Helen Badgley
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.

Top 10 collaborators

Roles

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

Crew

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