Mary Pickford

actress • producer • writer

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 along...

Born: April 7, 1892 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Died: May 29, 1979 (age 87)

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Known For

7.6

Sleep, My Love

Movies & TV Credits

297 total credits across film and television

Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year
Marie Pickford, une légende et une malédiction hollywoodiennes Movie	—	Actress	Self	2023
Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts Movie	6.2	Actress	Self - Actress (archive footage)	2017
Et la femme créa Hollywood Movie	7.5	Actress	Self (archive footage)	2016
The Birth of the Tramp Movie	6.8	Actress	Self (archive footage)	2013
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe Movie	—	Actress	Self (archive footage)	2012
Smash His Camera Movie	6.7	Actress	Self (archive footage)	2010
Sigrid Holmquist Short Film	—	Actress	Sigrid Holmquist (archive footage)	2010
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies Movie	7.5	Actress	Self (archive footage)	2008
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema Movie	6.1	Actress	Self (voice) (archive footage)	2007
Douglas Fairbanks: The Great Swashbuckler Movie	7.3	Actress	Self (archive footage)	2005
Mary Pickford Movie	—	Actress	Self/Archival Footage	2005
Murders of Hollywood Movie	—	Actress	—	2003
Chaplin Today: The Gold Rush Movie	6.5	Actress	Self (archive footage)	2003
The Tramp and the Dictator Movie	7.5	Actress	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)	2002
D.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913 Movie	—	Actress	—	2002
Mary Pickford: A Life on Film Movie	7.8	Actress	Self / Numerous Roles (archive footage) (uncredited)	2000
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists Movie	6.4	Actress	Self / Various roles (archive footage)	1998
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies Movie	—	Actress	—	1988
American Experience TV Show	8.4	Actress	Self(1 Episode)	1988
What Do Those Old Films Mean? TV Show	7.6	Actress	Herself(archive footage)	1986
Hollywood's Children Movie	7.1	Actress	Self (archive footage)	1982
Hooray for Hollywood Movie	7.1	Actress	Self (archive footage)	1976
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino Movie	6.9	Actress	Self (archive footage)	1961
Yesterday and Today Movie	5.4	Actress	(archive footage)	1953
Love Happy Movie	5.9	Production	Executive Producer	1949
Sleep, My Love Movie	6.9	Production	Producer	1948
White Cradle Inn Movie	5.7	Production	Producer	1947
Stork Bites Man Movie	6.7	Production	Producer	1947
Little Iodine Movie	6.3	Production	Executive Producer	1946
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6 Movie	—	Actress	Herself	1942
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2 Short Film	6.1	Actress	—	1941
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards Short Film	7.5	Actress	Self (archive footage)	1940
Hollywood Hobbies Short Film	5.5	Actress	Self (uncredited)	1939
One Rainy Afternoon Movie	5.8	Production	Producer	1936
The Gay Desperado Movie	5.9	Production	Producer	1936
Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove Short Film	5.2	Actress	Self	1934
Secrets Movie	6.3	Actress	Mary Marlowe / Mary Carlton	1933
Hollywood on Parade No. B-5 Short Film	5.7	Actress	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)	1933
Secrets Movie	6.3	Production	Executive Producer	1933
Hollywood on Parade No. A-4 Short Film	5.1	Actress	Self (uncredited)	1932
Kiki Movie	5.3	Actress	Kiki	1931
The House That Shadows Built Movie	6.9	Actress	(archive footage)	1931
The Voice of Hollywood Movie	—	Actress	Self/Queen of the Movies	1930
Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5 Short Film	—	Actress	Mary Pickford	1930
Coquette Movie	5.4	Actress	Norma Besant	1929
The Taming of the Shrew Movie	6.1	Actress	Caterina	1929
Coquette Movie	5.4	Production	Producer	1929
My Best Girl Movie	7.2	Actress	Maggie Johnson	1927
A Kiss from Mary Pickford Movie	6.2	Actress	Self (archive footage)	1927
The Gaucho Movie	6.8	Actress	The Virgin Mary	1927
One of Many Movie	—	Actress	Archive footage	1927
My Best Girl Movie	7.2	Production	Producer	1927
Sparrows Movie	7.1	Actress	Molly	1926
The Black Pirate Movie	7.1	Actress	Princess Isobel in Final Embrace - Cameo Appearance (uncredited)	1926
Sparrows Movie	7.1	Production	Producer	1926
Little Annie Rooney Movie	6.6	Actress	Annabelle 'Little Annie' Rooney	1925
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ Movie	7.6	Actress	Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)	1925
Little Annie Rooney Movie	6.6	Writing	Writer	1925
Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall Movie	6.7	Actress	Dorothy Vernon	1924
Mary and Doug Visit Stockholm Movie	—	Actress	—	1924
Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall Movie	6.7	Directing	Director	1924
Rosita Movie	6.2	Actress	Rosita	1923
Hollywood Movie	6.9	Actress	Mary Pickford	1923
Rosita Movie	6.2	Production	Producer	1923
Garrison's Finish Movie	7.9	Writing	Writer	1923
Tess of the Storm Country Movie	6.8	Actress	Tessibel 'Tess' Skinner	1922
From Farm to Fame Short Film	—	Actress	Mary Pickford	1922
Tess of the Storm Country Movie	6.8	Production	Producer	1922
Through The Back Door Movie	6.5	Actress	Jeanne	1921
Little Lord Fauntleroy Movie	6.6	Actress	Cedric Errol / Widow Errol	1921
The Love Light Movie	6.2	Actress	Angela Carlotti	1921
Little Lord Fauntleroy Movie	6.6	Production	Producer	1921
The Love Light Movie	6.2	Production	Producer	1921
Through The Back Door Movie	6.5	Production	Producer	1921
Suds Movie	6.1	Actress	Amanda Afflick	1920
Pollyanna Movie	6.2	Actress	Pollyanna Whittier	1920
Pollyanna Movie	6.2	Production	Producer	1920
Suds Movie	6.1	Production	Producer	1920
Daddy-Long-Legs Movie	6.4	Actress	Judy Abbott	1919
The Hoodlum Movie	6.5	Actress	Amy Burke	1919
Heart o' the Hills Movie	6.1	Actress	Mavis Hawn	1919
Captain Kidd, Jr. Movie	7.0	Actress	Mary MacTavish	1919
Daddy-Long-Legs Movie	6.4	Production	Producer	1919
The Hoodlum Movie	6.5	Production	Executive Producer	1919
Stella Maris Movie	6.8	Actress	Miss Stella Maris / Unity Blake	1918
Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley Movie	6.0	Actress	Amarilly Jenkins	1918
Johanna Enlists Movie	5.7	Actress	Johanna Renssaller	1918
