Mary Pickford

Gladys Louise Smith (April 8, 1892 – May 29, 1979), (known professionally as Mary Pickford) was a Canadian silent movie actress. She was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in Coquette. She was married to actor Charles "Buddy" Rogers.

Pickford was co-founder of United Artists. She was one of the original 36 founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. She married silent movie star Douglas Fairbanks. They lived in a Hollywood home called Pickfair.

She was called "America's Sweetheart" during the silent film era, and is on the list of the AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars. She is put as the 24th-top female star from the Classical Hollywood Cinema era.
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 Gladys goes to Hollywood at 100 Canadian Heroines: Famous and Forgotten Faces, by Merna Forster, via Google Books, pp. 204 sq.



 Mary Pickford at the Women Film Pioneers Project
 About Mary Pickford, from the Mary Pickford Foundation website
 Mary Pickford CBC Radio interview May 25, 1959
 Mary Pickford at the Encyclopædia Britannica
 Footage of Mary Pickford with Charlie Chaplin and Douglas Fairbanks in 1919
 Mary Pickford at Virtual History
 Mary Pickford–Buddy Rogers correspondence, 1943–1976, held by the Billy Rose Theatre Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
 Mary Pickford scrapbook, 1915–1917, held by the Billy Rose Theatre Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
 Mary Pickford papers, Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
 Mary Pickford – Whose Real Name is Gladys Smith from Current Opinion Magazine, June, 1918

Category:1892 births
Category:1979 deaths
Category:Deaths from cerebral hemorrhage
Category:Canadian movie actors
Category:American movie actors
Category:Actors from Toronto
Category:Silent movie actors
Category:Best Actress Academy Award winners