Overview
Date of Death:
29 May 1979, Santa Monica, California, USA (cerebral hemorrhage)
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Mini Biography:
Mary Pickford began in the theater at age six. Then known as "Baby Gladys Smith"...
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Trivia:
One of the 36 founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...
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Awards:
Won Oscar.
Another
2 wins
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Alternate Names:
Dorothy Nicholson | Gladys Nicholson | Baby Gladys Smith | Gladys Marie Smith
Filmography
- Secrets (1933) .... Mary Carlton/Mary Marlow
- Kiki (1931) .... Kiki
- Forever Yours (1930)
- The Taming of the Shrew (1929) .... Katherine
- Coquette (1929) .... Norma Besant
- The Gaucho (1927) (uncredited) .... Virgin Mary
- My Best Girl (1927) .... Maggie Johnson
- Sparrows (1926) .... Molly
... aka Human Sparrows (UK) - The Black Pirate (1926) (uncredited) .... Double for Billie Dove in Final Embrace
... aka The Black Buccaneer - Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925) (uncredited) .... Crowd extra in chariot race
... aka Ben-Hur (USA: short title) - Little Annie Rooney (1925) .... Annabelle 'Little Annie' Rooney
- Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall (1924) .... Dorothy Vernon
- Rosita (1923) .... Rosita, a street singer
- Tess of the Storm Country (1922) .... Tessibel 'Tess' Skinner
- Little Lord Fauntleroy (1921) .... Cedric Errol / Widow Errol
- Through the Back Door (1921) .... Jeanne
- The Nut (1921) (uncredited) .... Party guest
- The Love Light (1921) .... Angela Carlotti
- Suds (1920) .... Amanda Afflick
- Pollyanna (1920) .... Pollyanna Whittier
- Heart o' the Hills (1919) .... Mavis Hawn
... aka Heart of the Hills - The Hoodlum (1919) .... Amy Burke
... aka The Ragamuffin (UK) - Daddy-Long-Legs (1919) .... Jerusha 'Judy' Abbott
- Captain Kidd, Jr. (1919) .... Mary MacTavish
- One Hundred Percent American (1918) .... Mayme
- Johanna Enlists (1918) .... Johanna Renssaller
- How Could You, Jean? (1918) .... Jean Mackaye
- M'Liss (1918) .... Melissa 'M'liss' Smith
- Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley (1918) .... Amarilly Jenkins
- Stella Maris (1918) .... Miss Stella Maris/Unity Blake
- The Little Princess (1917) .... Sara Crewe
- Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1917) .... Rebecca Randall
- The Little American (1917) .... Angela Moore
- A Romance of the Redwoods (1917) .... Jenny Lawrence
- The Poor Little Rich Girl (1917) .... Gwendolyn
- The Pride of the Clan (1917) .... Marget MacTavish
- All-Star Production of Patriotic Episodes for the Second Liberty Loan (1917)
- Less Than the Dust (1916) .... Radha
- Hulda from Holland (1916) .... Hulda
- The Eternal Grind (1916) .... Louise
- Poor Little Peppina (1916) .... Peppina
... aka Little Peppina (USA) - The Foundling (1916) .... Molly O
... aka Miss Jenny - Madame Butterfly (1915) .... Cho-Cho-San
- A Girl of Yesterday (1915) .... Jane Stuart
- Esmeralda (1915) .... Esmeralda Rogers
- Rags (1915) .... Rags/Alice McCloud
- Little Pal (1915) .... 'Little Pal'
- The Dawn of a Tomorrow (1915) .... Glad
- Fanchon, the Cricket (1915/I) .... Fanchon, the cricket
- Mistress Nell (1915) .... Nell Gwyn
- Broken Hearts (1915)
- The Foundling (1915) .... Molly O
- Cinderella (1914) .... Cinderella
... aka The Stepsister (USA: alternative title) - Behind the Scenes (1914) .... Dolly Lane
- Such a Little Queen (1914) .... Queen Anna Victoria
- The Eagle's Mate (1914) .... Anemone Breckenridge