M'Liss Movie	6.3	Actress	Melissa 'M'liss' Smith	1918
How Could You, Jean? Movie	7.8	Actress	Jean Mackaye	1918
Cupid Angling Movie	7.5	Actress	—	1918
One Hundred Percent American Short Film	5.9	Actress	Mayme	1918
Johanna Enlists Movie	5.7	Production	Executive Producer	1918
How Could You, Jean? Movie	7.8	Production	Producer	1918
The Poor Little Rich Girl Movie	6.5	Actress	Gwen	1917
A Little Princess Movie	5.9	Actress	Sara Crewe	1917
A Romance of the Redwoods Movie	6.0	Actress	Jenny Lawrence	1917
The Little American Movie	6.1	Actress	Angela Moore	1917
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm Movie	6.1	Actress	Rebecca Randall	1917
The Pride of the Clan Movie	6.0	Actress	Marget MacTavish	1917
All-Star Production of Patriotic Episodes for the Second Liberty Loan Movie	6.5	Actress	—	1917
The Little American Movie	6.1	Production	Producer	1917
A Little Princess Movie	5.9	Production	Producer	1917
Poor Little Peppina Movie	6.2	Actress	Peppina	1916
Less Than the Dust Movie	5.9	Actress	Radha	1916
The Foundling Movie	6.2	Actress	Molly O	1916
Hulda from Holland Movie	6.4	Actress	Hulda	1916
The Eternal Grind Movie	7.5	Actress	Louise	1916
Poor Little Peppina Movie	6.2	Production	Producer	1916
Less Than the Dust Movie	5.9	Production	Producer	1916
Madame Butterfly Movie	5.0	Actress	Cho-Cho-San	1915
Fanchon, the Cricket Movie	6.2	Actress	Fanchon, the Cricket	1915
Mistress Nell Movie	7.1	Actress	Nell Gwyn	1915
The Dawn of a Tomorrow Movie	7.4	Actress	Glad	1915
Little Pal Movie	6.5	Actress	'Little Pal'	1915
A Girl of Yesterday Movie	6.9	Actress	Jane Stuart	1915
Rags Movie	6.8	Actress	Rags / Alice McCloud	1915
The Foundling Movie	5.5	Actress	Molly O	1915
Esmeralda Short Film	—	Actress	Esmeralda Rogers	1915
Cinderella Movie	5.8	Actress	Cinderella	1914
Tess of the Storm Country Movie	5.7	Actress	Tessibel Skinner	1914
Hearts Adrift Short Film	6.8	Actress	Nina	1914
A Good Little Devil Movie	6.3	Actress	Juliet	1914
Such a Little Queen Movie	5.1	Actress	Queen Anna Victoria	1914
The Eagle's Mate Movie	5.9	Actress	Anemone Breckenridge	1914
Behind the Scenes Movie	6.7	Actress	Dolly Lane	1914
Hearts Adrift Short Film	6.8	Writing	Writer	1914
In the Bishop's Carriage Movie	5.7	Actress	Nance Olden	1913
Caprice Short Film	6.6	Actress	Mercy Baxter	1913
The Unwelcome Guest Short Film	5.8	Actress	Jessie - the Slavey	1913
The Old Actor Short Film	5.5	Actress	The Old Actor's Daughter	1912
The New York Hat Short Film	6.1	Actress	Mary Harding, the Daughter	1912
The Mender of Nets Short Film	5.8	Actress	The Little Net-Mender	1912
A Beast at Bay Short Film	5.6	Actress	The Young Woman	1912
Friends Short Film	5.3	Actress	Dora - the Orphan	1912
The Narrow Road Short Film	5.6	Actress	Mrs. Jim Holcomb	1912
The Female of the Species Short Film	5.6	Actress	The Miner's Wife's Sister	1912
Lena and the Geese Short Film	6.1	Actress	Lena	1912
So Near, Yet So Far Short Film	5.5	Actress	The Young Woman	1912
The School Teacher and the Waif Short Film	5.8	Actress	Nora, the Waif	1912
A Pueblo Legend Short Film	5.9	Actress	The Indian Girl	1912
A Lodging for the Night Short Film	6.0	Actress	The Mexican Girl	1912
