Darcy (1911)
The Italian Barber Alice (1911)
When a Man Loves Tessie (1911)
Little Nell's Tobacco (1910)
White Roses Betty (1910)
A Child's Stratagem (1910)
A Plain Song Edith (1910)
The Song of the Wildwood Flute Dove Eyes (1910)
Sunshine Sue (1910)
Simple Charity Miss Wilkins (1910)
Waiter No. 5 The Chief of Police's Son's Fiancée (1910)
The Masher (1910)
A Lucky Toothache Bessie (1910)
That Chink at Golden Gulch (1910)
A Gold Necklace Mazie (1910)
The Iconoclast (1910)
Examination Day at School (1910)
Muggsy Becomes a Hero Mabel (1910)
Wilful Peggy Peggy (1910)
The Sorrows of the Unfaithful Mary (1910)
When We Were in Our Teens Mary (1910)
The Usurer Invalid Daughter (1910)
An Arcadian Maid Priscilla - The Country Girl (1910)
The Call to Arms The Messenger (1910)
Serious Sixteen (1910)
A Flash of Light (1910)
What the Daisy Said Martha (1910)
Muggsy's First Sweetheart Mabel Brown (1910)
A Child's Impulse Grace (1910)
Never Again The Girl (1910)
May and December May (1910)
The Face at the Window (1910)
A Victim of Jealousy The Wife's Friend (1910)
In the Season of Buds Mabel (1910)
Ramona Ramona (1910)
An Affair of Hearts (1910)
Love Among the Roses The Lacemaker (1910)
The Unchanging Sea The Daughter as an Adult (1910)
The Kid (1910)
A Romance of the Western Hills Indian (1910)
A Rich Revenge Jennie (1910)
The Two Brothers Mexican (1910)
As It Is in Life George Forrester's Daughter - as an Adult (1910)
The Smoker George's Wife (1910)
His Last Dollar (1910)
The Twisted Trail Molly Hendricks (1910)
The Thread of Destiny Myrtle (1910)
The Newlyweds Alice Vance (1910)
The Englishman and the Girl The Girl (1910)
The Woman from Mellon's Mary Petersby - James' Daughter (1910)
All on Account of the Milk The Young Woman (1910)
The Heart of an Outlaw The Outlaw's Daughter - as an Adult (1909)
To Save Her Soul Agnes Halley (1909)
The Test Bessie (1909)
Through the Breakers At the Soiree (1909)
The Trick That Failed Nellie Burt (1909)
The Mountaineer's Honor Harum-Scarum - a Mountain Girl (1909)
A Sweet Revenge (1909)
A Midnight Adventure Eleanor (1909)
The Restoration Alice Ashford (1909)
The Light That Came Daisy (1909)
What's Your Hurry? Mary (1909)
The Gibson Goddess Woman on Sidewalk (1909)
Lines of White on a Sullen Sea Second Couple (1909)
In the Watches of the Night At Brainard's (1909)
His Lost Love Mary (1909)
The Little Teacher The Little Teacher (1909)
Pippa Passes; or, the Song of Conscience Girl in Crowd (1909)
Wanted, a Child (1909)
The Awakening The Widow's Daughter (1909)
In Old Kentucky Homecoming Party (1909)
The Broken Locket Ruth King (1909)
Getting Even Miss Lucy (1909)
The Children's Friend (1909)
The Hessian Renegades Messenger's Sister (1909)
The Sealed Room A Lady-in-Waiting (1909)
The Little Darling Little Darling (1909)
The Seventh Day Mrs.Herne's First Maid (1909)
Oh, Uncle! Bessie (1909)
The Indian Runner's Romance Blue Cloud's Wife (1909)
His Wife's Visitor Bessie Wright (1909)
They Would Elope Bessie (1909)
A Strange Meeting (1909)
The Slave A Slave Girl (1909)
Sweet and Twenty Alice (1909)
The Renunciation Kittie Ryan (1909)
Tender Hearts Nellie (1909)
The Cardinal's Conspiracy Princess Angela's Disguised Servant (1909)
The Country Doctor The Poor Mother's Elder Daughter (1909)
The Necklace The Maid / In Pawnshop (1909)
The Way of Man Winnie - Mabel's Cousin (1909)
The Peachbasket Hat On Street / In Store (1909)
The Mexican Sweethearts The Señorita (1909)
Her First Biscuits Biscuit Victim (1909)
The Faded Lilies At Party (1909)
The Son's Return Mary Clark (1909)
The Lonely Villa One of the Cullison Children (1909)
The Violin Maker of Cremona Giannina - Taddeo's Daughter (1909)
What Drink Did (1909)
His Duty One of the Children on the Street (1909)
Two Memories Marion's Sister (1909)
The Fascinating Mrs. Francis (1909)
Actress

Mrs. Jones Entertains (1909)
Producer

Love Happy (1949)
Stork Bites Man (1947)
The Adventures of Don Coyote (1947)
High Fury (1947)
Susie Steps Out (1946)
Little Iodine (1946)
The Gay Desperado (1936)
One Rainy Afternoon (1936)
Secrets (1933)
Kiki (1931)
The Taming of the Shrew (1929)
Coquette (1929)
My Best Girl (1927)
Sparrows (1926)
Little Annie Rooney (1925)
Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall (1924)
Rosita (1923)
Tess of the Storm Country (1922)
Little Lord Fauntleroy (1921)
Through the Back Door (1921)
The Love Light (1921)
Suds (1920)
Pollyanna (1920)
Heart o' the Hills (1919)
The Hoodlum (1919)
Daddy-Long-Legs (1919)
Captain Kidd, Jr. (1919)
Johanna Enlists (1918)
How Could You, Jean? (1918)
A Little Princess (1917)
The Little American (1917)
Less Than the Dust (1916)
Poor Little Peppina (1916)
The Foundling (1916)
Producer

