Helen Badgley
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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.
Known for
Credits
The Dancer (1914)
as Anna's Little Daughter
The Thunderbolt (1912)
as The Broker's Daughter, as a Little Girl
The Repeater (1912)
as The Reformer's Little Daughter
Frou Frou (1914)
as Georges, Frou Frou's son
Zudora (1914)
Actor
A Modern Monte Cristo (1917)
as Virginia Deane, age 6
Mercy on a Crutch (1915)
as The Sheriff's Daughter
Dottie's New Doll (1912)
as Dottie's New Doll
Pots-and-Pans Peggy (1917)
as Peggy's sister
When Love Was Blind (1917)
Actor
The Heart of Ezra Greer (1917)
as The Poor Little Girl
The Stolen Triumph (1916)
as Little Alice
The Tiniest of Stars (1913)
as Little Girl
A Rag, a Bone and a Hank of Hair (1917)
Actor
The Girl of the Cabaret (1913)
as Their Daughter
When the Studio Burned (1913)
as Self
The Fires of Youth (1917)
as Billy
A Dog's Love (1914)
as Baby Helen
The Baby and the Boss (1915)
as Helen, the Baby
Just a Shabby Doll (1913)
as The Daughter
The Three Roses (1915)
as The Third Rose
The Spoiled Darling's Doll (1913)
as The Spoiled Darling's Doll
Baby Hands (1912)
as The Child
My Baby's Voice (1912)
as Ruth Mackey - the Baby
The Candy Girl (1917)
as Nell's Little Sister
The Barrier of Flames (1914)
as The Mayor's Daughter
Little Dorrit (1913)
as Young Little Dorrit
The Six-Cent Loaf (1915)
as Norah Quinn - Mary's Sister
Their Great Big Beautiful Doll (1913)
as Daisy - The Widow's Little Girl
In a Garden (1912)
as Child visitor to garden
The County's Prize Baby (1912)
as The Prize Baby
Coals of Fire (1914)
as Helen - Blodgett's Motherless Child
The Mother of Her Dreams (1915)
as The Rich Boy
The Forest Rose (1912)
Actor
Jack and the Beanstalk (1913)
as Golightly - A Fairy
The Woman Pays (1914)
as The Watson 4-year old son
Cross Your Heart (1912)
Actor
The Price of Her Silence (1915)
Actor