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.
Recent movies
| # | Name | Character | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Birth of the Tramp (2013) | Self (archive footage) | 7 |
| 2 | Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema (2007) | Self (voice) (archive footage) | - |
| 3 | Decasia: The State of Decay (2002) | Self (archive footage) | 3 |
| 4 | Kiki (1931) | Kiki | - |
| 5 | Coquette (1929) | Norma Besant | - |
| 6 | A Kiss from Mary Pickford (1927) | Self (archive footage) | 5 |
| 7 | The Gaucho (1927) | The Virgin Mary | 4 |
| 8 | My Best Girl (1927) | Maggie Johnson | 6 |
| 9 | Sparrows (1926) | Molly | 5 |
| 10 | The Black Pirate (1926) | Princess Isobel in Final Embrace - Cameo Appearance (uncredited) | 7 |
| 11 | Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925) | Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited) | 6 |
| 12 | Tess of the Storm Country (1922) | Tessibel 'Tess' Skinner | 5 |
| 13 | Pollyanna (1920) | Pollyanna Whittier | 6 |
| 14 | The Hoodlum (1919) | Amy Burke | 6 |
| 15 | Daddy-Long-Legs (1919) | Judy Abbott | 5 |
| 16 | Stella Maris (1918) | Miss Stella Maris / Unity Blake | 5 |
| 17 | Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1917) | Rebecca Randall | 6 |
| 18 | The Poor Little Rich Girl (1917) | Gwen | 7.5 |
| 19 | Tess of the Storm Country (1914) | Tessibel Skinner | 5 |
| 20 | The New York Hat (1912) | Mary Harding, the Daughter | 2 |
| 21 | The School Teacher and the Waif (1912) | Nora, the Waif | - |
| 22 | The Old Actor (1912) | The Old Actor's Daughter | 2 |
| 23 | The Unchanging Sea (1910) | The Daughter as an Adult | 4 |
| 24 | Ramona (1910) | Ramona | 4 |
| 25 | Her First Biscuits (1909) | Biscuit Victim | 3 |
| 26 | The Faded Lilies (1909) | At party | 3 |
| 27 | They Would Elope (1909) | Bessie | 5 |
| 28 | Sweet and Twenty (1909) | Alice | 3 |
| 29 | His Duty (1909) | A young woman in the street | 3 |
| 30 | Getting Even (1909) | Miss Lucy | 4 |
| 31 | Two Memories (1909) | Marion's Sister | 3 |
| 32 | The Awakening (1909) | Director / Writer | 2 |
| 33 | What's Your Hurry? (1909) | Mary | 7 |
| 34 | Oh, Uncle! (1909) | Bessie | 1 |
| 35 | Lines of White on a Sullen Sea (1909) | Second Couple | 4 |
| 36 | The Sealed Room (1909) | A Lady-in-Waiting | 2 |
| 37 | The Country Doctor (1909) | Poor Mother's Elder Daughter | 2 |
| 38 | The Lonely Villa (1909) | - | 2 |
| 39 | The Day After (1909) | Director / Writer | 3 |
| 40 | The Little Darling (1909) | Little Darling | 4 |
| 41 | Tender Hearts (1909) | Nellie | 4 |
