Cast & creator
Mary Pickford
Best known for American Experience, Hollywood, Hollywood
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.
Also known as: Baby Gladys, Gladys Marie Smith, Catherine Hennessey, Dorothy Nicholson, Gladys Nicholson
311
film credits
3
television credits
275
1909–2028 · acting roles
5.5
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (314)
Showing 314 of 314 credits
American Experience
Self
1988
Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
1980Hollywood
Self (archive footage, uncredited)
1980The Master and the Man
Elsie Graham
1911
Love Happy
Executive Producer
1949
A Feud in the Kentucky Hills
The Daughter
1912
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
1925
The Two Brothers
A Mexican
1910
Hollywood on Parade No. B-10
Self
1934
Lillian Gish: The Actor's Life for Me
Self (archive footage)
1988
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Self (archive footage)
1995
Douglas Fairbanks: The Great Swashbuckler
Self (archive footage)
2005Sweet Revenge
1909
Sleep, My Love
Producer
1948
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
Self (archive footage)
2020
Mary Pickford: A Life on Film
Self / Numerous Roles (archive footage) (uncredited)
2000
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
Self (archive footage)
1961
1776, or The Hessian Renegades
Messenger's Sister
1909
The Women Who Run Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
2016
The Mender of Nets
The Little Net-Mender
1912
Charmed Lives: A Family Romance
Self (archive footage)
2028
D.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913
2002Hollywood on Parade No. B-5
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1933
The Tramp and the Dictator
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2002
Birth of the Tramp
Self (archive footage)
2013
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
Self (voice) (archive footage)
2007
The Taming of the Shrew
Caterina
1929
100% American
Mayme
1918
The House That Shadows Built
(archive footage)
1931
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
1941
The Black Pirate
Princess Isobel in Final Embrace - Cameo Appearance (uncredited)
1926
Through the Back Door
Jeanne Bodamere
1921Through the Back Door
Producer
1921The Foundling
Molly O
1915
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
(archive footage) (uncredited)
1988
Rags
Rags / Alice McCloud
1915
Muggsy's First Sweetheart
Mabel Brown
1910
The Dawn of a Tomorrow
Glad
1915
The Pride of the Clan
Marget MacTavish
1917Hollywood on Parade No. A-4
Self (uncredited)
1932
The Renunciation
Kittie Ryan
1909
The Casting Couch
1995
What the Daisy Said
Martha
1910
Mistress Nell
Nell Gwyn
1915
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Self (archive footage)
1940
Mary Pickford
Self/Archival Footage
2005
Less Than the Dust
Radha
1916Less Than the Dust
Producer
1916
Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove
Self
1934
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
Self (archive footage)
2008
A Romance of the Redwoods
Jenny Lawrence
1917
The Unchanging Sea
The Daughter as an Adult
1910
Madame Butterfly
Cho-Cho-San
1915
The Little Darling
Little Darling
1909
To Save Her Soul
Agnes Hailey
1909
Cinderella
Cinderella
1914
Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall
Dorothy Vernon
1924Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall
Director
1924Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall
Producer
1924
Hearts Adrift
Nina
1914Hearts Adrift
Writer
1914
The Sealed Room
A Lady-in-Waiting
1909
The Voice of Hollywood
Self/Queen of the Movies
1930
A Lodging for the Night
The Mexican Girl
1912
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Rebecca Randall
1917
Elf: Christmas in Tinseltown
Self (archive)
2004
So Near, Yet So Far
The Young Woman
1912The One She Loved
The Wife
1912
The Poor Little Rich Girl
Gwen
1917
Mondo Hollywood
1967Love Heeds Not Showers
Mary
1911Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
Self
1942
Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts
Self - Actress (archive footage)
2017
Lines of White on a Sullen Sea
Second Couple
1909As It Is in Life
Daughter (Adult)
1910
The New York Hat
Mary Harding, the Daughter
1912
Heart o' the Hills
Mavis Hawn
1919
Kiki
Kiki
1931
The Way of the World
Dora (Archive Footage)
1947
A Decree of Destiny
Mary
1911
Hooray for Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
1976
Sparrows
Molly
1926Sparrows
Producer
1926
A Girl of Yesterday
Jane Stuart
1915
Cupid Angling
1918
Tess of the Storm Country
Tessibel 'Tess' Skinner
1922Tess of the Storm Country
Producer
1922The Englishman and the Girl
The Girl
1910Anniversary
Herself - Archive Footage (uncredited)
1963
The Way of Man
Winnie, Mabel's Cousin
1909
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
Self / Various roles (archive footage)
1998
The Light That Came
Daisy
1909
A Child's Impulse
Grace
1910
A Good Little Devil
Juliet
1914
The Gaucho
The Virgin Mary
1927
Muggsy Becomes a Hero
Mabel
1910
Stella Maris
Miss Stella Maris / Unity Blake
1918In the Watches of the Night
Girl at Henry Brainard's
1909
The Female of the Species
The Miner's Wife's Sister
1912
Decasia: The State of Decay
Self (archive footage)
2002
The Cardinal's Conspiracy
A Disguised Servant
1909
Hollywood
Mary Pickford
1923
The Broken Locket
Ruth King
1909
How Could You, Jean?
