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