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Mary Pickford
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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 stu…
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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.
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2028
Charmed Lives: A Family Romance
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2023
Mary Pickford a Blessing and a Curse
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2020
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2017
Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts
Movie Self - Actress (archive footage)
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2016
The Women Who Run Hollywood
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2013
Birth of the Tramp
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2012
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2010
Sigrid Holmquist
Movie Sigrid Holmquist (archive footage)
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2008
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2007
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
Movie Self (voice) (archive footage)
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2005
Douglas Fairbanks: The Great Swashbuckler
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2005
Mary Pickford
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2004
Elf: Christmas in Tinseltown
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2003
Chaplin Today: The Gold Rush
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2003
Murders of Hollywood
Movie Self (archive footage)
- 2002
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2002
The Tramp and the Dictator
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2002
Decasia: The State of Decay
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2000
Mary Pickford: A Life on Film
Movie Self / Numerous Roles (archive footage) (uncredited)
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1998
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
Movie Self / Various roles (archive footage)
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1995
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
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1995
The Casting Couch
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1988
American Experience
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1988
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
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1982
Hollywood’s Children
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1976
Hooray for Hollywood
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1967
Mondo Hollywood
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1963
Anniversary
Movie Herself - Archive Footage (uncredited)
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1961
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
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1953
Yesterday and Today
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1949
Love Happy
Movie Executive Producer
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1948
Sleep, My Love
Movie Producer
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1947
Stork Bites Man
Movie Producer
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1947
White Cradle Inn
Movie Producer
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1947
The Way of the World
Movie Dora (Archive Footage)
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1946
Little Iodine
Movie Executive Producer
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1942
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
Movie Herself
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1940
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
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1939
Hollywood Hobbies
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