Helen Badgley
Acting
1908-12-01 · Saratoga Springs, New York, USA
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.
Filmography
The Heart of Ezra Greer
1917 · Movie
The Fires of Youth
1917 · Movie
The Candy Girl
1917 · Movie
When Love Was Blind
1917 · Movie
Pots-and-Pans Peggy
1917 · Movie
A Modern Monte Cristo
1917 · Movie
A Rag, a Bone and a Hank of Hair
1917 · Movie
The Stolen Triumph
1916 · Movie
The Baby and the Boss
1915 · Movie
The Mother of Her Dreams
1915 · Movie
Mercy on a Crutch
1915 · Movie
The Six-Cent Loaf
1915 · Movie
The Three Roses
1915 · Movie
The Barrier of Flames
1914 · Movie
Zudora
1914 · Movie
A Dog's Love
1914 · Movie
The Dancer
1914 · Movie
The Woman Pays
1914 · Movie
Coals of Fire
1914 · Movie
Frou Frou
1914 · Movie
Jack and the Beanstalk
1913 · Movie
Their Great Big Beautiful Doll
1913 · Movie
The Girl of the Cabaret
1913 · Movie
Little Dorrit
1913 · Movie
The Spoiled Darling's Doll
1913 · Movie
Just a Shabby Doll
1913 · Movie
When the Studio Burned
1913 · Movie
The Tiniest of Stars
1913 · Movie
The Repeater
1912 · Movie
The Forest Rose
1912 · Movie
The Thunderbolt
1912 · Movie
Cross Your Heart
1912 · Movie
The County's Prize Baby
1912 · Movie
In a Garden
1912 · Movie
Baby Hands
1912 · Movie
Dottie's New Doll
1912 · Movie
My Baby's Voice
1912 · Movie