Mary Pickford Timeline of Events

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Mary Pickford

Mary Pickford was a 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...

Timeline of Events

1909

6.7.1909

Mary Pickford makes her screen debut at the age of 16.

1916

6.24.1916

Mary Pickford becomes the first female film star to sign a million dollar contract.

1919

2.5.1919

Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and D.W. Griffith launch United Artists.

1927

4.30.1927

Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford become the first celebrities to leave their footprints in concrete at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood.