Helen Badgley
Acting
Born 1908-12-01 · Saratoga Springs, New York, USA · Died 1977-10-25
By the time she was just 3 years old she was appearing in her first film, Brother Bob's Baby in 1911. In 1912 she appeared in eleven films, and in 1913, that number increased to twenty two. At age six she lost her two front teeth and "retired" until new ones could appear. She never went back. She ended up with 103 credits to her name earning her the title "Thanhouser Kidlet" after the movie studio Thanhouser located in New York City which burned down. Her father was Gerald Badgely, expert mechanic and electrician at the studio where he perfected the Vista moving picture recorder.
Acting
The Heart of Ezra Greer
The Poor Little Girl
The Fires of Youth
Billy
The Candy Girl
Nell's Little Sister
When Love Was Blind
Pots-and-Pans Peggy
Peggy's sister
A Modern Monte Cristo
Virginia Deane, age 6
A Rag, a Bone and a Hank of Hair
The Stolen Triumph
Little Alice
The Baby and the Boss
Helen, the Baby
The Mother of Her Dreams
The Rich Boy
Mercy on a Crutch
The Sheriff's Daughter
The Six-Cent Loaf
Norah Quinn - Mary's Sister
The Three Roses
The Third Rose
The Barrier of Flames
The Mayor's Daughter
Zudora
A Dog's Love
Baby Helen
The Dancer
Anna's Little Daughter
The Woman Pays
The Watson 4-year old son
Coals of Fire
Helen - Blodgett's Motherless Child
Frou Frou
Georges, Frou Frou's son
Jack and the Beanstalk
Golightly - A Fairy
Their Great Big Beautiful Doll
Daisy - The Widow's Little Girl
The Girl of the Cabaret
Their Daughter
Little Dorrit
Young Little Dorrit
The Spoiled Darling's Doll
The Spoiled Darling's Doll
Just a Shabby Doll
The Daughter
When the Studio Burned
Self
The Tiniest of Stars
Little Girl
The Repeater
The Reformer's Little Daughter
The Forest Rose