Mary Pickford Timeline

By joannalynn

  • Birth

    Mary Pickford was born on April 8th, 1892 in Toronto.

  • Becoming a star

    Not yet 8, Pickford debuts in The Silver King at Toronto's princess Theatre.

  • Gladys Smith

    Mary Pickford, still known as Gladys Smith, gets her stage name chanhged by her producer to Mary Pickford.

  • Broadway

    Pickford auditions for "The warrens of Virginia" on broadway.

  • Pickford Married

    Pickford Marries Owen Moore, but her Parents disapprove.
  • Photoplay

    Photoplay

    In Photoplay magazine, they refered to her as "luminous tenderness in a steel band of gutter ferocity"

  • Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (one of her many works)

    Mary Pickford stars in Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, one of her many movies.

  • Marriage

    Pickford and Fairbanks both divorce theur spouses so they can marry.
  • Coquette

    Coquette

    Mary Pickford stars in her famous movie Coquette, in which she must cut her ringlets off to create the rebellious 20's bob.

  • Black Tuesday

    The stock Market crashes on Black Tuesdsay, with the Great Depression following.

  • Coquette Award

    Pickford wins an Academy Award for Coquette.

  • Cosmetics

    Mary Pickford Cosmetics are brought into the market.

  • The Mary Pickford Foundation

    The Mary Pickford Foundation is formed, and still exsists today.

  • Death

    Mary Pickford died in Santa Monica, California.