Helen Badgley
Acting
1908-12-01 · 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.
Filmography(37)
movieThe Heart of Ezra Greer
as The Poor Little Girl · 1917 · 0.0
movieThe Fires of Youth
as Billy · 1917 · 7.0
movieThe Candy Girl
as Nell's Little Sister · 1917 · 0.0
movieWhen Love Was Blind
as · 1917 · 10.0
moviePots-and-Pans Peggy
as Peggy's sister · 1917 · 0.0
movieA Modern Monte Cristo
as Virginia Deane, age 6 · 1917 · 6.3
movieA Rag, a Bone and a Hank of Hair
as · 1917 · 0.0
movieThe Stolen Triumph
as Little Alice · 1916 · 9.0
movieThe Baby and the Boss
as Helen, the Baby · 1915 · 10.0
movieThe Mother of Her Dreams
as The Rich Boy · 1915 · 0.0
movieMercy on a Crutch
as The Sheriff's Daughter · 1915 · 0.0
movieThe Six-Cent Loaf
as Norah Quinn - Mary's Sister · 1915 · 0.0
movieThe Three Roses
as The Third Rose · 1915 · 8.0
movieThe Barrier of Flames
as The Mayor's Daughter · 1914 · 8.0
movieZudora
as · 1914 · 0.0
movieA Dog's Love
as Baby Helen · 1914 · 6.4
movieThe Dancer
as Anna's Little Daughter · 1914 · 7.0
movieThe Woman Pays
as The Watson 4-year old son · 1914 · 8.0
movieCoals of Fire
as Helen - Blodgett's Motherless Child · 1914 · 10.0
movieFrou Frou
as Georges, Frou Frou's son · 1914 · 0.0
movieJack and the Beanstalk
as Golightly - A Fairy · 1913 · 7.0
movieTheir Great Big Beautiful Doll
as Daisy - The Widow's Little Girl · 1913 · 9.0
movieThe Girl of the Cabaret
as Their Daughter · 1913 · 10.0
movieLittle Dorrit
as Young Little Dorrit · 1913 · 10.0