Mary Pickford
Mary Pickford began in the theater at age seven. Then known as "Baby Gladys Smith", she toured with her family in a number of theater companies. In 1907, she adopted a family name Pickford and joined the David Belasco troupe, appearing in the long-running The Warrens of Virginia". She began in films in 1909 with the 'American Mutoscope & Biograph [us]', working with director D.W. Griffith. For a short time in 1911, to earn more money, she joined the IMP Film Co. under Carl Laemmle. She returned to Biograph in 1912, and, in 1913 joined the Famous Players Film Company under Adolph Zukor. She then joined First National Exhibitor's Circuit in 1918. In 1919 she helped to establish United Artists. Date of Death 29 May 1979, Santa Monica, California (cerebral hemorrhage)
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- Born:
- Apr 8, 1892 In Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 209
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Two Memories 1909-05-23
- Latest Project:
- Movie Mary Pickford a Blessing and a Curse 2023-11-19
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Mary Pickford a Blessing and a Curse | Self | 2023-11-19 |
| Movie | Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts | Self - Actress (archive footage) | 2017-06-14 |
| Movie | The Women Who Run Hollywood | Self (archive footage) | 2016-05-16 |
| Movie | Birth of the Tramp | Self (archive footage) | 2013-12-29 |
| Movie | Smash His Camera | Self (archive footage) | 2010-07-30 |
| Movie | Sigrid Holmquist | Sigrid Holmquist (archive footage) | 2010-10-08 |
| Movie | Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies | Self (archive footage) | 2008-08-29 |
| Movie | Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema | Self (voice) (archive footage) | 2007-05-23 |
| Movie | Douglas Fairbanks: The Great Swashbuckler | Self (archive footage) | 2005-08-09 |
| Movie | Chaplin Today: 'The Gold Rush' | Self (archive footage) | 2003-07-01 |
| Movie | The Tramp and the Dictator | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2002-02-14 |
| Movie | D.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913 | 2002-09-10 | |
| Movie | Mary Pickford: A Life on Film | Self / Numerous Roles (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2000-09-12 |
| Movie | Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists | Self / Various roles (archive footage) | 1998-01-01 |
| Movie | The Casting Couch | (archive footage) | 1995-01-01 |
| Movie | Hollywood’s Children | Self (archive footage) | 1982-02-24 |
| Movie | Hollywood My Home Town | Self (archive footage) | 1965-12-31 |
| Movie | Hollywood Without Make-Up | Self (archive footage) | 1963-07-01 |
| Movie | The Legend of Rudolph Valentino | Self (archive footage) | 1961-05-24 |
| Movie | Yesterday and Today | (archive footage) | 1953-12-02 |
| Movie | Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6 | Herself | 1942-10-05 |
| Movie | Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2 | 1941-12-05 | |
| Movie | Cavalcade of the Academy Awards | Self (archive footage) | 1940-07-31 |
| Movie | Hollywood Hobbies | Self (uncredited) | 1939-05-03 |
| Movie | Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove | Self | 1934-12-01 |
| Movie | Hollywood on Parade No. B-5 | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1933-12-01 |
| Movie | Secrets | Mary Marlowe / Mary Carlton | 1933-03-16 |
| Movie | Kiki | Kiki | 1931-03-14 |
| Movie | The House That Shadows Built | (archive footage) | 1931-07-08 |
| Movie | Coquette | Norma Besant | 1929-03-30 |