The Foundling (1915)
Writer

Little Annie Rooney (1925)
Garrison's Finish (1923)
A Girl of Yesterday (1915)
Rags (1915)
Hearts Adrift (1914)
Granny (1913)
When Fate Decrees (1913)
Lena and the Geese (1912)
Madame Rex (1911)
May and December (1910)
In the Season of Buds (1910)
The Day After (1909)
The Little Teacher (1909)
Writer

The Awakening (1909)
Soundtrack

Heart o' the Hills (1919)
Soundtrack

The Hoodlum (1919)
Director

Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall (1924)
Archive footage

Charlie Chaplin, le génie de la liberté (2020)
La case du siècle (2019)
America in Color (2018)
I, Douglas Fairbanks (2018)
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché (2018)
Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts (2017)
Et la femme créa Hollywood (2016)
Arena (2016)
Mystères d'archives (2015)
Astrid (2014-2015)
Un jour, une histoire (2014)
The Birth of the Tramp (2013)
Love Lust (2011)
Sigrid Holmquist (2010)
Time to Remember (2010)
Smash His Camera (2010)
Blue Skies Beyond the Looking Glass (2008)
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies (2008)
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones Documentaries (2008)
Burn Hollywood Burn (2007)
The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk (2007)
Why Be Good? Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema (2007)
City Confidential (2002-2007)
Silent Britain (2006)
The Woman with the Hungry Eyes (2006)
Filmmakers in Action (2005)
Douglas Fairbanks: The Great Swashbuckler (2005)
Garbo (2005)
American Experience (2005)
Christmas in Tinseltown (2004)
Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate (2004)
Cecil B. DeMille: American Epic (2004)
Chaplin Today: The Gold Rush (2003)
The Tramp and the Dictator (2002)
Decasia (2002)
Central Casting (2000)
Douglas Fairbanks Sr. and Mary Pickford (2000)
Canada: A People's History (2000)
E! Mysteries & Scandals (2000)
Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood (2000)
Kings of the Ring: Four Legends of Heavyweight Boxing (2000)
Film Breaks (1999)
Star Power: The Creation of United Artists (1998)
Life and Times (1998)
Mary Pickford: A Life on Film (1997)
Gloria Swanson: The Greatest Star (1997)
The Great War: 1914-1918 (1996)
The Universal Story (1996)
The Casting Couch (1995)
Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood (1995)
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (1995)
Sprockets (1991)
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies (1988)
American Masters (1988)
Entertaining the Troops (1988)
What Do Those Old Films Mean? (1985)
Showbiz Ballyhoo (1982)
Hooray for Hollywood (1982)
Hollywood's Children (1982)
Komediya davno minuvshikh dney (1980)
Hollywood (1980)
Has Anybody Here Seen Canada? A History of Canadian Movies 1939-1953 (1979)
America's Sweetheart: The Mary Pickford Story (1978)
Some Call It Greed (1977)
The Moving Picture Boys in the Great War (1975)
The Age of Ballyhoo (1973)
Hollywood Babylon (1972)
God Chose Paris (1969)
The Funniest Man in the World (1967)
Mondo Hollywood: Hollywood Laid Bare! (1967)
Hollywood My Home Town (1965)
Hollywood and the Stars (1964)
Hollywood Without Make-Up (1963)
Anniversary (1963)
Hollywood: The Great Stars (1963)
30 Years of Fun (1963)
The DuPont Show of the Week (1962)
Hollywood: The Golden Years (1961)
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino (1961)
Jazzgossen (1958)
Project Twenty (1957)
Screen Snapshots: Ramblin' Round Hollywood (1955)
Yesterday and Today (1953)
Let's Go to the Movies (1949)
Flicker Flashbacks No. 2, Series 5 (1947)
Flicker Flashbacks No. 1, Series 5 (1947)
Wilson (1944)
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (1940)
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 12 (1939)
The Movies March On (1939)
Personality Parade (1938)
Fashions in Love (1936)
Movie Memories #2 (1934)
A Penny a Peep (1934)
Hollywood on Parade (1934)
Hollywood on Parade No. B-5 (1933)
March of the Movies (1933)
The House That Shadows Built (1931)
Odna iz mnogikh (1927)
Little Miss Hollywood (1923)
Screen Snapshots, Series 1, No. 16 (1920)
Archive footage

Legends of World Cinema (2004)
Biography (1987)
Additional Crew

Love Happy (1949)
Sleep, My Love (1948)
Additional Crew

The Gay Desperado (1936)
Daddy-Long-Legs (1919)

Videos

Awards

Did You Know

In the 1920s, when prominent Hollywood columnist Herbert Howe asked his banker for advice about Los Angeles real estate, the banker responded, "Go ask Mary Pickford. She knows more about local real estate than anybody I know".

Quotes

[1924] Blood and Sand (1922) is notable on account of [Rudolph Valentino's] performance. In my judgment it is the best thing that he has done and one of [Fred Niblo's] finest pictures. It is one of the few pictures I have been able to sit through ...