N.B. The member numbers follow The Internet Movie Database's list order announcing the Academy in January 1927.
6. Mary Pickford (Gladys Marie Smith, 1892-1979) of the Actors Branch. The photo is by Edwin Bower Hesser.
Mary Pickford was one of the earliest film stars: by 1927, she had already been internationally famous for almost two decades. A co-founder of United Artists, it could be said that many aspects of Hollywood's notion of stardom were pioneered by -- and reflected the taste of -- "Little Mary" Pickford.
She won the 1930 Academy Award for her first sound film, COQUETTE (1929). She was married to three film stars: Owen Moore 1911-20, Douglas Fairbanks (Sr.) 1920-36, and Charles "Buddy" Rogers 1937-79.
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