The Informer Short Film	6.6	Actress	The Confederate Captain's Sweetheart	1912
My Baby Short Film	6.3	Actress	The Wife	1912
The One She Loved Short Film	7.0	Actress	The Wife	1912
A Feud in the Kentucky Hills Short Film	6.2	Actress	The Daughter	1912
With the Enemy's Help Short Film	5.4	Actress	Faro Kate	1912
The Inner Circle Short Film	5.2	Actress	The Rich Italian's Daughter	1912
An Indian Summer Short Film	5.3	Actress	The Widow's Daughter	1912
Home Folks Short Film	4.9	Actress	The Young Woman	1912
Won by a Fish Short Film	5.3	Actress	The Woman	1912
Just Like a Woman Short Film	5.3	Actress	The Young Woman	1912
Iola's Promise Short Film	6.2	Actress	Iola	1912
Fate's Interception Short Film	5.3	Actress	The Mexican Girl	1912
Honor Thy Father Short Film	6.5	Actress	Mary Fuller	1912
A Timely Repentance Short Film	—	Actress	Mrs. Nordell - Heroine of the Movie within the Movie, 'The Wife's Desertion'	1912
Lena and the Geese Short Film	6.1	Writing	Screenplay	1912
While There is hope, There is Life Movie	—	Actress	Unknown Role	1911
The Dream Short Film	5.2	Actress	Nell Herbert	1911
Sweet Memories Short Film	5.4	Actress	Polly Biblett	1911
In Old Madrid Short Film	4.9	Actress	—	1911
The Mirror Short Film	8.2	Actress	Dorothy	1911
A Manly Man Short Film	6.1	Actress	Lola	1911
As a Boy Dreams Short Film	5.3	Actress	—	1911
The Italian Barber Short Film	5.6	Actress	Alice	1911
Artful Kate Short Film	5.7	Actress	Artful Kate Stanley	1911
Their First Misunderstanding Short Film	7.2	Actress	Mae Darcy	1911
When a Man Loves Short Film	6.0	Actress	Tessie	1911
Maid or Man Short Film	—	Actress	Elsie Keene	1911
Three Sisters Short Film	5.8	Actress	Mary	1911
When the Cat's Away Short Film	7.3	Actress	Dorothy, The Wife	1911
A Decree of Destiny Short Film	5.1	Actress	Mary	1911
Her Darkest Hour Short Film	—	Actress	Ruth	1911
The Convert Short Film	6.1	Actress	Agnes Boyd	1911
Tracked Short Film	—	Actress	Unknown Role	1911
The Message in the Bottle Short Film	7.4	Actress	Louise Spencer	1911
The Secret of the Palm Short Film	—	Actress	Unknown Role	1911
The Fisher-Maid Short Film	—	Actress	Paula, The Fishing-Maid	1911
The Stampede Short Film	—	Actress	Nello	1911
Second Sight Short Film	6.7	Actress	Gertrude Edgar	1911
The Fair Dentist Short Film	6.1	Actress	Edith Morton - The Fair Dentist	1911
For Her Brother's Sake Short Film	—	Actress	Madge Spotwood	1911
The Master and the Man Short Film	6.1	Actress	Elsie Graham	1911
The Lighthouse Keeper Short Film	6.1	Actress	Polly Berry - the Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter	1911
Back to the Soil Short Film	5.5	Actress	Sadie Allen	1911
In the Sultan's Garden Short Film	6.1	Actress	Haidee	1911
For the Queen's Honor Short Film	—	Actress	Princess Gilda	1911
A Gasoline Engagement Short Film	6.1	Actress	Flora Powell	1911
At a Quarter of Two Short Film	—	Actress	Mrs Warren	1911
Science Short Film	8.0	Actress	Mrs. Crawford	1911
The Skating Bug Short Film	5.3	Actress	The Girl	1911
The Call of the Song Short Film	6.1	Actress	Amy Gordon	1911
The Toss of a Coin Short Film	7.3	Actress	Alice Barton - the Farmer's Daughter	1911
'Tween Two Loves Short Film	6.9	Actress	Grace	1911
