TV American Experience - Season 17 Episode 6 : Mary Pickford American Experience - Season 17 Episode 6 : Mary Pickford 6.6/10 by 43 users Profiling Mary Pickford, the silent-screen "sweetheart" who blazed the trail to Hollywood and became "America's first superstar." Pickford (1893-1979) was also an astute businesswoman: She founded United Artists with Charlie Chaplin and her husband-to-be Douglas Fairbanks. But, as filmmaker Sue Williams stresses here, there was no glorious sunset. As Pickford biographer Eileen Whitfield puts it, she was "the first has-been created by film." Details Casts Posters Images Title American Experience - Season 17 Episode 6 : Mary Pickford Alternative Titles The American Experience First Air Date 1988-10-04 Last Air Date 2026-01-06 Number of Episodes 400 Number of Seasons 38 Genres Documentary, Networks PBS, Casts Plot Keywords , Episodes List American Experience Season 17 :Episode 1 RFK (Part 1 & 2) RFK (Part 1 & 2) 2004-10-04 TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today. American Experience Season 17 :Episode 2 The Fight The Fight 2005-01-24 TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today. American Experience Season 17 :Episode 3 Fidel Castro Fidel Castro 2005-01-31 TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today. American Experience Season 17 :Episode 4 Building the Alaska Highway Building the Alaska Highway 2005-02-07 TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today. American Experience Season 17 :Episode 5 Kinsey Kinsey 2005-02-14 TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today. American Experience Season 17 :Episode 6 Mary Pickford Mary Pickford 2005-04-04 TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today. American Experience Season 17 :Episode 7 The Great Transatlantic Cable The Great Transatlantic Cable 2005-04-11 TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today. American Experience Season 17 :Episode 8 The Massie Affair The Massie Affair 2005-04-18 TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today. American Experience Season 17 :Episode 9 Victory in the Pacific Victory in the Pacific 2005-05-02 TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today. American Experience Season 17 :Episode 10 The Carter Family: Will the Circle Be Unbroken? The Carter Family: Will the Circle Be Unbroken? 2005-05-09 TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today. American Experience Season 17 :Episode 11 Guerilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst Guerilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst 2005-05-23 TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today.