Mary Pickford: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

Pickford’s life and work are discussed in Booton Herndon, Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks (1977); Scott Eyman, Mary Pickford, America’s Sweetheart (1990); Eileen Whitfield, Pickford: The Woman Who Made Hollywood (1997); and Christel Schmidt (ed.), Mary Pickford: Queen of the Movies (2012).

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: PBS - American Experience - Mary Pickford. Nov 01, 2026
Anniversary information added. May 25, 2026
Anniversary information added. Apr 04, 2026
Add new Web site: Golden Globes - Forgotten Hollywood: Trailblazing Mary Pickford. Mar 20, 2025
Add new Web site: CBC - 'America's Sweetheart' Mary Pickford born in Toronto. Jan 07, 2025
Add new Web site: BBC - Mary Pickford: The woman who shaped Hollywood. Nov 11, 2024
Add new Web site: NPR - How movie darling Mary Pickford became the most powerful woman in Hollywood. Sep 21, 2024
Pickford's date of birth corrected: she was born on April 8, not April 9. Jun 04, 2024
Media added. Jun 04, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Apr 02, 2024
Add new Web site: PBS - American Experience - Mary Pickford. Aug 31, 2023
Add new Web site: Women Film Pioneers Project - Mary Pickford. Mar 21, 2023
Link added. Feb 01, 2023
Link added. Feb 01, 2023
Article revised and updated. Nov 04, 2019
Add new Web site: Official Site of Mary Pickford Foundation. Jul 10, 2019
Add new Web site: Canada's Walk of Fame - Biography of Mary Pickford. Apr 24, 2014
Add new Web site: Hollywood Walk of Fame - Biography of Mary Pickford. Apr 24, 2014
Add new Web site: AllMovie - Mary Pickford. Jan 27, 2013
Add new Web site: Turner Classic Movies - Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies. Jan 27, 2013
Add new Web site: Official Site of Mary Pickford Foundation. Jan 27, 2013
Add new Web site: Spartacus Educational - Mary Pickford. Jan 27, 2013
Add new Web site: National Women's History Museum - Biography of Mary Pickford. Jan 27, 2013
Add new Web site: Matinee Classics - Biography of Mary Pickford. Jan 27, 2013
In the bibliography, added Mary Pickford: Queen of the Movies (2012). Jan 02, 2013
Added photograph. Jun 13, 2011
Added new Web site: PBS - American Experience - Chronobiography of Mary Pickford. Apr 11, 2008
Added new Web site: The Canadian Encyclopedia - Biography of Mary Pickford. Apr 11, 2008
Media added. Jan 04, 2007
Article revised. Feb 10, 2000
Article added to new online database. Oct 27, 1999
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