Mary Pickford Canadian Actress Born 1892 in Toronto

Mary Pickford was a Canadian actress from Toronto. She died on 29 May 1979 at the age of 87. The recorded cause of death is stroke. Her best-known titles on this site are Verdensberømtheder i København (1939) and Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925).

Early life

Her mother was Charlotte Hennessy.

Career

The earliest of her listed screen credits is A Midnight Adventure, from 1909. Her 1900s credits include The Lonely Villa (1909, as eldest Cullison daughter) and The Country Doctor (1909). During the 1910s, she worked on An Arcadian Maid (1910) and Daddy-Long-Legs (1919). Work from the 1920s includes The Black Pirate (1926) and Coquette (1929). Wilson (1944) is among her 1940s credits.

In total, 246 films are listed from 1909 to 2016. She is last credited, in her lifetime, on Hollywood Without Make-Up (1963). Beyond acting, the credits show her as director on Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall, and writer on 12 titles, including The Day After. Lillian Gish appears in six of her listed titles, including The Informer (1912) and The New York Hat (1912).

Recognition

She won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1930 for Coquette. Mary Pickford also received an Academy Honorary Award (1975) and the Canada's Walk of Fame (1999). Her nominations include the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1929 for Coquette. Altogether, 4 wins and one nomination are listed.

Personal life

Marriages on record are to Owen Moore (1911 to 1920, divorced), Douglas Fairbanks (1920 to 1936, divorced) and Charles Rogers (1937 to 1979, widowed). She had 2 children on record.