Mary Pickford

Gladys Marie Smith
1893 - 1979 (cerebral hemorrhage)
Canadian born Toronto, Ontario

Nickname Baby Gladys, "The Girl with the Golden Hair", "The Glad Girl", America's Sweetheart (abroad, The World's Sweetheart) ,Little Mary . Height 5' 0½" (1.54 m) . Destined to become America's first sweetheart, Mary Pickford was born Gladys Marie Smith on April 8, 1892, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Acting would become second nature to little Mary. Her parents were actors and it was only natural that she would follow in their footsteps. Her mother wasted no time in introducing her to the stage, and she appeared in one production at the age of six. After numerous stage plays, Mary entered the film world and immortality. At the age of 16 she starred as Dorothy Nicholson in Mrs. Jones Entertains (1909). The next year was a busy one for her. In the early days of filmmaking it wasn't at all uncommon for performers to churn out several films per year, often working on more than one at a time. In 1909, Mary appeared in 51 films - almost one a week! She had joined the 'American Mutoscope & Biograph [us]' under the direction of D.W. Griffith. Griffith, from Crestwood, Kentucky, and some of his films with Mary reflected his home state such as In Old Kentucky (1909), In the Border States (1910) and A Feud in the Kentucky Hills (1912). If the 1909 season was busy for her, the following year was no less hectic, with Mary putting in work on 49 films. In 1911 she left Biograph to work with Carl Laemmle, but returned to Griffith the next year, in which she put out only 27 films, as opposed to the 48 she did in 1911. By now Mary was 20 and had appeared in 176 films; most performers today couldn't boast that kind of work record for their entire career. By 1913 Mary had cut back her grueling schedule drastically, with only four movies in 1913, but she was by no means idle; she was now writing and producing films. In 1920, she was in only two films - Suds (1920) and Pollyanna (1920) - but, more importantly, she helped to establish United Artists Pictures, a studio that was responsible for many great films for the next 60-plus years before being bought by MGM. Mary was more than an actress; she was a tough, savvy businesswoman with, and was proud of the fact that she knew what worked for her and what didn't. On top of all that, she was one of 36 founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Finally, at 43, Mary made her last film, Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove (1934), and then retired from films for a well-deserved rest. Her career lasted from 1908 to 1935, encompassing 236 films. Without a doubt, Mary Pickford was the most popular star in the silent era, if not of all time. She was awarded an Oscar for Lifetime Achievement in 1976, from the very organization she had started years earlier. On May 29, 1979, she died of a cerebral hemorrhage in Santa Monica, California. She was 87 years old. Spouse Charles 'Buddy' Rogers (26 June 1937 - 29 May 1979) (her death) 2 children, Douglas Fairbanks (28 March 1920 - 10 January 1936) (divorced), Owen Moore (7 January 1911 - 2 March 1920) (divorced).

