Pickford charmed producer David Belasco on thier first meeting. When he asked, "So you want to be an actress, little girl?", she cagily replied, "No, sir. I have been an actress. I want to be a good actress."

She paid for her grandchildren to go to school, provided that they showed proof that they were registered.

Her daughter Roxanne died in 2007 from osteoporosis.

She became estranged from daughter Roxanne for a time when she, at age eighteen, ran off to marry a man her parents did not approve of.

When Pickford presented producer Cecil B. DeMille with the Best Picture Oscar for The Greatest Show on Earth (1952) (March 19, 1953), not only was it the first time the Academy Awards ceremonies had ever been televised, it was also Pickford`s very first television appearance.

She and husband Fairbanks were friends of the Edsel Fords (Henry Ford`s son). In the Edsel & Eleanor Ford home at 1100 Lake Shore Rd., Grosse Point Shores, MI there hangs in the study an autographed photo of her signed "Mary Pick-A-Ford", c. 1932.

Daughter of actress Charlotte Smith.

Sister-in-law of Tom Moore and Matt Moore.

Sister-in-law of Robert Fairbanks.

Step-mother to Douglas Fairbanks Jr..

Sister of actor/director Jack Pickford.

Sister of screen/stage actress Lottie Pickford.

Second cousin of John Mantley.

Measurements: 33 1/4-25-36 (from her dress designer), (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)

Sister-in-law of Joe Moore, aunt of Alice Moore.

Son Ronnie has two children, daughter Jamie (born 1954) and son Tommy (b. 1955). Daughter Roxanne gave birth to a daughter in the early 1960s.

In December 1910, she left the Biograph Company to work for Carl Laemmle at Independent Moving Picture Company for $175/week.

In October 1911, a court voided her contract with IMP because she was a minor when she signed it. As a result, she left IMP for the Majestic Company for $275/week.

Was Joan Crawford`s mother-in-law, while Crawford was married to Pickford`s son, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.

Her last silent movie was My Best Girl (1927).

Was to have made her big-screen comeback as Vinnie in Life with Father (1947), but the role eventually went to Irene Dunne because of Dunne`s box-office appeal.

She was first hired for the movies by director D.W. Griffith.

Her first starring appearance in a film was in Her First Biscuits (1909) for Biograph.

Her likeness is included as part of the "Canadians in Hollywood" stamp series released by CanadaPost in 2006. The others in the series were Fay Wray, Lorne Greene and John Candy.

Coquette (1929) was her first talkie.

Ernst Lubitsch came to America at Mary`s invitation to direct Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall (1924), but when he arrived he had changed his mind and wouldn`t do it (it was eventually directed by Marshall Neilan). Instead, he and Mary made Rosita (1923) together.

The house in which she lived in Hollywood for most of her life was nicknamed "Pickfair".

Is portrayed by Maria Pitillo in Chaplin (1992)

Was named #24 on The American Film Institute 50 Greatest Screen Legends

First star (along with husband Douglas Fairbanks) to officially place hand and footprints in the cement at Grauman`s Chinese Theatre (April 30, 1927). Hollywood legend has it that the very first star to do so, unofficially, thus inspiring the ensuing tradition, was Norma Talmadge when she accidentally walked onto the wet cement prior to the official opening of the Theatre

Was the subject of the first cinematic close up shot, in 1912`s Friends (1912).

She left her children $50,000 and her grandchildren trust funds.

She was the first movie actress to receive a percentage of a film`s earnings

Became a US citizen on her marriage to Douglas Fairbanks, but later reclaimed her Canadian citizenship and died a dual US/Canadian citizen.

Turned down the role of Norma Desmond in Sunset Blvd. (1950).

Half English, half Irish.

Interred at Forest Lawn, Glendale, California, USA, in the Garden of Memory. (Not accessible to the general public).

Formed United Artists company with Douglas Fairbanks, D.W. Griffith, and Charles Chaplin. First artist to have her name in marquee lights. The first international star.

She and Charles `Buddy` Rogers adopted 2 children.

Stage producer David Belasco gave Mary her stage name in 1908. Her real name, Gladys Marie Smith, wasn`t right for an actress on his stage. "Gladys" didn`t suit the diminutive actress, "Smith" was too common, "Marie" was too foreign. "Marie" became "Mary". "Pickford" was her mother`s maiden name. Years later, a fan who traced her family tree found that the name "Mary Pickford" occurred several times in her mother`s family going back to the 12th century,

Had cousins from Port Dalhousie, Ontario, who owned a hot dog stand on the local beach. She would sometimes help them on her summer visits during World War I by serving customers.

Her mansion Pickfair was sold ten months after her death for $5,362,000; later sold to Pia Zadora in January 1988 for just under $7 million.

In same stage company as Lillian Gish and Dorothy Gish in early 1900s.

Arguably the silent era`s most renowned female star. Film historian Ethan Katz goes so far as to call her "the most popular star in screen history".

One of the 36 founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).

She had intended to have all of her films destroyed after her death, fearing that no one would care about them. She was convinced not to do this.