Location: University Avenue just north of Elm St., outside the Hospital for Sick Children
Date photo taken: 11 November 2014
This small bronze sculpture pays tribute to silver screen icon Mary Pickford who was born in Toronto and maintained her ties with the city even after becoming a Hollywood darling. It is located on University Avenue near the site of the house in which she was born, Glady Marie Smith, in 1893. It was commissioned by the Mary Pickford Foundation, created by Finnish-American sculptor Eino, and unveiled in 1983.
Pickford was a screen star and an inspiration for countless women within the film industry and around the world. She was also a woman with vision. She ensured the preservation of her films by placing them with the Library of Congress and prior to her death, her personal photographs, documents and other memorabilia went to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences library. Film clips and lots of other Pickford-related material is available on the Foundation website.
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