Mary Pickford's ambition, passion, innate talent, and savvy
business acumen sent her career into the stratosphere and set the
blueprint for the modern movie star. Born Gladys Louise Smith in
1892, Pickford was raised in a house on University Avenue in
Toronto and began her acting career on the stage. However, her
determination led her to the new world of motion pictures, where
she not only revolutionized acting method but negotiated her own
terms for the highest salary for any actress and complete creative
control over her films unheard of behaviour for a woman of that
period.
Pickford co-founded United Artists in 1919 with Douglas
Fairbanks and Charlie Chaplin, which turned the existing studio
system on its head. The actress's subsequent marriage to Fairbanks
incited a fan frenzy comparable to today's obsession with couples
like Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. Although Pickford's star faded
with the advent of talking pictures, she was the catalyst for the
culture of Hollywood celebrity that enthralls us today."
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