Secrets (1933) , Kiki (1931) , Forever Yours (1930) , The Taming of the Shrew (1929) , Coquette (1929) , The Gaucho (1927) , My Best Girl (1927) , Sparrows (1926) , The Black Pirate (1926) , Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925) , 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 Nut (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) , One Hundred Percent American (1918) , Johanna Enlists (1918) , How Could You, Jean? (1918) , M'Liss (1918) , Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley (1918) , Stella Maris (1918) , The Little Princess (1917) , Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1917) , The Little American (1917) , A Romance of the Redwoods (1917) , The Poor Little Rich Girl (1917) , The Pride of the Clan (1917) , All-Star Production of Patriotic Episodes for the Second Liberty Loan (1917) , Less Than the Dust (1916) , Hulda from Holland (1916) , The Eternal Grind (1916) , Poor Little Peppina (1916) , The Foundling (1916) , Madame Butterfly (1915) , A Girl of Yesterday (1915) , Esmeralda (1915) , Rags (1915) , Little Pal (1915) , The Dawn of a Tomorrow (1915) , Fanchon, the Cricket (1915/I) , Mistress Nell (1915) , Broken Hearts (1915) , The Foundling (1915) , Cinderella (1914) , His Gratitude (1914) , Behind the Scenes (1914) , Such a Little Queen (1914) , The Eagle's Mate (1914) , Tess of the Storm Country (1914) , A Good Little Devil (1914) , Hearts Adrift (1914) , Caprice (1913) , In the Bishop's Carriage (1913) , Fate (1913/I) , The Unwelcome Guest (1913) , The New York Hat (1912) , The Informer (1912) , My Baby (1912) , The One She Loved (1912) , A Feud in the Kentucky Hills (1912) , So Near, Yet So Far (1912) , Friends (1912) , A Pueblo Legend (1912) , A Pueblo Romance (1912) , With the Enemy's Help (1912) , The Inner Circle (1912) , A Child's Remorse (1912) , The Narrow Road (1912) , An Indian Summer (1912) , The School Teacher and the Waif (1912) , Lena and the Geese (1912) , Home Folks (1912) , A Beast at Bay (1912) , A Lodging for the Night (1912) , The Old Actor (1912) , Won by a Fish (1912) , Just Like a Woman (1912) , The Female of the Species (1912) , Fate's Interception (1912) , Iola's Promise (1912) , A Timely Repentance (1912) , A Siren of Impulse (1912) , The Mender of Nets (1912) , Honor Thy Father (1912/II) , Grannie (1912) , The Caddy's Dream (1911) , The Portrait (1911) , Little Red Riding Hood (1911/I) , Love Heeds Not Showers (1911) , The Courting of Mary (1911) , From the Bottom of the Sea (1911) , His Dress Shirt (1911) , The Aggressor (1911) , The Better Way (1911) , The Sentinel Asleep (1911) , 'Tween Two Loves (1911) , By the House That Jack Built (1911) , The Toss of a Coin (1911) , The Call of the Song (1911) , The Skating Bug (1911) , Science (1911) , At a Quarter of Two (1911) , A Gasoline Engagement (1911) , For the Queen's Honor (1911) , In the Sultan's Garden (1911) , Behind the Stockade (1911) , Back to the Soil (1911) , The Lighthouse Keeper (1911) , The Master and the Man (1911) , For Her Brother's Sake (1911/I) , The Fair Dentist (1911) , The Temptress (1911) , Second Sight (1911) , The Stampede (1911) , Sweet Memories (1911) , In Old Madrid (1911) , The Fisher-Maid (1911) , Conscience (1911) , The Message in the Bottle (1911) , A Decree of Destiny (1911) , A Manly Man (1911) , Artful Kate (1911) , Pictureland (1911) , The Convert (1911) , Her Darkest Hour (1911) , The Mirror (1911) , When the Cat's Away (1911) , At the Duke's Command (1911) , Three Sisters (1911) , Maid or Man (1911) , The Dream (1911) , The Italian Barber (1911) , Their First Misunderstanding (1911) , When a Man Loves (1911) , The Daddy's Dream (1911) , A Dog's Tale (1911) , Little Nell's Tobacco (1910) , White Roses (1910) , A Child's Stratagem (1910) , A Plain Song (1910) , The Song of the Wildwood Flute (1910) , Sunshine Sue (1910) , Simple Charity (1910) , Waiter No. 5 (1910) , A Lucky Toothache (1910) , The Masher (1910) , That Chink at Golden Gulch (1910) , A Gold Necklace (1910) , The Iconoclast (1910) , Examination Day at School (1910) , A Summer Tragedy (1910) , Little Angels of Luck (1910) , Muggsy Becomes a Hero (1910) , Wilful Peggy (1910) , The Sorrows of the Unfaithful (1910) , When We Were in Our Teens (1910) , The Usurer (1910) , An Arcadian Maid (1910) , The Call to Arms (1910) , Serious Sixteen (1910) , A Flash of Light (1910) , What the Daisy Said (1910) , Muggsy's First Sweetheart (1910) , A Child's Impulse (1910), May and December (1910) , Never Again (1910/I) , The Face at the Window (1910) , A Victim of Jealousy (1910) , In the Season of Buds (1910) , Ramona (1910) , An Affair of Hearts (1910) , Love Among the Roses (1910) , The Unchanging Sea (1910) , The Kid (1910) , A Romance of the Western Hills (1910) , A Rich Revenge (1910) , As It Is in Life (1910) , The Two Brothers (1910) , His Last Dollar (1910) , The Smoker (1910) , The Twisted Trail (1910) , The Thread of Destiny (1910) , The Newlyweds (1910) , The Englishman and the Girl (1910) , The Woman from Mellon's (1910) , The Call (1910) , All on Account of the Milk (1910) , To Save Her Soul (1909) , The Test (1909) , The Trick That Failed (1909) , The Mountaineer's Honor (1909) , A Midnight Adventure (1909) , A Sweet Revenge (1909) , The Light That Came (1909) , The Restoration (1909) , The Gibson Goddess (1909) , What's Your Hurry? (1909) , Lines of White on a Sullen Sea (1909) , In the Watches of the Night (1909) , His Lost Love (1909) , The Little Teacher (1909) , The Awakening (1909) , Wanted, a Child (1909) , In Old Kentucky (1909) , The Broken Locket (1909) , The Children's Friend (1909) , Getting Even (1909) , The Hessian Renegades (1909) , The Little Darling (1909) , The Sealed Room (1909) , Oh, Uncle! (1909) , The Seventh Day (1909) , The Indian Runner's Romance (1909) , His Wife's Visitor (1909) , They Would Elope (1909) , A Strange Meeting (1909) , The Slave (1909) , Sweet and Twenty (1909) , The Renunciation (1909) , Tender Hearts (1909) , The Cardinal's Conspiracy (1909) , The Country Doctor (1909) , The Necklace (1909) , The Way of Man (1909) , The Mexican Sweethearts (1909) , The Peachbasket Hat (1909) , The Faded Lilies (1909) , Her First Biscuits (1909) , The Son's Return (1909) , The Lonely Villa (1909) , The Violin Maker of Cremona (1909) , What Drink Did (1909) , His Duty (1909) , Two Memories (1909) , The Drive for a Life (1909) , The Deception (1909) , The Fascinating Mrs. Francis (1909) , Mrs. Jones Entertains (1909) , The Heart of an Outlaw (1909)