Mary Pickford, also known as "Little Mary" was early Hollywood's biggest female star, and the first female actor to receive more than a million dollars a year. The first male actor who made a million dollar deal was Charlie Chaplin. |
Mary Pickford, also known as "Little Mary" was early Hollywood's biggest female star, and the first female actor to receive more than a million dollars a year and one of the few who were successful in both the silent film era and the sound film era (she won an Academy Award as Best Actress 1929. The first male actor who made a million dollar deal was Charlie Chaplin. |
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