- Tess of the Storm Country (1914) .... Tessibel Skinner
- A Good Little Devil (1914) .... Juliet
- Hearts Adrift (1914) .... Nina
- Caprice (1913) .... Mercy Baxter
- In the Bishop's Carriage (1913) .... Nance Olden
- Fate (1913/I)
- The Unwelcome Guest (1913) .... The Slavey
... aka An Unwelcome Guest (USA: alternative title) - The New York Hat (1912) .... Miss Mollie Goodhue (the girl)
- The Informer (1912) .... The Confederate Captain's Sweetheart
- My Baby (1912) .... The Wife
- The One She Loved (1912) .... The Wife
- A Feud in the Kentucky Hills (1912) .... The Daughter
- So Near, Yet So Far (1912) .... The Young Woman
- Friends (1912) .... Dora (the orphan)
- A Pueblo Legend (1912) .... The Indian Girl
- A Pueblo Romance (1912)
- With the Enemy's Help (1912) .... Faro Kate
- The Inner Circle (1912) .... The Rich Italian's Daughter
- A Child's Remorse (1912)
- The Narrow Road (1912) .... Mrs. Jim Holcomb
- An Indian Summer (1912) .... The Widow's Daughter
- The School Teacher and the Waif (1912) .... Nora, the Waif
- Lena and the Geese (1912) .... Lena
- Home Folks (1912) .... The Young Woman
- A Beast at Bay (1912) .... The Young Woman
- A Lodging for the Night (1912) .... The Mexican Girl
- The Old Actor (1912) .... The Old Actor's Daughter
- Won by a Fish (1912) .... The Woman
- Just Like a Woman (1912) .... The Young Woman
- The Female of the Species (1912) .... The Miner's Wife's Sister
- Fate's Interception (1912) .... The Mexican Girl
- Iola's Promise (1912) .... Iola
- A Timely Repentance (1912) .... Heroine of the Movie with the Movie, 'The Wife's Destruction'
- A Siren of Impulse (1912)
- The Mender of Nets (1912) .... The Net-Mender
- Honor Thy Father (1912/II)
- Grannie (1912)
- The Caddy's Dream (1911)
- The Portrait (1911)
- Little Red Riding Hood (1911/I) .... Little Red Riding Hood
- Love Heeds Not Showers (1911)
- The Courting of Mary (1911) .... Mary
- From the Bottom of the Sea (1911)
- His Dress Shirt (1911)
- The Aggressor (1911)
- The Better Way (1911) .... A Salvation Army Lass
... aka Going Straight (USA: reissue title)
... aka Mary's Convert (USA: reissue title) - The Sentinel Asleep (1911)
- 'Tween Two Loves (1911)
... aka The Stronger Love (USA: reissue title) - By the House That Jack Built (1911)
- The Toss of a Coin (1911)
- The Call of the Song (1911) .... Amy Gordon
- The Skating Bug (1911)
- At a Quarter of Two (1911) .... Mrs. Warren
... aka A Quarter After Two (USA: alternative title)
... aka At a Quarter to Two (USA: alternative title)
... aka Mr. Burglar, M.D. (USA: reissue title) - A Gasoline Engagement (1911) .... Flora Powell
- For the Queen's Honor (1911) .... The Princess
- In the Sultan's Garden (1911) .... Haidee
... aka The Sultan's Garden (USA: reissue title) - Behind the Stockade (1911) .... Lucy
- Back to the Soil (1911) .... Sadie Allen
- The Lighthouse Keeper (1911)
- The Master and the Man (1911) .... Elsie Graham
- For Her Brother's Sake (1911/I)
- The Fair Dentist (1911) .... Edith Morton
... aka Mary's Patients (USA: reissue title) - The Temptress (1911/I)
- Second Sight (1911) .... Gertrude Edgar
- As a Boy Dreams (1911)
- The Stampede (1911)
- Sweet Memories (1911) .... Polly Biblett
... aka Sweetheart Days (USA: reissue title) - In Old Madrid (1911)
- The Fisher-Maid (1911)
... aka The Fishermaid (USA) - Conscience (1911)
- The Message in the Bottle (1911)
- A Decree of Destiny (1911) .... Mary
- A Manly Man (1911)
... aka His Gratitude (USA: reissue title) - Artful Kate (1911)
- Pictureland (1911) .... Rosita
- The Convert (1911)
- Her Darkest Hour (1911)