Jean Mackaye
1918How Could You, Jean?
Producer
1918
Hollywood Hobbies
Self (uncredited)
1939An Affair of Hearts
Extra
1910
The Call to Arms
A Messenger
1910
The Mountaineer's Honor
Harum-Scarum, a Mountain Girl
1909
Murders of Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
2003
The Thread of Destiny
Myrtle
1910White Roses
Betty
1910
The Love Light
Angela Carlotti
1921The Love Light
Producer
1921
The Indian Runner's Romance
Blue Cloud's Wife
1909
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
Self (archive footage)
2012
Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley
Amarilly Jenkins
1918
Sigrid Holmquist
Sigrid Holmquist (archive footage)
2010Just Like a Woman
The Young Woman
1912
Secrets
Mary Marlowe / Mary Carlton
1933Secrets
Executive Producer
1933
The Hoodlum
Amy Burke
1919The Hoodlum
Executive Producer
1919
Hollywood’s Children
Self (archive footage)
1982
Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5
Mary Pickford
1930
For the Queen's Honor
Princess Gilda
1911For Her Brother's Sake
Madge Spotwood
1911
Love Among the Roses
The Lacemaker
1910
The Country Doctor
Poor Mother's Elder Daughter
1909Three Sisters
Mary
1911
Esmeralda
Esmeralda Rogers
1915
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Cedric Errol / Widow Errol
1921Little Lord Fauntleroy
Producer
1921Science
Mrs. Crawford
1911
The Son's Return
Mary
1909
The School Teacher and the Waif
Nora, the Waif
1912The Medallion
Rumored
1911The Medallion
Screenplay
1911
When a Man Loves
Tessie
1911
The Gay Desperado
Producer
1936
That Chink at Golden Gulch
1910
Suds
Amanda Afflick
1920Suds
Producer
1920
Coquette
Norma Besant
1929Coquette
Producer
1929At a Quarter of Two
Mrs Warren
1911
A Kiss from Mary Pickford
Self (archive footage)
1927
The Little American
Angela Moore
1917The Little American
Producer
1917
Lena and the Geese
Lena
1912Lena and the Geese
Screenplay
1912
The Informer
The Confederate Captain's Sweetheart
1912
Caprice
Mercy Baxter
1913
One of Many
Self (archive footage)
1927
In the Bishop's Carriage
Nance Olden
1913
My Best Girl
Maggie Johnson
1927My Best Girl
Producer
1927
The Violin Maker of Cremona
Giannina, Taddeo's Daughter
1909
The Sorrows of the Unfaithful
Mary
1910
Pollyanna
Pollyanna Whittier
1920Pollyanna
Producer
1920
Tess of the Storm Country
Tessibel Skinner
1914
Such a Little Queen
Queen Anna Victoria
1914
Pippa Passes
Girl in crowd
1909
Fanchon, the Cricket
Fanchon, the Cricket
1915
Chaplin Today: The Gold Rush
Self (archive footage)
2003The Caddy's Dream
Miss Kelsomine
1911
The Eagle's Mate
Anemone Breckenridge
1914
Johanna Enlists
Johanna Renssaller
1918Johanna Enlists
Executive Producer
1918
Maid or Man
Elsie Keene
1911
The Song of the Wildwood Flute
Dove Eyes
1910
His Wife's Visitor
Bessie Wright
1909
The Courting of Mary
Mary
1911
Yesterday and Today
(archive footage)
1953
Little Red Riding Hood
Little Red Riding Hood
1911
All-Star Production of Patriotic Episodes for the Second Liberty Loan
1917
What's Your Hurry?
