This Weeks Famous Canadian
Mary Pickford
Full Name: Gladys Marie Smith
Profession: Actress
Nationality:
Biography: Coquette, The Poor Little Rich Girl
Born: April 8, 1892
Birthplace:Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Died: May 29, 1979 (aged 87)
Cause of Death: Cerebral hemorrhage
Married Life
- 1911-01-07 Actress Mary Pickford (19) weds actor Owen Moore (25)
- 1920-03-02 Actress Mary Pickford (27) divorces actor Owen Moore (33) after 9 years of marriage
- 1920-03-28 Actor Douglas Fairbanks (36) marries actress Mary Pickford (28)
- 1936-01-10 Actress Mary Pickford (44) divorces actor Douglas Fairbanks (52) after 15 years of marriage
- 1937-06-26 Canadian-American silent film actress Mary Pickford (45) weds her third and final husband American actor and bandleader Charles “Buddy” Rogers (32), until her death in 1979
Historical Events
- 1909-06-07 Mary Pickford makes her screen debut at the age of 16
- 1916-06-24 Mary Pickford becomes the first female film star to get a million dollar contract
- 1919-02-05 Hollywood film studio United Artists founded by Charlie Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford and D. W. Griffith
- 1930-04-03 2nd Academy Awards: “The Broadway Melody”, Warner Baxter & Mary Pickford win. First time Academy Awards are broadcast on the radio.