Q 01/05

What nickname, tied to the ingenue persona she defined on screen, is Mary Pickford best known by?

A) The Girl Next Door

B) The Blonde Bombshell

C) America's Sweetheart

D) The Queen of Comedy

Answer · why

C) America's Sweetheart

America's Sweetheart was also called the Queen of the Movies; she is credited with having defined the ingénue type in cinema.

Q 02/05

In which city was Mary Pickford born in 1892?

A) Montreal

B) Toronto

C) Boston

D) Chicago

Answer · why

B) Toronto

Mary Pickford was born in Toronto, Ontario, on 8 April 1892; her University Avenue birthplace later became part of the Hospital for Sick Children site...

Q 03/05

What was Mary Pickford's birth name?

A) Marie Gladys Pickering

B) Charlotte Mary Smith

C) Mary Louise Hennessey

D) Gladys Louise Smith

Answer · why

D) Gladys Louise Smith

Mary Pickford was born Gladys Louise Smith in Toronto on 8 April 1892; her younger siblings Lottie and Jack Smith also acted under the Pickford name.

Q 04/05

Her early stage career ended with the starring role of Little Eva in a production of which play?

A) Peter Pan

B) Uncle Tom's Cabin

C) The Silver King

D) Little Women

Answer · why

B) Uncle Tom's Cabin

Little Eva is the saintly child in Uncle Tom's Cabin; Pickford starred in the role with a Toronto stock company after debuting aged seven in The Silve...

Q 05/05

Which Broadway producer gave her the stage name Mary Pickford when he cast her in The Warrens of Virginia in 1907?

A) George M. Cohan

B) Charles Frohman

C) David Belasco

D) Florenz Ziegfeld

Answer · why

C) David Belasco

David Belasco cast her in The Warrens of Virginia in 1907 and renamed her Mary Pickford, keeping her middle name and taking the surname from her famil...