Mary
1909
In the Sultan's Garden
Hadee
1911In the Sultan's Garden
Haidee
1911
One Rainy Afternoon
Producer
1936
Mary Pickford a Blessing and a Curse
Self
2023
When We Were in Our 'Teens
Mary
1910
All on Account of the Milk
Sophia Simpson
1910
With the Enemy's Help
Faro Kate
1912
Won by a Fish
The Woman
1912
A Victim of Jealousy
The Wife's Friend
1910In the Season of Buds
Mabel
1910
They Would Elope
Bessie
1909
A Beast at Bay
The Young Woman
1912The Secret of the Palm
Edna
1911
The Day After
Writer
1909
The Lonely Villa
1909
Stork Bites Man
Producer
1947
Getting Even
Miss Lucy
1909The Trick that Failed
Nellie Burt
1909
A Romance of the Western Hills
1910
Little Iodine
Executive Producer
1946The Heart of an Outlaw
The Outlaw's Daughter, as an Adult
1909
M'Liss
Melissa 'M'liss' Smith
1918
Ramona
Ramona
1910
The Foundling
Molly O
1916
Daddy-Long-Legs
Judy Abbott
1919Daddy-Long-Legs
Producer
1919
Little Annie Rooney
Annabelle 'Little Annie' Rooney
1925Little Annie Rooney
Writer
1925Little Annie Rooney
Producer
1925
What Drink Did
1909
The Dream
Nell Herbert
1911While There is hope, There is Life
Unknown Role
1911The Woman from Mellon's
Mary Petersby
1910
Iola's Promise
Iola
1912Back to the Soil
Sadie Allen
1911
A Little Princess
Sara Crewe
1917A Little Princess
Producer
1917
A Lucky Toothache
Mary
1910A Lucky Toothache
Bessie
1910
The Rose's Story
Unknown Role
1911
Two Memories
Marion's Sister
1909
His Lost Love
Mary
1909Caught in the Act
Screenplay
1911Mary and Doug Visit Stockholm
1924
The Old Actor
The Old Actor's Daughter
1912
Rosita
Rosita
1923Rosita
Producer
1923
The Gibson Goddess
Woman on Sidewalk
1909
The Seventh Day
The Maid
1909A Gasoline Engagement
Flora Powell
1911
The Usurer
Invalid Daughter
1910
From Farm to Fame
Mary Pickford
1922
Through the Breakers
An Extra
1909
The Unwelcome Guest
Jessie - the Slavey
1913
Poor Little Peppina
Peppina
1916Poor Little Peppina
Producer
1916The Twisted Trail
Molly Hendricks
1910
The Eternal Grind
Louise
1916
The Peachbasket Hat
On street/In store
1909
An Arcadian Maid
The Arcadian Maid
1910
Her First Biscuits
Biscuit Victim
1909
Her Darkest Hour
Ruth
1911
Garrison's Finish
Writer
1923From the Bottom of the Sea
Undetermined Role (unconfirmed)
1911The Message in the Bottle
Louise Spencer
1911
Hulda from Holland
Hulda
1916
The Toss of a Coin
Alice Barton - the Farmer's Daughter
1911The Little Teacher
The Little Teacher
1909
Sweet Memories
Polly Biblett
1911
Waiter No. 5
The Chief of Police's Son's Fiancée
1910
His Duty
A young woman in the street
1909
Their First Misunderstanding
Mae Darcy
1911
The Necklace
The Maid / In Pawnshop
1909
Behind the Scenes
Dolly Lane
1914
Sunshine Sue
1910
The Awakening
The Widow's Daughter
1909The Awakening
Screenplay
1909
Tender Hearts
Nellie
1909
The Narrow Road
Mrs. Jim Holcomb
1912
Captain Kidd, Jr.
Mary MacTavish
1919
Wilful Peggy
Peggy
1910
A Strange Meeting
1909
As a Boy Dreams
1911
My Baby
The Wife
1912
Home Folks
The Young Woman
1912
In Old Madrid
1911
An Indian Summer
The Widow's Daughter
1912The Call of the Song
Amy Gordon
1911
A Pueblo Legend
The Indian Girl
1912
May and December
May
1910May and December
Writer
1910
White Cradle Inn
Producer
1947
Friends
Dora - the Orphan
1912
Sweet and Twenty
Alice
1909
The Restoration
Alice Ashford
1909
The Italian Barber
Alice
1911
Oh, Uncle!
Bessie
1909
The Faded Lilies
At party
1909
A Manly Man
Lola
1911
The Slave
A Slave Girl
1909When the Cat's Away
Dorothy, The Wife
1911How Mary Fixed it
Mary
1911
The Temptress
Lucille Allen
1911Second Sight
Gertrude Edgar
1911
The Better Way
Lillian Garvey - a Salvation Army Lass
1911The Portrait
Little Vera - the Model
1911The Fair Dentist
Edith Morton - The Fair Dentist
1911A Midnight Adventure
Eleanor
1909The Mexican Sweethearts
The Señorita
1909
His Dress Shirt
Mrs. Kirby
1911
A Gold Necklace
Masie
1910
The Newlyweds
Alice Vance
1910
'Tween Two Loves
Grace
1911The Test
Bessie
1909
Madame Rex
Writer
1911
A Timely Repentance
Mrs. Nordell - Heroine of the Movie within the Movie, 'The Wife's Desertion'
1912
The Mirror
Dorothy
1911
A Plain Song
Edith
1910
In Old Kentucky
Partygoer
1909
Fate's Interception
The Mexican Girl
1912Behind the Stockade
Florence Williams
1911A Rich Revenge
Jennie
1910The Stampede
Nello
1911Never Again
The Girl
1910The Fisher-Maid
Paula, The Fishing-Maid
1911
The Inner Circle
The Rich Italian's Daughter
1912The Lighthouse Keeper
Polly Berry - the Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter
1911Honor Thy Father
Mary Fuller
1912The Smoker
George's Wife
1910
Little Pal
'Little Pal'
1915
The Convert
Agnes Boyd
1911
Simple Charity
Miss Wilkins
1910The Skating Bug
The Girl
1911Tracked
Unknown Role
1911
Artful Kate
Artful Kate Stanley
1911The Sentinel Asleep
Unknown Role
1911