The Courting of Mary Short Film	7.3	Actress	Mary	1911
Love Heeds Not Showers Short Film	—	Actress	Mary	1911
Little Red Riding Hood Short Film	6.5	Actress	Little Red Riding Hood	1911
The Caddy's Dream Short Film	—	Actress	Miss Kelsomine	1911
The Rose's Story Short Film	8.3	Actress	Unknown Role	1911
The Sentinel Asleep Short Film	6.1	Actress	Unknown Role	1911
The Better Way Short Film	6.1	Actress	Lillian Garvey - a Salvation Army Lass	1911
His Dress Shirt Short Film	7.7	Actress	Mrs. Kirby	1911
The Portrait Short Film	7.3	Actress	Little Vera - the Model	1911
How Mary Fixed It Short Film	—	Actress	Mary	1911
From the Bottom of the Sea Short Film	7.7	Actress	Undetermined Role (unconfirmed)	1911
Behind the Stockade Short Film	8.3	Actress	Florence Williams	1911
The Temptress Short Film	5.1	Actress	Lucille Allen	1911
Madame Rex Short Film	6.9	Writing	Writer	1911
The Medallion Short Film	—	Writing	Screenplay	1911
Caught in the Act Short Film	—	Writing	Screenplay	1911
Wilful Peggy Short Film	5.6	Actress	Peggy	1910
The Unchanging Sea Short Film	6.5	Actress	The Daughter as an Adult	1910
Ramona Short Film	5.6	Actress	Ramona	1910
An Arcadian Maid Short Film	5.2	Actress	The Arcadian Maid	1910
As It Is in Life Short Film	5.3	Actress	Daughter (Adult)	1910
What the Daisy Said Short Film	5.2	Actress	Martha	1910
Love Among the Roses Short Film	5.3	Actress	The Lacemaker	1910
The Thread of Destiny Short Film	5.5	Actress	Myrtle	1910
A Romance of the Western Hills Short Film	5.6	Actress	—	1910
All on Account of the Milk Short Film	5.8	Actress	The Young Woman	1910
The Woman from Mellon's Short Film	3.7	Actress	Mary Petersby	1910
The Englishman and the Girl Short Film	5.3	Actress	The Girl	1910
The Newlyweds Short Film	5.8	Actress	Alice Vance	1910
The Twisted Trail Short Film	5.5	Actress	Molly Hendricks	1910
The Smoker Short Film	6.1	Actress	George's Wife	1910
A Rich Revenge Short Film	5.3	Actress	Jennie	1910
The Two Brothers Short Film	5.4	Actress	A Mexican	1910
In the Season of Buds Short Film	5.1	Actress	Mabel	1910
A Victim of Jealousy Short Film	6.4	Actress	The Wife's Friend	1910
Never Again Short Film	6.6	Actress	The Girl	1910
May and December Short Film	5.7	Actress	May	1910
Muggsy's First Sweetheart Short Film	5.8	Actress	Mabel Brown	1910
A Child's Impulse Short Film	5.7	Actress	Grace	1910
The Call to Arms Short Film	5.3	Actress	A Messenger	1910
When We Were in Our Teens Short Film	5.9	Actress	Mary	1910
The Sorrows of the Unfaithful Short Film	6.2	Actress	Mary	1910
Muggsy Becomes a Hero Short Film	5.7	Actress	Mabel	1910
A Gold Necklace Short Film	5.2	Actress	Masie	1910
A Lucky Toothache Short Film	4.1	Actress	Bessie	1910
Waiter No. 5 Short Film	7.3	Actress	The Chief of Police's Son's Fiancée	1910
Simple Charity Short Film	3.8	Actress	Miss Wilkins	1910
The Song of the Wildwood Flute Short Film	7.5	Actress	Dove Eyes	1910
A Plain Song Short Film	6.1	Actress	Edith	1910
White Roses Short Film	8.6	Actress	Betty	1910
The Usurer Short Film	5.6	Actress	Invalid Daughter	1910
That Chink at Golden Gulch Short Film	5.5	Actress	—	1910
Sunshine Sue Short Film	7.0	Actress	—	1910
May and December Short Film	5.7	Writing	Writer	1910