- The Mirror (1911)
- When the Cat's Away (1911) .... Dorothy
- At the Duke's Command (1911) .... One of the Ladies of the Court
- Three Sisters (1911) .... Mary
- Maid or Man (1911)
- The Dream (1911)
- The Italian Barber (1911) .... Alice
- Their First Misunderstanding (1911)
- When a Man Loves (1911) .... Tessie
- The Daddy's Dream (1911)
- A Dog's Tale (1911)
- Science (1911) .... Mrs. Crawford
- Little Nell's Tobacco (1910)
- White Roses (1910) .... Betty
- A Child's Stratagem (1910)
- A Plain Song (1910) .... Edith
- The Song of the Wildwood Flute (1910) .... Dove Eyes
- Sunshine Sue (1910)
- Simple Charity (1910) (as Gladys Nicholson) .... Miss Wilkins
- Waiter No. 5 (1910) .... The Chief of Police's Son's Fiancée
- A Lucky Toothache (1910) .... Bessie
- The Masher (1910)
- That Chink at Golden Gulch (1910)
- A Gold Necklace (1910) .... Mazie
- The Iconoclast (1910)
- Examination Day at School (1910)
- A Summer Tragedy (1910) .... (unconfirmed)
- Little Angels of Luck (1910) .... (unconfirmed)
- Muggsy Becomes a Hero (1910) .... Mabel
- Wilful Peggy (1910) .... Peggy
- The Sorrows of the Unfaithful (1910) .... Mary
- When We Were in Our Teens (1910) .... Mary
- The Usurer (1910/I) .... Invalid Daughter
- An Arcadian Maid (1910) .... Priscilla
- The Call to Arms (1910) .... A Messenger
- Serious Sixteen (1910)
- A Flash of Light (1910)
- What the Daisy Said (1910) (uncredited) .... Martha
- Muggsy's First Sweetheart (1910) .... Mabel Brown
- A Child's Impulse (1910) .... Grace
- May and December (1910) .... May
- Never Again (1910/I) .... The Girl
- The Face at the Window (1910)
- A Victim of Jealousy (1910) .... The Wife's Friend
- In the Season of Buds (1910) .... Mabel
- Ramona (1910) .... Ramona
- An Affair of Hearts (1910)
- Love Among the Roses (1910) .... The Lacemaker
- The Unchanging Sea (1910) .... The Daughter as an Adult
- The Kid (1910) (unconfirmed)
- A Romance of the Western Hills (1910) .... Indian
- A Rich Revenge (1910) .... Jennie
- As It Is in Life (1910) .... George Forrester's Daughter, as an Adult
- The Two Brothers (1910) .... Mexican
- His Last Dollar (1910)
- The Smoker (1910) .... George's Wife
- The Twisted Trail (1910) .... Molly Hendricks
- The Thread of Destiny (1910) .... Myrtle
- The Newlyweds (1910) .... Alice Vance
- The Englishman and the Girl (1910) .... The Girl
- The Woman from Mellon's (1910) .... Mary Petersby, the Daughter
- The Call (1910)
- All on Account of the Milk (1910) .... The Young Woman
- To Save Her Soul (1909) .... Agnes Hailey
- The Test (1909) .... Bessie
- The Trick That Failed (1909) .... Nellie Burt
- The Mountaineer's Honor (1909) .... Harum-Scarum, a Mountain Girl
- A Midnight Adventure (1909) .... Eleanor
- A Sweet Revenge (1909)
- The Light That Came (1909)
- The Restoration (1909) .... Alice Ashford
- The Gibson Goddess (1909) .... On Sidewalk
- What's Your Hurry? (1909) .... Mary
- Lines of White on a Sullen Sea (1909) .... Second Couple
- In the Watches of the Night (1909) .... At Brainard's
- His Lost Love (1909) .... Mary
- The Little Teacher (1909) .... The Little Teacher
- The Awakening (1909) .... The Widow's Daughter
- Wanted, a Child (1909)
- In Old Kentucky (1909) .... Homecoming Party
- The Broken Locket (1909) .... Ruth King
- The Children's Friend (1909)
- Getting Even (1909) .... Miss Lucy
- The Hessian Renegades (1909) .... Soldier's Family
... aka 1776
... aka 1776, or The Hessian Renegades (USA) - The Little Darling (1909) .... Little Darling
- The Sealed Room (1909) .... A Lady-in-Waiting
- Oh, Uncle! (1909) .... Bessie
- The Seventh Day (1909) .... The Maid