| Movie | The Taming of the Shrew | Caterina | 1929-10-26 |
| Movie | My Best Girl | Maggie Johnson | 1927-10-31 |
| Movie | A Kiss from Mary Pickford | Self (archive footage) | 1927-09-08 |
| Movie | The Gaucho | The Virgin Mary | 1927-11-21 |
| Movie | The Black Pirate | Princess Isobel in Final Embrace - Cameo Appearance (uncredited) | 1926-03-08 |
| Movie | Sparrows | Molly | 1926-09-19 |
| Movie | Little Annie Rooney | Annabelle 'Little Annie' Rooney | 1925-10-18 |
| Movie | Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ | Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited) | 1925-12-25 |
| Movie | Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall | Dorothy Vernon | 1924-05-24 |
| Movie | Hollywood | Mary Pickford | 1923-08-19 |
| Movie | Rosita | Rosita | 1923-09-03 |
| Movie | Tess of the Storm Country | Tessibel 'Tess' Skinner | 1922-11-12 |
| Movie | The Love Light | Angela Carlotti | 1921-01-08 |
| Movie | Through The Back Door | Jeanne | 1921-05-05 |
| Movie | Little Lord Fauntleroy | Cedric Errol / Widow Errol | 1921-09-15 |
| Movie | Pollyanna | Pollyanna Whittier | 1920-01-18 |
| Movie | Suds | Amanda Afflick | 1920-01-27 |
| Movie | Captain Kidd, Jr. | Mary MacTavish | 1919-04-05 |
| Movie | Daddy-Long-Legs | Judy Abbott | 1919-05-11 |
| Movie | The Hoodlum | Amy Burke | 1919-08-31 |
| Movie | Heart o' the Hills | Mavis Hawn | 1919-11-30 |
| Movie | Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley | Amarilly Jenkins | 1918-03-10 |
| Movie | Stella Maris | Miss Stella Maris / Unity Blake | 1918-01-21 |
| Movie | How Could You, Jean? | Jean Mackaye | 1918-06-29 |
| Movie | M'Liss | Melissa 'M'liss' Smith | 1918-05-05 |
| Movie | 100% American | Mayme | 1918-10-04 |
| Movie | Johanna Enlists | Johanna Renssaller | 1918-09-14 |
| Movie | Cupid Angling | 1918-07-18 | |
| Movie | The Poor Little Rich Girl | Gwen | 1917-03-05 |
| Movie | The Pride of the Clan | Marget MacTavish | 1917-01-07 |
| Movie | A Romance of the Redwoods | Jenny Lawrence | 1917-05-14 |
| Movie | The Little American | Angela Moore | 1917-07-12 |
| Movie | A Little Princess | Sara Crewe | 1917-11-05 |
| Movie | All-Star Production of Patriotic Episodes for the Second Liberty Loan | 1917-10-01 | |
| Movie | Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm | Rebecca Randall | 1917-09-22 |
| Movie | The Foundling | Molly O | 1916-01-03 |
| Movie | Poor Little Peppina | Peppina | 1916-03-02 |
| Movie | The Eternal Grind | Louise | 1916-04-17 |
| Movie | Hulda from Holland | Hulda | 1916-07-31 |
| Movie | Less Than the Dust | Radha | 1916-11-04 |
| Movie | The Dawn of a Tomorrow | Glad | 1915-06-07 |
| Movie | Fanchon, the Cricket | Fanchon, the Cricket | 1915-05-10 |
| Movie | Mistress Nell | Nell Gwyn | 1915-02-01 |
| Movie | Little Pal | 'Little Pal' | 1915-07-01 |
| Movie | The Foundling | Molly O | 1915-08-01 |
| Movie | Madame Butterfly | Cho-Cho-San | 1915-11-07 |
| Movie | A Girl of Yesterday | Jane Stuart | 1915-10-07 |
| Movie | Esmeralda | Esmeralda Rogers | 1915-09-06 |
| Movie | A Good Little Devil | Juliet | 1914-03-01 |
| Movie | Hearts Adrift | Nina | 1914-02-09 |
| Movie | Tess of the Storm Country | Tessibel Skinner | 1914-03-30 |
| Movie | Such a Little Queen | Queen Anna Victoria | 1914-09-20 |
| Movie | Cinderella | Cinderella | 1914-12-28 |
| Movie | The Eagle's Mate | Anemone Breckenridge | 1914-07-10 |
| Movie | Behind the Scenes | Dolly Lane | 1914-10-26 |
| Movie | The Unwelcome Guest | Jessie - the Slavey | 1913-03-15 |
| Movie | Fate | Unknown Role | 1913-03-22 |
| Movie | In the Bishop's Carriage | Nance Olden | 1913-09-10 |
