Helen Badgley
Acting • Born 1908-12-01 – Died 1977-10-25
Biography
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
31 credits
The Barrier of Flames
Movie • 1914
The Mayor's Daughter
The Dancer
Movie • 1914
Anna's Little Daughter
My Baby's Voice
Movie • 1912
Ruth Mackey - the Baby
Dottie's New Doll
Movie • 1912
Dottie's New Doll
Cross Your Heart
Movie • 1912
The Repeater
Movie • 1912
The Reformer's Little Daughter
The Three Roses
Movie • 1915
The Third Rose
The Girl of the Cabaret
Movie • 1913
Their Daughter
The Woman Pays
Movie • 1914
The Watson 4-year old son
Mercy on a Crutch
Movie • 1915
The Sheriff's Daughter
A Modern Monte Cristo
Movie • 1917
Virginia Deane, age 6
Little Dorrit
Movie • 1913
Young Little Dorrit
The Spoiled Darling's Doll
Movie • 1913
The Spoiled Darling's Doll
Zudora
Movie • 1914
The Fires of Youth
Movie • 1917
Billy
The Tiniest of Stars
Movie • 1913
Little Girl
Just a Shabby Doll
Movie • 1913
The Daughter
A Dog's Love
Movie • 1914
Baby Helen
When the Studio Burned
Movie • 1913
Self
In a Garden
Movie • 1912
Child visitor to garden
When Love Was Blind
Movie • 1917
The Baby and the Boss
Movie • 1915
Helen, the Baby
Their Great Big Beautiful Doll
Movie • 1913
Daisy - The Widow's Little Girl
The County's Prize Baby
Movie • 1912
The Prize Baby
The Forest Rose
Movie • 1912
The Stolen Triumph
Movie • 1916
Little Alice
A Rag, a Bone and a Hank of Hair
Movie • 1917
The Six-Cent Loaf
Movie • 1915
Norah Quinn - Mary's Sister
Baby Hands
Movie • 1912
The Child
Frou Frou
Movie • 1914
Georges, Frou Frou's son
Pots-and-Pans Peggy
Movie • 1917
Peggy's sister