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Pickford: The Woman Who Made Hollywood Pickford: The Woman Who Made Hollywood Pickford: The Woman Who Made Hollywood is a 1997 biography of actress Mary Pickford (1892–1979) written by Eileen Whitfield. The book took ten years to complete and was published by Macfarlane Walter & Ross in Canada and by the University Press of Kentucky in the United States. The book won the UBC President's Medal in Biography. On October 12, 2012, it was reported that there will be a Mary Pickford biopic based on the novel. On October 17 of that year, it was reported that actress Lily Rabe will star as Pickford in the