Looking Ahead: Monty's March Madness Favorite Actress Tournament #2

A look ahead at the Monty's March Madness Favorite Actress Tournament, part of which we'll be hosting here at the Monkey.

Voting begins March 5.

Mary Pickford
Birth Name: Gladys Marie Smith
Tourney Bracket and Seeding: "They Had Faces" #2
Birth Date: April 8, 1892
Birthplace: Toronto, Canada
Height: 5' 0½"
Film Debut: The Heart of an Outlaw (1909)
Academy Awards: Best Actress (1928-29) (Coquette), honorary Oscar (1976)
Silent Oscars/Katie Awards: Best Actress (1917) (Poor Little Rich Girl and Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm), Best Actress (Comedy) (1927-28) (My Best Girl)
Three More To See: Stella Maris, Tess of the Storm Country, Sparrows

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Janet Gaynor
Birth Name: Laura Augusta Gainor
Tourney Bracket and Seeding: "They Had Faces" #7
Birth Date: October 6, 1906
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Height: 5'
Film Debut: Cupid's Rustler (1924)
Academy Awards: 2 nominations, 1 win (Best Actress, 1927-28 for 7th Heaven, Street Angel and Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans)
Silent Oscars/Katie Awards: Best Actress (Drama) (1927-28) (7th Heaven, Street Angel and Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans)
Three More To See: Lucky Star, State Fair, A Star is Born

The winner of this match-up will face the winner of:

Lillian Gish
Birth Name: Lillian Diana Gish
Tourney Bracket and Seeding: "They Had Faces" #3
Birth Date: October 14, 1893
Birthplace: Springfield, Ohio
Height: 5' 5½"
Film Debut: An Unseen Enemy
Academy Awards: 1 nomination, honorary Oscar (1971)
Silent Oscars/Katie Awards: Best Actress (1920) (Way Down East), Best Actress (Drama) (1928-29) (The Wind)
Three More To See: The Mothering Heart, Broken Blossoms, The Night of the Hunter

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Gloria Swanson
Birth Name: Gloria May Josephine Svensson
Tourney Bracket and Seeding: "They Had Faces" #6
Birth Date: March 27, 1899
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois
Height: 5' 1"
Film Debut: The Misjudged Mr. Hartley (1915)
Academy Awards: 3 nominations, 0 wins
Silent Oscars/Katie Awards: Best Actress (1919) Don't Change Your Husband and Male And Female) and Best Actress (Drama) (1950) (Sunset Boulevard)
Three More To See: The Affairs of Anatol, Sadie Thompson, Queen Kelly