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Pickford

American  
[pik-ferd] / ˈpɪk fərd /

noun

  1. Mary Gladys Marie Smith, 1893–1979, U.S. motion-picture actress, born in Canada.


Pickford British  
/ ˈpɪkfəd /

noun

  1. Mary, real name Gladys Mary Smith. 1893–1979, US actress in silent films, born in Canada

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The Feb. 28 check for the fundraising gala was described in emails as a tax-deductible donation to the century-old Hollywood charity founded by Mary Pickford, Charlie Chaplin and others.

From Los Angeles Times

Griffith and Pickford, who worked there as an actor and filmmaker in its early years.

From Los Angeles Times

Mary Pickford became the most famous face in the world and William and his family quickly followed her west where, in 1914, his little brother Cecil directed the town’s first full-length movie, “The Squaw Man.”

From Los Angeles Times

In theory, then, the penalty information stuck on goalkeeper Jordan Pickford's water bottle is more accurate and detailed then ever before.

From BBC

Both women owned their own planes and Pickford, Wanamaker says, brought a “dragon” plane to Grauman’s Chinese Theatre, posing in front of it as a publicity stunt.

From Los Angeles Times