| Movie | Caprice | Mercy Baxter | 1913-11-10 |
| Movie | The Old Actor | The Old Actor's Daughter | 1912-05-06 |
| Movie | A Beast at Bay | The Young Woman | 1912-05-26 |
| Movie | Lena and the Geese | Lena | 1912-06-17 |
| Movie | The School Teacher and the Waif | Nora, the Waif | 1912-06-26 |
| Movie | The Female of the Species | The Miner's Wife's Sister | 1912-04-15 |
| Movie | The Mender of Nets | The Little Net-Mender | 1912-02-15 |
| Movie | A Timely Repentance | Mrs. Nordell - Heroine of the Movie within the Movie, 'The Wife's Desertion' | 1912-03-11 |
| Movie | Iola's Promise | Iola | 1912-03-14 |
| Movie | An Indian Summer | The Widow's Daughter | 1912-07-08 |
| Movie | Just Like a Woman | The Young Woman | 1912-04-18 |
| Movie | The One She Loved | The Wife | 1912-10-21 |
| Movie | My Baby | The Wife | 1912-11-14 |
| Movie | The Informer | The Confederate Captain's Sweetheart | 1912-11-21 |
| Movie | The New York Hat | Mary Harding, the Daughter | 1912-12-05 |
| Movie | A Feud in the Kentucky Hills | The Daughter | 1912-10-03 |
| Movie | The Narrow Road | Mrs. Jim Holcomb | 1912-08-01 |
| Movie | Friends | Dora - the Orphan | 1912-09-22 |
| Movie | The Inner Circle | The Rich Italian's Daughter | 1912-08-12 |
| Movie | With the Enemy's Help | Faro Kate | 1912-08-19 |
| Movie | A Pueblo Legend | The Indian Girl | 1912-08-29 |
| Movie | Artful Kate | Artful Kate Stanley | 1911-02-23 |
| Movie | A Decree of Destiny | Mary | 1911-03-06 |
| Movie | The Fair Dentist | Edith Morton - The Fair Dentist | 1911-05-08 |
| Movie | Pictureland | Unconfimed Role | 1911-02-20 |
| Movie | The Temptress | Lucille Allen | 1911-05-04 |
| Movie | The Dream | Nell Herbert | 1911-01-23 |
| Movie | The Master and the Man | Elsie Graham | 1911-05-15 |
| Movie | When a Man Loves | Tessie | 1911-01-05 |
| Movie | The Italian Barber | Alice | 1911-01-09 |
| Movie | Three Sisters | Mary | 1911-02-02 |
| Movie | When the Cat's Away | Dorothy, The Wife | 1911-02-09 |
| Movie | Sweet Memories | Polly Biblett | 1911-03-27 |
| Movie | His Dress Shirt | Mrs. Kirby | 1911-10-30 |
| Movie | 'Tween Two Loves | Grace | 1911-09-28 |
| Movie | Little Red Riding Hood | Little Red Riding Hood | 1911-12-17 |
| Movie | The Lighthouse Keeper | Polly Berry - the Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter | 1911-05-18 |
| Movie | The Portrait | Little Vera - the Model | 1911-12-28 |
| Movie | As a Boy Dreams | 1911-08-13 | |
| Movie | The Rose's Story | Unknown Role | 1911-10-02 |
| Movie | Science | Mrs. Crawford | 1911-07-24 |
| Movie | In the Sultan's Garden | Haidee | 1911-07-03 |
| Movie | For the Queen's Honor | Princess Gilda | 1911-07-06 |
| Movie | A Gasoline Engagement | Flora Powell | 1911-07-10 |
| Movie | Ramona | Ramona | 1910-05-23 |
| Movie | The Two Brothers | A Mexican | 1910-05-12 |
| Movie | Love Among the Roses | The Lacemaker | 1910-05-08 |
| Movie | A Victim of Jealousy | The Wife's Friend | 1910-06-09 |
| Movie | The Unchanging Sea | The Daughter as an Adult | 1910-05-05 |
| Movie | May and December | May | 1910-06-20 |
| Movie | Never Again | The Girl | 1910-06-20 |
| Movie | The Newlyweds | Alice Vance | 1910-03-03 |
| Movie | The Woman from Mellon's | Mary Petersby | 1910-02-03 |
| Movie | All on Account of the Milk | The Young Woman | 1910-01-13 |
| Movie | A Child's Impulse | Grace | 1910-06-27 |
| Movie | The Thread of Destiny | Myrtle | 1910-03-07 |
| Movie | The Twisted Trail | Molly Hendricks | 1910-03-24 |
| Movie | As It Is in Life | 1910-04-04 | |
| Movie | The Smoker | George's Wife | 1910-03-31 |
