Shield, Blanche.

Mary Pickford, "America's Sweetheart, was a star of stage and film.

Born in Toronto, Canada in 1893 she is best known as a star of silent films. Her first film was with Biograph studio where she was taken on by D. W. Griffith. Among her films are THE LITTLE AMERICAN (1917); REBECCA OF SUNNYBROOK FARM (1917); LITTLE LORD FAUNTLEROY (1921) and ROSITA (1923). Her career is sound film was short-lived and included COQUETTE (1929) and THE TAMING OF THE SHREW (1929). She was married to Owen Moore, Douglas Fairbanks and Charles "Buddy" Rogers. She died in 1979.

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