The Sealed Room Short Film	5.7	Actress	A Lady-in-Waiting	1909
The Little Darling Short Film	4.4	Actress	Little Darling	1909
The Renunciation Short Film	4.6	Actress	Kittie Ryan	1909
The Violin Maker of Cremona Short Film	4.7	Actress	Giannina, Taddeo's Daughter	1909
Pippa Passes; or, the Song of Conscience Short Film	4.9	Actress	Girl in crowd	1909
The Lonely Villa Short Film	6.1	Actress	—	1909
The Gibson Goddess Short Film	4.8	Actress	Woman on Sidewalk	1909
The Country Doctor Short Film	6.2	Actress	Poor Mother's Elder Daughter	1909
The Hessian Renegades Short Film	5.2	Actress	Messenger's Sister	1909
His Duty Short Film	5.4	Actress	A young woman in the street	1909
The Awakening Short Film	4.8	Actress	The Widow's Daughter	1909
The Mountaineer's Honor Short Film	5.5	Actress	Harum-Scarum, a Mountain Girl	1909
Getting Even Short Film	4.4	Actress	Miss Lucy	1909
The Son's Return Short Film	4.9	Actress	Mary	1909
The Light That Came Short Film	5.6	Actress	Daisy	1909
Her First Biscuits Short Film	5.4	Actress	Biscuit Victim	1909
A Strange Meeting Short Film	4.9	Actress	—	1909
The Broken Locket Short Film	4.4	Actress	Ruth King	1909
The Indian Runner's Romance Short Film	4.4	Actress	Blue Cloud's Wife	1909
The Way of Man Short Film	5.0	Actress	Winnie, Mabel's Cousin	1909
Lines of White on a Sullen Sea Short Film	5.9	Actress	Second Couple	1909
Two Memories Short Film	5.5	Actress	Marion's Sister	1909
Sweet and Twenty Short Film	5.8	Actress	Alice	1909
The Little Teacher Short Film	5.4	Actress	The Little Teacher	1909
The Faded Lilies Short Film	4.7	Actress	At party	1909
The Peachbasket Hat Short Film	5.5	Actress	On street/In store	1909
The Mexican Sweethearts Short Film	5.3	Actress	The Señorita	1909
The Necklace Short Film	5.7	Actress	The Maid / In Pawnshop	1909
Tender Hearts Short Film	5.6	Actress	Nellie	1909
The Cardinal's Conspiracy Short Film	4.3	Actress	A Disguised Servant	1909
The Slave Short Film	5.2	Actress	A Slave Girl	1909
They Would Elope Short Film	6.6	Actress	Bessie	1909
Oh, Uncle! Short Film	4.9	Actress	Bessie	1909
The Seventh Day Short Film	5.2	Actress	The Maid	1909
In Old Kentucky Short Film	6.4	Actress	Partygoer	1909
His Lost Love Short Film	6.2	Actress	Mary	1909
In the Watches of the Night Short Film	5.8	Actress	Girl at Henry Brainard's	1909
What's Your Hurry? Short Film	6.0	Actress	Mary	1909
The Restoration Short Film	5.4	Actress	Alice Ashford	1909
A Midnight Adventure Short Film	5.2	Actress	Eleanor	1909
The Trick That Failed Short Film	6.0	Actress	Nellie Burt	1909
Through the Breakers Short Film	5.3	Actress	An Extra	1909
The Test Short Film	5.5	Actress	Bessie	1909
To Save Her Soul Short Film	5.7	Actress	Agnes Hailey	1909
The Heart of an Outlaw Short Film	7.5	Actress	The Outlaw's Daughter, as an Adult	1909
His Wife's Visitor Short Film	5.2	Actress	Bessie Wright	1909
A Sweet Revenge Short Film	7.1	Actress	—	1909
What Drink Did Short Film	5.1	Actress	—	1909
The Day After Short Film	5.3	Writing	Writer	1909
The Awakening Short Film	4.8	Writing	Screenplay	1909

Mary Pickford

Known For

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

Coquette

Love Happy

Sleep, My Love

Movies & TV Credits