The house in which she lived in Hollywood for most of her life was nicknamed "Pickfair".
Turned down the role of Norma Desmond in Sunset Blvd. (1950).
Was Joan Crawford's mother-in-law, while Crawford was married to Pickford's son, Douglas Fairbanks Jr..
Was named #24 on The American Film Institute 50 Greatest Screen Legends
Was the subject of the first cinematic close up shot, in 1912's Friends (1912).
Was to have made her big-screen comeback as Vinnie in Life with Father (1947), but the role eventually went to Irene Dunne because of Dunne's box-office appeal.
When she presented producer Cecil B. DeMille with the Best Picture Oscar for The Greatest Show on Earth (1952) (March 19, 1953), not only was it the first time the Academy Awards ceremonies had ever been televised, it was also her very first television appearance.