- The Indian Runner's Romance (1909) .... Blue Cloud's Wife
- His Wife's Visitor (1909) .... Bessie Wright
- They Would Elope (1909) .... Bessie
- A Strange Meeting (1909)
- The Slave (1909) .... A Young Girl at Court
- Sweet and Twenty (1909) .... Alice
- The Renunciation (1909) .... Kittie Ryan
- Tender Hearts (1909) .... Nellie
- The Cardinal's Conspiracy (1909) .... A Disguised Servant
... aka Richelieu or the Cardinal's Conspiracy - The Country Doctor (1909) (uncredited) .... Poor Mother's Elder Daughter
- The Necklace (1909) .... The Maid/In Pawnshop
- The Way of Man (1909) .... Winnie, Mabel's Cousin
- The Mexican Sweethearts (1909) .... The Señorita
- The Peachbasket Hat (1909) .... On Street/In Store
- The Faded Lilies (1909) .... At Party
- Her First Biscuits (1909) .... Biscuit Victim
- The Son's Return (1909) .... Mary Clark
- The Lonely Villa (1909) .... One of the Cullison Children
- The Violin Maker of Cremona (1909/I) .... Giannina, Taddeo's Daughter
- What Drink Did (1909)
- His Duty (1909) .... One of the children on the street
- Two Memories (1909) .... Marion's Sister
- The Drive for a Life (1909)
- The Deception (1909)
- The Fascinating Mrs. Francis (1909)
- Mrs. Jones Entertains (1909) (as Dorothy Nicholson)
- The Heart of an Outlaw (1909) .... The Outlaw's Daughter, as an Adult
- Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Premiere (1955) .... Herself
- Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 6 (1942) .... Herself
- Picture People No. 3: Hobbies of the Stars (1941) .... Herself
- Meet the Stars #1: Chinese Garden Festival (1940) .... Herself
... aka Chinese Garden Festival (USA: short title)
- Hollywood Hobbies (1939) (uncredited) .... Herself
- Ali Baba Goes to Town (1937) (uncredited) .... Herself
- Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 2 (1937) .... Herself
- Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove (1934) (uncredited) .... Herself
- The Film Parade (1933) (as Gladys Nicholson) .... Archive Footage, 'Simple Charity' (1910)
... aka March of the Movies (USA) - Hollywood on Parade No. A-9 (1933) (uncredited) .... Herself
- Screen Snapshots (1932/I) .... Herself
- Screen Snapshots (1932/II) .... Herself
- Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 6 (1931) .... Herself
- Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5 (1930) .... Herself
- Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 24 (1930) .... Herself, Screen Stars Dress Shop Hostess
- Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 23 (1930) .... Herself, at Premiere
- Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 21 (1930) .... Herself
- Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 22 (1930) .... Herself
- The Voice of Hollywood No. 15 (1930) (uncredited) .... Herself
- The Voice of Hollywood No. 7 (1930) (uncredited) .... Herself
- Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 14 (1930) .... Herself
- Potseluy Meri Pikford (1927) .... Herself
... aka A Kiss from Mary Pickford
... aka The Kiss of Mary Pickford - Screen Snapshots No. 2 (1925) .... Herself
- Hollywood (1923) .... Herself, Cameo appearance
... aka Joligud
- United States Fourth Liberty Loan Drive (1918) .... Herself
... aka An Untitled Liberty Loan Film
Additional Details
Other Works:
(play) 'The Warrens of Virginia' (1907-1909)
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Publicity Listings:
3 Biographical Movies | 2 Portrayals | 11 Print Biographies | 94 Articles | 1 Pictorial | 3 Magazine Cover Photos
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