Show OF MARY PICKFORD DIES DIES ON OTHER o L. L JA COAST La A If I fOllOWS W LONG ILLNESS ILLNESS- SS AT ACTRESS ACTRESS' HOME A Irs Ch Charlotte Pickford Once Well Known for Stage Work l' l iVE VE UP CAREER e Famous Film l Chil Children Chil I dren St Survive I LOS ANGELES March 22 AP M M Charlotte Pickford mother f Iry pick Pickford ickford ord famous famous- screen e n nt t ar died shortly after midnight lit night She had been suffering om a- a lingering linger ng illness for some mi m. 1 M Miss Miss' Pic d rd was at the bedo bedot bed- bed o ot h her r mother at t the latter's Hills home When she died c rous growth was reported y Te been the cause tI of hf her herShe She was 55 5 years old Mf Mrs Pickford whose name fori for- for i erly was Charlotte S Smith was mother nother of ot motion picture stars and arid Jack Pickford h flatter al also o became widely vaudeville work A sis sis- r rn and tiyo two nt nieces ces also survive ORN IN CANADA t best The mother mother- o of rn vieland's now IOWa b 1 anada nada September 3 1872 and was there to John Smith of of nt at city when she was 19 years li d. Ajl of ot her three three- children children- were orn rn in n the Canadian city tack Jack and Lottie Pickford also ere ere at their m mothers mother's ther's home when I died Mrs Hrs Pickford generally known nl as he mother of talented chil- chil had considerable stage ex- ex herself After the death husband she entered com com- life In Toronto for a short rod klod but finally turned to to the age tage T The children all acted In and MrS MrS' Pickford played if e time with Chauncey 01 Ol- AVE lyE lyE- UP CAREER 1 After fter Mar Mary Mart became known as a aren ren reen actress her mother gave up er career and devoted all of to the interests of her lidren It was she who h handled financial interests and ga save gave ve velem tern era valued Instructions as to their They all admit almit that their ther lothe was wal largely responsible for successes The e name Pickford was assumed ha lee the father Smith died It ItI V I the maiden name of Mrs Pick Pick- ord rd B Before f re ie herto her bet r to Smith Mrs OIls Pickford's ras' ras Hennesey |