Helen Badgley
Born: 1908-12-01 in Saratoga Springs, New York, USA
Died: 1977-10-25
Known For: Acting
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
1917
- A Rag, a Bone and a Hank of Hair
- The Heart of Ezra Greer as The Poor Little Girl
- A Modern Monte Cristo as Virginia Deane, age 6
- The Candy Girl as Nell's Little Sister
- Pots-and-Pans Peggy as Peggy's sister
- When Love Was Blind
- The Fires of Youth as Billy
1916
- The Stolen Triumph as Little Alice
1915
- The Baby and the Boss as Helen, the Baby
- Mercy on a Crutch as The Sheriff's Daughter
- The Mother of Her Dreams as The Rich Boy
- The Three Roses as The Third Rose
- The Six-Cent Loaf as Norah Quinn - Mary's Sister
1914
- Zudora
- Frou Frou as Georges, Frou Frou's son
- The Dancer as Anna's Little Daughter
- A Dog's Love as Baby Helen
- Coals of Fire as Helen - Blodgett's Motherless Child
- The Barrier of Flames as The Mayor's Daughter
- The Woman Pays as The Watson 4-year old son
1913
- When the Studio Burned as Self
- Jack and the Beanstalk as Golightly - A Fairy
- The Girl of the Cabaret as Their Daughter
- Their Great Big Beautiful Doll as Daisy - The Widow's Little Girl
- The Tiniest of Stars as Little Girl
- The Spoiled Darling's Doll as The Spoiled Darling's Doll
- Just a Shabby Doll as The Daughter
- Little Dorrit as Young Little Dorrit
1912
- The Repeater as The Reformer's Little Daughter
- The Thunderbolt as The Broker's Daughter, as a Little Girl
- Baby Hands as The Child
- In a Garden as Child visitor to garden
- Dottie's New Doll as Dottie's New Doll
- The County's Prize Baby as The Prize Baby
- My Baby's Voice as Ruth Mackey - the Baby
- Cross Your Heart
- The Forest Rose