| Movie | A Rich Revenge | Jennie | 1910-04-07 |
| Movie | In the Season of Buds | Mabel | 1910-06-02 |
| Movie | Waiter No. 5 | The Chief of Police's Son's Fiancée | 1910-11-03 |
| Movie | A Lucky Toothache | Bessie | 1910-10-13 |
| Movie | That Chink at Golden Gulch | 1910-10-10 | |
| Movie | Sunshine Sue | 1910-11-14 | |
| Movie | The Song of the Wildwood Flute | Dove Eyes | 1910-11-21 |
| Movie | Muggsy's First Sweetheart | Mabel Brown | 1910-06-30 |
| Movie | A Plain Song | Edith | 1910-11-28 |
| Movie | A Gold Necklace | Masie | 1910-10-06 |
| Movie | Simple Charity | Miss Wilkins | 1910-11-10 |
| Movie | A Flash of Light | 1910-07-17 | |
| Movie | Muggsy Becomes a Hero | Mabel | 1910-09-01 |
| Movie | What the Daisy Said | Martha | 1910-07-11 |
| Movie | The Call to Arms | A Messenger | 1910-07-25 |
| Movie | An Arcadian Maid | The Arcadian Maid | 1910-08-01 |
| Movie | Wilful Peggy | Peggy | 1910-08-24 |
| Movie | The Usurer | Invalid Daughter | 1910-08-15 |
| Movie | When We Were in Our 'Teens | Mary | 1910-08-18 |
| Movie | Tender Hearts | Nellie | 1909-07-19 |
| Movie | The Cardinal's Conspiracy | A Disguised Servant | 1909-07-12 |
| Movie | The Country Doctor | Poor Mother's Elder Daughter | 1909-07-08 |
| Movie | Sweet and Twenty | Alice | 1909-07-22 |
| Movie | The Indian Runner's Romance | Blue Cloud's Wife | 1909-08-22 |
| Movie | The Necklace | The Maid / In Pawnshop | 1909-07-01 |
| Movie | His Wife's Visitor | Bessie Wright | 1909-08-19 |
| Movie | They Would Elope | Bessie | 1909-08-09 |
| Movie | A Strange Meeting | 1909-08-01 | |
| Movie | The Slave | A Slave Girl | 1909-07-29 |
| Movie | His Duty | A young woman in the street | 1909-05-31 |
| Movie | The Lonely Villa | 1909-06-10 | |
| Movie | The Violin Maker of Cremona | Giannina, Taddeo's Daughter | 1909-06-07 |
| Movie | The Seventh Day | The Maid | 1909-08-26 |
| Movie | Two Memories | Marion's Sister | 1909-05-23 |
| Movie | The Son's Return | Mary | 1909-06-14 |
| Movie | The Faded Lilies | At party | 1909-06-17 |
| Movie | The Peachbasket Hat | On street/In store | 1909-06-24 |
| Movie | The Mexican Sweethearts | The Señorita | 1909-06-24 |
| Movie | Her First Biscuits | Biscuit Victim | 1909-06-17 |
| Movie | The Way of Man | Winnie, Mabel's Cousin | 1909-06-28 |
| Movie | In the Watches of the Night | Girl at Henry Brainard's | 1909-10-25 |
| Movie | The Mountaineer's Honor | Harum-Scarum, a Mountain Girl | 1909-11-24 |
| Movie | A Midnight Adventure | Eleanor | 1909-11-18 |
| Movie | A Sweet Revenge | 1909-11-18 | |
| Movie | The Light That Came | 1909-11-11 | |
| Movie | The Trick that Failed | Nellie Burt | 1909-11-29 |
| Movie | Through the Breakers | An Extra | 1909-12-06 |
| Movie | The Heart of an Outlaw | The Outlaw's Daughter, as an Adult | 1909-12-31 |
| Movie | To Save Her Soul | Agnes Hailey | 1909-12-27 |
| Movie | The Test | Bessie | 1909-12-16 |
| Movie | The Restoration | Alice Ashford | 1909-11-08 |
| Movie | The Gibson Goddess | Woman on Sidewalk | 1909-11-01 |
| Movie | Getting Even | Miss Lucy | 1909-09-12 |
| Movie | 1776, or The Hessian Renegades | Messenger's Sister | 1909-09-06 |
| Movie | The Sealed Room | A Lady-in-Waiting | 1909-09-02 |
| Movie | The Little Darling | Little Darling | 1909-09-01 |
| Movie | The Broken Locket | Ruth King | 1909-09-16 |
| Movie | The Awakening | The Widow's Daughter | 1909-09-29 |
| Movie | Lines of White on a Sullen Sea | Second Couple | 1909-10-27 |
| Movie | The Little Teacher | The Little Teacher | 1909-10-11 |
| Movie | Pippa Passes | Girl in crowd | 1909-10-03 |
| Movie | Oh, Uncle! | Bessie | 1909-08-26 |