Sunshine and Shadow
Autobiography
By: Mary Pickford
Date: 1955
Source: Pickford, Mary. Sunshine and Shadow. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1955, 63–71.
About the Author: Mary Pickford (1892–1979) was one of the first powerful women in film. Originally from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Gladys Louise Smith began her acting career to support her family after her father's death. By fourteen, she was on Broadway, starring in David Belasco's The Warrens of Virginia. Belasco gave Pickford her stage name. She made her screen debut two years later, in 1909. She became known as "America's Sweetheart" for the little girl roles she played well into adulthood. In addition to acting, she was also a film producer, writer, and director. In 1919, she formed United Artists with Charlie Chaplin, D.W. Griffith, and Douglas Fairbanks.
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