Mary Pickford
Gladys Louise Smith, baptised as Gladys Marie Smith, known professionally as Mary Pickford, was a Canadian American film actress and producer. A pioneer in the American film industry with a Hollywood career that spanned five decades, Pickford was one of the most popular actresses of the silent film era. Beginning her film career in 1909, Pickford became Hollywood's first millionaire by 1916, and, at the height of her career, had complete creative control of her films and was one of the most recognizable women in the world.
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- Toronto
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- 🏆 star on Hollywood Walk of Fame🏆 Academy Award for Best Actress🏆 Academy Honorary Award🏆 Canada's Walk of Fame
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Trending topics shown first"I am no longer in pictures for money. I am in them because I love them. I am not in vain. I do not care about giving a smashing personal performance. My one ambition is to create fine entertainment."
"You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call "failure" is not the falling down, but the staying down."
"I was forced to live far beyond my years when just a child, now I have reversed the order and I intend to remain young indefinitely."
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1892
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