Mary Pickford

Mary Pickford (April 8, 1892 – May 29, 1979) was a motion picture star and co-founder of United Artists, known as "America's Sweetheart" and "the girl with the curl." She was one of the Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood. Mary Pickford is mostly known as the first Movie Star in Hollywood.

Relationships

Pickford married three times. She first married Owen Moore (1886 - 1939), an Irish-born silent-film actor, on January 7, 1911. The couple had numerous marital problems, notably Moore's alcoholism, and Pickford became secretly involved in a romantic relationship with Douglas Fairbanks, an action-adventure film-star. The phrase "by the clock" became a secret message of their love; as the couple was driving and Fairbanks was discussing the recent death of his mother, the clock stopped.

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Owen Moore - January 7 - 1911 - Douglas Fairbanks

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Pickford finally divorced Moore in March 1920 and married Fairbanks on March 28 of the same year. Together they gained the status of "Hollywood Royalty" and their entertaining at their estate Pickfair became legendary. However, Pickford's second marriage also was fraught with problems. Her stressful business schedule and Fairbanks' extra-marital affair with another woman led to their divorce in January 1936.

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March - 1920 - March 28 - Pickfair - January - 1936

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In 1937, Mary Pickford married her last husband, actor and bandleader Charles 'Buddy' Rogers. They had two adopted children, Roxanne and Ronald. They stayed together for over four decades until Pickford's death from a cerebral hemorrhage at the age of 87.

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1937 - Charles 'Buddy' Rogers

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