MARY PICKFORDGladys Smith was a small-town girl who rose to fame at a young age. As a young child, Gladys Smith was no longer Gladys Smith, she was renamed by a director named David Belasco. He changed his name from Gladys Smith to Mary Pickford. Now everyone knows her as Mary Pickford. Mary Pickford was one of the most famous women of the 1920s. She was an actress. She didn't act in films like the ones we have today, the ones with sound, she was the star of silent films. She starred in films such as "Pollyanna", followed by "Suds", and then three films in 1921 called "The Love Light", "Through the Back Door" and Little Lord Fauntleroy", all of which were silent films. Mary Pickford had great success when it came to her videos, Peopled loved her. She had very long curly hair which she wore in long curly braids. This style made her look younger than she was. actually a teenager Mary was always the first name that came to mind when they needed an experienced young person to play a role. Even though she wasn't young, she looked very young. "Pollyanna" was her first release with United Artist, and many others followed afterward. When Mary starred in the film "Pollyanna", she played the role of a fifteen-year-old child. years old, she decided to cut them short with a bob was her way of giving herself a new style for life. She was a little tired of the childish roles she was asked to play, even though she was good at them. she thought it was time to move on to something different. Mary was married and she and her husband Douglas Fairbanks were considered everyone's couple. I wanted to be like. Both Mary and Douglas divorced their previous companions in order to marry. By 1920, Mary and Douglas became the king and queen of the Hollywood world. They were loved, admired and envied because of the glamorous lives they led..