Mary Pickford

Active years (films on this site)

1909–2018

Genres

DramaShort filmRomanceComedyDocumentary

Schools and movements

Classical HollywoodEarly and Pioneering CinemaAmerican Independent CinemaBritish Cinema

Biography

Gladys Louise Smith, baptised as Gladys Marie Smith, known professionally as Mary Pickford, was a Canadian American film actress and producer. A pioneer in the American film industry with a Hollywood career spanning five decades, Pickford was one of the most popular actresses of the silent film era. Beginning her film career in 1909, Pickford became Hollywood's first millionaire by 1916, and, at the height of her career, had complete creative control of her films and was one of the most recognizable women in the world. Due to her popularity, unprecedented international fame, and success as an actress and businesswoman, she was known as the "Queen of the Movies". She was a significant figure in the development of film acting and is credited with having defined the ingénue type in cinema, a persona that also earned her the nickname "America's Sweetheart".

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)

Awards and honours

International

• Academy Award for Best Actress 1930
• Academy Honorary Award 1975
• star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

National / local

• Canada's Walk of Fame 1999

Awards (from the Sinekatalog award pages)

• 1930 · Academy Awards (Oscars): Best Actress (Academy Award for Best Actress) — Coquette

Directors worked with

D.W. Griffith17 filmsSam Taylor3 filmsCecil B. DeMille2 filmsErnst Lubitsch1 filmFrank Borzage1 filmBill Morrison1 filmKevin Brownlow1 filmClara Kuperberg1 film

27 films on this site

1. The Country Doctor 1909 · D.W. Griffith · IMDb 6.4 · Cast
2. The Gibson Goddess 1909 · D.W. Griffith · IMDb 5.0 · Cast
3. The Little Darling 1909 · D.W. Griffith · IMDb 4.6 · Cast
4. The Lonely Villa 1909 · D.W. Griffith · IMDb 6.2 · Cast
5. The Sealed Room 1909 · D.W. Griffith · IMDb 6.0 · Cast
6. An Arcadian Maid 1910 · D.W. Griffith · IMDb 5.4 · Cast
7. As It Is in Life 1910 · D.W. Griffith · IMDb 5.5 · Cast
8. Ramona 1910 · D.W. Griffith · IMDb 5.8 · Cast
9. The Unchanging Sea 1910 · D.W. Griffith · IMDb 6.4 · Cast
10. What the Daisy Said 1910 · D.W. Griffith · IMDb 5.4 · Cast
11. Wilful Peggy 1910 · D.W. Griffith · IMDb 5.8 · Cast
12. A Beast at Bay 1912 · D.W. Griffith · IMDb 5.9 · Cast
13. Friends (1912) 1912 · D.W. Griffith · IMDb 5.6 · Cast
14. The Female of the Species 1912 · D.W. Griffith · IMDb 5.8 · Cast
15. The Mender of Nets 1912 · D.W. Griffith · IMDb 6.1 · Cast
16. The New York Hat 1912 · D.W. Griffith · IMDb 6.3 · Cast
17. The Old Actor 1912 · D.W. Griffith · IMDb 5.6 · Cast
18. A Romance of the Redwoods 1917 · Cecil B. DeMille · IMDb 6.2 · Cast
19. The Little American 1917 · Cecil B. DeMille · IMDb 6.3 · Cast
20. Rosita (1923) 1923 · Ernst Lubitsch · IMDb 6.4 · Cast
21. My Best Girl 1927 · Sam Taylor · IMDb 7.4 · Cast
22. Coquette 1929 · Sam Taylor · IMDb 5.4 · Cast
23. The Taming of the Shrew (1929) 1929 · Sam Taylor · IMDb 6.2 · Cast
24. Secrets 1933 · Frank Borzage · IMDb 6.4 · Cast
25. Decasia: The State of Decay 2002 · Bill Morrison · IMDb 7.1 · Cast
26. The Tramp and the Dictator 2002 · Kevin Brownlow · IMDb 7.7 · Cast
27. I, Douglas Fairbanks 2018 · Clara Kuperberg · IMDb 7.3 · Cast