Mary Pickford (1892 - 1979)

Leading Canadian/American silent cinema actress. One of the co-founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

* April 8, 1892 Toronto, Canada
 as Gladys Marie Smith
 May 29, 1979 Santa Monica, California, USA



Vintage magazines

Mon Ciné, nr. 2, 2 March 1922
Mon Ciné, nr. 3, 9 March 1922
Mon Ciné, nr. 3, 9 March 1922

Mon Ciné, nr. 6, 30 March 1922
Mon Ciné, nr. 6, 30 March 1922
Mon Ciné, nr. 6, 30 March 1922

Mon Ciné, nr. 6, 30 March 1922
Mon Ciné, nr. 10, 27 April 1922
Mon Ciné, nr. 25, 10 August 1922


Books by Mary Pickford

Mary Pickford Why not look beyond? Mary Pickford
Why not look beyond?
London, 1936

Mary Pickford Why not try God? Mary Pickford
Why not try God?
London, 1936

Mary Pickford
Sunshine and shadow.
Garden City, N.Y.,, 1955

Books on Mary Pickford

Christel Schmidt (ed.) Mary Pickford Christel Schmidt (ed.)
Mary Pickford, Queen of the movies
Lexington, KY, 2012

Eileen Whitfield Pickford Eileen Whitfield
Pickford, The woman who made Hollywood
Lexington, Ky., 2007

Kevin Brownlow Mary Pickford Rediscovered Kevin Brownlow
Mary Pickford Rediscovered, Rare Pictures of a Hollywood Legend
New York, 1999

Eileen Whitfield Pickford Eileen Whitfield
Pickford, The woman who made Hollywood
Toronto, 1997

Scott Eyman
Mary Pickford, America's Sweetheart
New York, 1990

Gary Carey
Doug & Mary, A biography of Douglas Fairbanks & Mary Pickford
New York, 1977

Booton Herndon
Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks, The most popular couple the world has ever known
New York, 1977

Robert Windeler
Sweetheart, The Story of Mary Pickford
Boston, 1973

Raymond Lee
The films of Mary Pickford.
South Brunswick,, [1971]

Kemp R. Niver, Edited by Bebe Bergsten
Mary Pickford, comedienne
Los Angeles, [1969]

Allene Talmey
Doug and Mary, And others
New York, 1927

Books with substantial mentioning of Mary Pickford

Jennifer M. Bean (ed.)
Flickers of desire, Movie stars of the 1910s
New Brunswick, N.J., 2011

William M. Drew
The last silent picture show, Silent films on American screens in the 1930s
Lanham, 2010

Brian J. Robb Silent cinema Brian J. Robb
Silent cinema
Harpenden, Herts, 2007

 Leading Ladies
Leading Ladies, The 50 Most Unforgettable Actresses of the Studio Area
2006

Anthony Slide Silent Players Anthony Slide
Silent Players, A Biographical and Autobiographical Study of 100 Silent Film Actors and Actresses
Lexington, Ky, 2002

Jeanine Basinger Silent Stars Jeanine Basinger
Silent Stars
Hanover and London, 2000

Tom Pendergast, Sara Pendergast (eds.)
International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, 3. Actors and Actresses
Detroit/New York/San Francisco/London/Boston/Woodbridge, CT, 2000

Amy L. Unterburger (editor) Women Filmmakers & Their Films Amy L. Unterburger (editor)
Women Filmmakers & Their Films
Detroit - New York - London, 1998

Gregg Felsen Tombstones Gregg Felsen
Tombstones, 75 Famous People and Their Final Resting Places
Berkeley, California, 1997

Danny Peary Alternate Oscars Danny Peary
Alternate Oscars, One Critic's Defiant Choices for Best Picture, Actor, and Actress - From 1927 to the Present
New York, 1993

Richard Dyer MacCann The Stars Appear Richard Dyer MacCann
The Stars Appear
Metuchen, NJ & London, 1992

Ally Acker Reel Women Ally Acker
Reel Women, Pioneers of the Cinema 1896-Present
New York, 1991

Edward Wagenknecht Stars of the Silents Edward Wagenknecht
Stars of the Silents
Metuchen, N.J., & London, 1987

Ann Lloyd (ed.) Movies of the Silent Years Ann Lloyd (ed.)
Movies of the Silent Years
London, 1985

Kevin Brownlow The Parade's Gone by... Kevin Brownlow
The Parade's Gone by...
Berkeley and Los Angeles, California, 1976

Henk van der Meyden Privé over privé Henk van der Meyden
Privé over privé
Amsterdam, 1974

