Actor
Helen Badgley
117 years · Saratoga Springs, New York, USA · 24 films
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.
Best known for
Filmography 24
The Fires of Youth
1917 · Billy
When Love Was Blind
1917 · Actor
Pots-and-Pans Peggy
1917 · Peggy's sister
A Modern Monte Cristo
1917 · Virginia Deane, age 6
A Rag, a Bone and a Hank of Hair
1917 · Actor
The Stolen Triumph
1916 · Little Alice
The Baby and the Boss
1915 · Helen, the Baby
The Mother of Her Dreams
1915 · The Rich Boy
The Three Roses
1915 · The Third Rose
The Barrier of Flames
1914 · The Mayor's Daughter
Zudora
1914 · Actor
A Dog's Love
1914 · Baby Helen
The Woman Pays
1914 · The Watson 4-year old son
Coals of Fire
1914 · Helen - Blodgett's Motherless Child
Jack and the Beanstalk
1913 · Golightly - A Fairy
Their Great Big Beautiful Doll
1913 · Daisy - The Widow's Little Girl
Just a Shabby Doll
1913 · The Daughter
On Cineverse
When the Studio Burned
1913 · Self
The Tiniest of Stars
1913 · Little Girl
On Cineverse
The Forest Rose
1912 · Actor
The Thunderbolt
1912 · The Broker's Daughter, as a Little Girl
In a Garden
1912 · Child visitor to garden
On Cineverse
Dottie's New Doll
1912 · Dottie's New Doll
My Baby's Voice
1912 · Ruth Mackey - the Baby