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Marypickford

Mary Pickford before her off-screen death in 'Stella Maris'

Mary Pickford (1892 - 1979)

a.k.a. Dorothy/Gladys Nicholson, or Baby Gladys Smith (as a child stage actress)

Film Deaths:[]

  • Madame Butterfly (1915) [Cho-Cho San]: Drowns in the river at the end of the movie. (See also Anna May Wong, Lil Dagover and Sylvia Sidney for other versions).
  • Stella Maris (1918) [Stella Maris/Unity Blake]: Playing a dual role, "Unity" commits suicide (off-screen) by shooting herself, after she shoots Marcia Manon. We learn of her death afterwards when the police inform Conway Tearle. ("Stella" survives the movie.)

TV Deaths:[]

None.

Notable Connections:[]

  • Daughter of Charlotte Smith (stage actress)
  • Sister of Jack Pickford and Lottie Pickford
  • Ex-Mrs. Owen Moore
  • Ex-Mrs. Douglas Fairbanks
  • Mrs. Charles 'Buddy' Rogers