{{short description|Canadian-American actress (1893–1936)}}

| name = Lottie Pickford

| image = Lottie Pickford by Witzel.jpg

| image_size = 250px

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| caption = Pickford, c. = 1920

| birth_name = Charlotte Smith

| birth_date = {{birth date|1893|06|09|mf=yes}}

| birth_place = [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], Canada

| death_date = {{death date and age|1936|12|09|1893|06|09|mf=yes}}

| death_place = [[Los Angeles, California]], U.S.

| resting_place = [[Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale]]

| nationality =

| other_names = Lottie Pickford Forrest

| citizenship =

| occupation = Actress

| years_active = 1900–1925

| known_for =

| spouse = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|Alfred Rupp|1915|1920|end=div}}<br>
* {{marriage|[[Allan Forrest]]|1922|19281927|end=div}}<br>
* {{marriage|Russel O. Gillard|1929|1933|end=div}}<br>
* {{marriage|John William Lock|1933}}

| mother children = [[Charlotte Hennessy]]1

| relativesmother = John Charles Smith =and [[MaryCharlotte PickfordHennessy]] (sister)<br>[[Jack Pickford]] (brother)

'''Lottie Pickford''' (born '''Charlotte Smith'''; (June 9, 1893 – December 9, 1936), known professionally as '''Lottie Pickford''', was a Canadian-bornAmerican [[silent film]] actress and [[socialite]]. She was the younger sister of fellow actress [[Mary Pickford]] and elder sister of actor [[Jack Pickford]].

She was bornBorn to John Charles Smith and [[Charlotte Hennessy]]., Lottie Pickford was named for her mother.<ref>{{harv|Whitfield|1997|p=8}}</ref> She was the middle child, born a year and two months after her sister [[Mary Pickford|Gladys Smith]] and three years before her brother [[Jack Pickford|John Charles Smith]], calledwho was known as Jack]]. She quickly became her father's favorite, much to her sister's annoyance.<ref name="Whitfield, Eileen page 14">{{harv|Whitfield|1997|p=14}}</ref> After mistakenly believing she was a boy when first born, her father lovingly gave her the boyish nickname Chuckie.<ref name="Whitfield, Eileen page 14"/> Their father, John Charles Smith, died in 1898 and eldest sibling Gladys took on responsibilities. Lottie and Jack became extremely close, banding together against Gladys, whom they saw as strict.<ref>{{harv|Whitfield|1997|p=18}}</ref> Lottie idolized her brother Jack, and they remained close throughout their lifetimes.<ref name="Whitfield, Eileen page 42">{{harv|Whitfield|1997|p=42}}</ref> Despite her sometimes tense relationship with her sister, Lottie was protective of her, and once jumped on [[D. W. Griffith]] to defend her sister during a heated argument with the director.<ref>{{harv|Whitfield|1997|pp=95–96}}</ref>

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On December 69, 1936, Pickford suffered a heart attack at the age of 43. She was said to have been in failing health for three years, related to alcohol abuse. She died at her home in Beverly Hills.<ref name="evening" /> Her funeral was held on December 13 at Wee Kirk o' the Heather Church in Glendale, California.<ref>{{cite news|title=ASSOCIATES AT RITES FOR LOTTIE PICKFORD; More Than 150 Friends Gather at Wee Kirk o' the Heather for Funeral in Hollywood|date=December 13, 1936|work=The New York Times}}</ref> She is buried in the Pickford family plot in [[Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale|Forest Lawn Cemetery]].<ref>{{harv|Whitfield|1997|pp=305–307}}</ref>

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| 1915 || ''Curly'' || ||

* {{cite book | last=Whitfield, | first=Eileen. (1997).| ''title=Pickford, The Woman Who Made Hollywood''. | publisher=Lexington : University Press of Kentucky. {{ISBN| publication-place=Lexington, Ky | date=1997 | isbn=0-8138131-120452045-4}}

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