Helen Badgley
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
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The Heart of Ezra Greer
1917
as The Poor Little Girl
The Fires of Youth
1917
as Billy
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The Candy Girl
1917
as Nell's Little Sister
When Love Was Blind
1917
Pots-and-Pans Peggy
1917
as Peggy's sister
A Modern Monte Cristo
1917
as Virginia Deane, age 6
A Rag, a Bone and a Hank of Hair
1917
The Stolen Triumph
1916
as Little Alice
The Baby and the Boss
1915
as Helen, the Baby
The Mother of Her Dreams
1915
as The Rich Boy
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Mercy on a Crutch
1915
as The Sheriff's Daughter
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The Six-Cent Loaf
1915
as Norah Quinn - Mary's Sister
The Three Roses
1915
as The Third Rose
The Barrier of Flames
1914
as The Mayor's Daughter
Zudora
1914
A Dog's Love
1914
as Baby Helen
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The Dancer
1914
as Anna's Little Daughter
The Woman Pays
1914
as The Watson 4-year old son
Coals of Fire
1914
as Helen - Blodgett's Motherless Child
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Frou Frou
1914
as Georges, Frou Frou's son
Jack and the Beanstalk
1913
as Golightly - A Fairy
Their Great Big Beautiful Doll
1913
as Daisy - The Widow's Little Girl
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The Girl of the Cabaret
1913
as Their Daughter
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Little Dorrit
1913
as Young Little Dorrit