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Mary Pickford

Mary Pickford

Birthday: 1892-04-08 | Place of Birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Mary Pickford began in the theater at age seven. Then known as "Baby Gladys Smith", she toured with her family in a number of theater companies. In 1907, she adopted a family name Pickford and joined the David Belasco troupe, appearing in the long-running The Warrens of Virginia". She began in films in 1909 with the 'American Mutoscope & Biograph [us]', working with director D.W. Griffith. For a short time in 1911, to earn more money, she joined the IMP Film Co. under Carl Laemmle. She returned to Biograph in 1912, and, in 1913 joined the Famous Players Film Company under Adolph Zukor. She then joined First National Exhibitor's Circuit in 1918. In 1919 she helped to establish United Artists. Date of Death 29 May 1979, Santa Monica, California (cerebral hemorrhage)

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1933
Secrets

as    Mary Marlowe / Mary Carlton

1931
Kiki

as    Kiki

1927
The Gaucho

as    The Virgin Mary

1923
Rosita

as    Rosita

1919
The Hoodlum

as    Amy Burke

1919
Daddy-Long-Legs

as    Judy Abbott

1918
Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley

as    Amarilly Jenkins

1918
Johanna Enlists

as    Johanna Renssaller

1918
M'Liss

as    Melissa 'M'liss' Smith

1918
Stella Maris

as    Miss Stella Maris / Unity Blake

1917
The Little American

as    Angela Moore

1917
A Romance of the Redwoods

as    Jenny Lawrence

1914
Cinderella

as    Cinderella

1912
Friends

as    Dora - the Orphan

1911
The Lighthouse Keeper

as    Polly Berry - the Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter

1910
1909
The Sealed Room

as    A Lady-in-Waiting