
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

Zudora (1914)
Actor
Frou Frou (1914)
as Georges, Frou Frou's son
The Repeater (1912)
as The Reformer's Little Daughter
The Dancer (1914)
as Anna's Little Daughter

The Thunderbolt (1912)
as The Broker's Daughter, as a Little Girl

A Rag, a Bone and a Hank of Hair (1917)
Actor
The Heart of Ezra Greer (1917)
as The Poor Little Girl
Baby Hands (1912)
as The Child

The Stolen Triumph (1916)
as Little Alice

When the Studio Burned (1913)
as Self
The Candy Girl (1917)
as Nell's Little Sister

A Modern Monte Cristo (1917)
as Virginia Deane, age 6
Mercy on a Crutch (1915)
as The Sheriff's Daughter

Pots-and-Pans Peggy (1917)
as Peggy's sister

The Baby and the Boss (1915)
as Helen, the Baby

Their Great Big Beautiful Doll (1913)
as Daisy - The Widow's Little Girl

A Dog's Love (1914)
as Baby Helen

Dottie's New Doll (1912)
as Dottie's New Doll
The Girl of the Cabaret (1913)
as Their Daughter

In a Garden (1912)
as Child visitor to garden

The Three Roses (1915)
as The Third Rose

The Mother of Her Dreams (1915)
as The Rich Boy
The Spoiled Darling's Doll (1913)
as The Spoiled Darling's Doll

Just a Shabby Doll (1913)
as The Daughter

Jack and the Beanstalk (1913)
as Golightly - A Fairy

The Tiniest of Stars (1913)
as Little Girl

When Love Was Blind (1917)
Actor

Coals of Fire (1914)
as Helen - Blodgett's Motherless Child
The County's Prize Baby (1912)
as The Prize Baby
Little Dorrit (1913)
as Young Little Dorrit

The Fires of Youth (1917)
as Billy
The Six-Cent Loaf (1915)
as Norah Quinn - Mary's Sister

My Baby's Voice (1912)
as Ruth Mackey - the Baby

The Woman Pays (1914)
as The Watson 4-year old son

The Barrier of Flames (1914)
as The Mayor's Daughter
Cross Your Heart (1912)
Actor

The Forest Rose (1912)
Actor