Cedric Osmond Bermingham (editor) Stars of the Screen 1931 Cedric Osmond Bermingham (editor)
Stars of the Screen 1931, A volume of biographies of contemporary actors and actresses engaged in photoplay throughout the world
London, [1931]

Charles Donald Fox and Milton L. Silver (eds.) Who's Who on the Screen Charles Donald Fox and Milton L. Silver (eds.)
Who's Who on the Screen
New York City, 1920

Books with an entry on Mary Pickford

Richard Abel (ed.) Encyclopedia of early cinema Richard Abel (ed.)
Encyclopedia of early cinema
London and New York, 2005

Denise Lowe An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Women in Early American Films, 1895 - 1930 Denise Lowe
An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Women in Early American Films, 1895 - 1930
New York, London, Oxford, 2005

David Thomson The New Biographical Dictionary of Film David Thomson
The New Biographical Dictionary of Film
New York, 2003

Roy Liebman Silent Film Performers Roy Liebman
Silent Film Performers, An Annotated Bibliography of Published, Unpublished and Archival Sources for over 350 Actors and Actresses
Jefferson, North Carolina, and London, 1996

Martin J. Quigley (ed.) The Motion Picture Almanac Martin J. Quigley (ed.)
The Motion Picture Almanac, Big Stars in Big Pictures
Chicago, Ill., 1929

Charles Donald Fox Mirrors of Hollywood Charles Donald Fox
Mirrors of Hollywood, with brief biographies of favorite film folk
New York, 1925

Books with photograph(s) of Mary Pickford

John Richard Finch and Paul Elby Close-Ups John Richard Finch and Paul Elby
Close-Ups, From the Golden Age of the Silent Cinema
South Brunswick and New York - London, 1978

Mary Dawn Earley
Stars of the Twenties, Observed by James Abbe
New York, 1975

Articles on Mary Pickford

Victoria Sturtevant, "The Poor Little Rich Girl", Class and Embodiment in the Films of Mary Pickford, in: Cynthia Lucia, Roy Grundmann, and Art Simon (ed.), The Wiley-Blackwell History of American Film, Malden, MA, Oxford, Chisester, 2012

Gaylyn Studlar, Oh, "Doll Divine", Mary Pickford, Masquerade, and the Pedophilic Gaze, in: Jennifer M. Bean and Diane Negra (eds.), A Feminist Reader in Early Cinema, Durham & London, 2002

J.B. Kaufman, Before Snow White, in: Film History, vol. 5, 1993 pp. 158-175

Mary Pickford, 1893-1979, in: Films in Review, vol. 30, 1979 pp. 415

Films

1909
In Old Kentucky
The Lonely Villa
The Country Doctor
Pippa Passes; or, The Song of Conscience
The Light That Came

1910
In the Border States
The Call to Arms

1912
The New York Hat
The Mender of Nets
The Female of the Species

1913
Caprice
In the Bishop's Carriage

1914
Tess of the Storm Country
Cinderella
Behind the Scenes
Such a Little Queen
The Eagle's Mate
A Good Little Devil
Hearts Adrift

1915
Madame Butterfly
A Girl of Yesterday
Esmeralda
Rags
Little Pal
The Dawn of a Tomorrow
Mistress Nell
Fanchon the Cricket

1916
Poor Little Peppina
Less Than the Dust
Hulda From Holland
The Eternal Grind
The Foundling

1917
The Poor Little Rich Girl
The Little American
The Little Princess
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
A Romance of the Redwoods
The Pride of the Clan

1918
Stella Maris
Johanna Enlists
Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley
How Could You, Jean?
M'Liss
One Hundred Percent American

1919
Captain Kidd, Jr.
Heart o' the Hills
Daddy-Long-Legs
The Hoodlum

1920
Pollyanna
Suds

1921
The Love Light
The Nut
Through the Back Door
Little Lord Fauntleroy

1922
Tess of the Storm Country

1923
Hollywood
Rosita

1924
Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall

1925
Ben-Hur A Tale of the Christ
Little Annie Rooney

1926
Sparrows
The Black Pirate

1927
My Best Girl
The Gaucho

1929
The Taming of the Shrew
Coquette

1930
Forever Yours

1931
Kiki
The House That Shadows Built

1933
Hollywood on Parade No. A-9
Secrets

1934
Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove

1936
The Gay Desperado
One Rainy Afternoon

1937
Ali Baba Goes to Town

1939
Hollywood Hobbies

1944
Wilson

1947
The Adventures of Don Coyote

1948
Sleep, My Love

1949
Love Happy

IMDb: 0681933