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Pickford, Mary, 1892-1979

LC control no.n 50019725
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Personal name headingPickford, Mary, 1892-1979
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Variant(s)Rogers, Mary Pickford, 1892-1979
Smith, Gladys Mary, 1892-1979
Biography/History noteMary Pickford (1892-1979) was a Canadian-American actress.
Birth date1892-04-08
Death date1979-05-29
Place of birthToronto (Ont.)
Place of deathSanta Monica (Calif.)
AffiliationUnited Artists Corporation Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Profession or occupationMotion picture actors and actresses
Found inEyman, S. Mary Pickford, America's sweetheart, c1989: CIP pub. info. (d. 1979)
Letter from Robert Cushman, Center for Motion Picture Study, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Los Angeles, dated Feb. 5, 1999 ([copy of Mary Pickford's Toronto birth certificate, provided to the Academy by Eileen Whitfield] Gladys Louise Smith; b. Apr. 8, 1892)
Mary Pickford, America's sweetheart, 1990: p. 9 (... always claimed Apr. 8, 1893. In fact and despite her frequent denials, her birth certificate shows she was born Gladys Louise Smith on Apr. 8, 1892)
Wikipedia, Jan. 28, 2011 (Mary Pickford; Canadian-born motion picture actress, co-founder of the film studio United Artists and one of the original 36 founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; d. May 29, 1979 in Santa Monica, Calif.)
Canadiana, February 21, 2020 (access point: Pickford, Mary, 1892-1979; variant: Pickford, Mary, 1893-1979; Smith, Gladys Mary, 1893-1979; born in 1892 as per birth certificate; born in Toronto; died 1979)
National bib agency no.1017F2755E
Associated languageeng
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