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    Mary Pickford

    Canadian actress and producer

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  1. Mary Pickford filmography. Advertisement, 1916. Mary Pickford (1892–1979) was a Canadian-American motion picture actress, producer, and writer. During the silent film era she became one of the first great celebrities of the cinema and a popular icon known to the public as "America's Sweetheart". [1]

  2. Feb 27, 2018 · General Photographic Agency/Getty Images. One hundred years ago, the most powerful woman in Hollywood was a producer, a studio head and a major force onscreen. Mary Pickford was a founder of...

  3. Apr 5, 2024 · Mary Pickford, Canadian-born American motion-picture actress who was ‘America’s sweetheart’ of the silent screen and one of the first film stars. At the height of her career, she was one of the richest and most famous women in the United States. She was also a founder of United Artists Corporation.

  4. Feb 4, 2019 · Silk and steel. Today’s actresses expect mass scrutiny. Pickford invented it, against her will. Yet she had worked hard for this fame. Hard work was all she’d ever known. Pickford was...

  5. Mary Pickford. Actress: Coquette. Mary Pickford was born Gladys Louise Smith in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, to Elsie Charlotte (Hennessy) and John Charles Smith. She was of English and Irish descent. Pickford began in the theater at age seven.

  6. M ary Pickford (1892-1979) was a multifaceted pioneer of early cinema. She was a talented performer, a creative producer and a savvy businesswoman who helped shape the film industry as we know it today. Mary Pickford rose steadily to fame at a time when there was no path to follow.

  7. May 14, 2008 · Canadian-born film actress Mary Pickford. Mary Pickford, née Gladys Louise Smith, actor, producer and writer (born 8 April 1892 in Toronto, ON; died 29 May 1979 in Santa Monica, California). Pickford was a pioneering figure of early cinema who became one of the most renowned stars of the silent film era.

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