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Of all the great movie stars, there may be none more enigmatic than Greta Garbo, who remains internationally famous despite the fact her life and career raise more questions than answers. Over the next several years, Pickford became the most famous actress in the industry, with only Charlie Chaplin rivaling her in popularity, to the extent that one film reviewer wrote she was “the best known woman who has ever lived, the woman who was known to more people and loved by more people than any other woman that has been in all history."
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Griffith, who would go on to make Birth of a Nation and was working for the Biograph at the time. By the time she had finished her run there, she had caught the eye of film director D.W. Like many actresses of the early 20th century, “Little Mary” got her start by acting on the stage, and she eventually made it to Broadway. Among them was Mary Pickford, who was ranked 24th but was arguably the most influential actress when it came to creating the career template for all actresses who followed, from name changes to salary.
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*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further readingĪt the end of the 20th century, the American Film Institute compiled a list of the 25 greatest actors and actresses in Hollywood over the past 100 years, but only a select few worked all the way back in the silent era of films, before “talkies” revolutionized the industry at the end of the 1920s. *Includes the actresses' quotes about their lives and films *Includes pictures *Includes the actresses' quotes about their lives and films *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents At the end of the 20th century, the American Film Institute compiled a list of the 25 greatest actors and actresses in Hollywood over the past 100 years, but only a select few worked all the way back *Includes pictures