Florence La Badie

Biography

Florence La Badie (April 27, 1888 – October 13, 1917) was an American actress in the early days of the silent film era. Though little known today, she was a major star between 1911 and 1917. Her career was at its height when she died at age 29 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. In 1911, her career took a leap when she was hired by Edwin Thanhouser of the Thanhouser Film Corporation in New Rochelle, New York. With her sophistication and beauty, Florence La Badie soon became Thanhouser's most prominent actress, appearing in dozens of films over the next two years. Her most remembered films of that period were The Tempest (1911), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1912), a film adaptation of the Robert Louis Stevenson story, and the first film of Shakespeare's Cymbeline (1914). Her most well-known work was in the 1914 - 1915 serial, The Million Dollar Mystery. Athletic and daring, in these films she performed all her own stunts. In 1915, she was featured in the magazine Reel Life, which described her as "the Beautiful and talented Florence La Badie, of the Thanhouser Studios, conceded one of the foremost of American screen players". Over a course of six years La Badie's career had taken her to top-billing as a film actress.

Known For

The Salvation Army Lass

The Two Paths

Divorce and the Daughter

Rejuvenation

The Rose of Kentucky

The Woman in White

David Copperfield

Enoch Arden: Part II

All Movies (103)

• War and the Woman1917 · as Ruth Norton--Braun's Stepdaughter
• The Man Without a Country1917 · as Barbara Norton
• The Woman in White1917 · as Ann Catherick
• When Love Was Blind1917 · as Eleanor Grayson
• Her Life and His1917 · as Mary Murdock
• Divorce and the Daughter1916 · as Alicia
• The Return of Draw Egan1916 · as Townswoman (uncredited)
• The Pillory1916 · as Ruth
• Saint, Devil and Woman1916 · as Florence Stanton
• The Fear of Poverty1916 · as Grace Lane
• The Fugitive1916 · as Margery Carew
• Master Shakespeare, Strolling Player1916 · as Miss Gray
• Mr. Meeson's Will1915 · as Augusta Smithers
• A Disciple of Nietzsche1915 · as One of the Unfit
• Crossed Wires1915 · as Flo Drake
• The Country Girl1915 · as Phyllis, the Country Girl
• The Six-Cent Loaf1915 · as Mary Quinn - Sewing-Machine Girl
• A Freight Car Honeymoon1915 · as Alice Reed - the Bride
• God's Witness1915 · as Beryl Darcy
• The Mohammedan's Conspiracy1914 · as Nan - Lord Trevor's Ward
• A Debut in the Secret Service1914 · as Nan Tremaine - Lord Trevor's Ward
• The Cat's Paw1914 · as Nan Tremaine - Lord Trevor's Ward
• The Million Dollar Mystery1914 · as Florence Gray Hargreave
• The Head Waiter1913 · as Mrs. Carl Hollywood, a Society Matron
• Little Brother1913 · as The Sweetheart
• Tannhäuser1913 · as Venus
• The Marble Heart1913 · as Marie
• Cymbeline1913 · as Imogen
• The Evidence of the Film1913 · as Sister of Messenger Boy
• Star of Bethlehem1912 · as Mary
• Petticoat Camp1912
• Lucile1912 · as Matilda
• The County's Prize Baby1912 · as Mary, The Baby's Mother
• Undine1912 · as Undine, the Water Nymph
• The Voice of Conscience1912 · as The Orphan's Rival
• When a Count Counted1912
• The Wrecked Taxi1912 · as The Wife
• The Portrait of Lady Anne1912 · as Lady Anne
• Under Two Flags1912 · as The Silver Pheasant
• Dottie's New Doll1912 · as Dottie's Nurse
• Whom God Hath Joined1912 · as Sue
• The Ring of a Spanish Grandee1912 · as Myra
• Jess1912 · as Jess's Sister, Bess
• Jilted1912
• The Saleslady1912 · as Her Sister
• Rejuvenation1912 · as The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter
• The Girl of the Grove1912 · as The Girl
• My Baby's Voice1912 · as The Telephone Operator
• Flying to Fortune1912 · as The Wealthy Old Man's Daughter
• The Silent Witness1912 · as The Young Wife
• The Trouble Maker1912 · as The Wife
• As It Was in the Beginning1912 · as The Society Girl's Friend
• East Lynne1912 · as Barbara Drew
• Her Ladyship's Page1912 · as Her Ladyship
• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde1912 · as Jekyll's Sweetheart
• Cinderella1911 · as Cinderella
• Beneath the Veil1911 · as The Girl
• The Tempest1911 · as Miranda, Prospero's Daughter
• The Baseball Bug1911 · as The Would-Be Baseball Star's Wife
• A Master of Millions1911 · as Rose (unconfirmed)
• A Mother's Faith1911 · as The Loyal Daughter
• The Last of the Mohicans1911 · as Cora Munro
• The Trail of Books1911 · as The Wife
• David Copperfield1911 · as Em'ly as a Woman
• In The Chorus1911 · as The Daughter Grown Up
• The Buddhist Priestess1911
• Swords and Hearts1911 · as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
• The Rose of Kentucky1911
• The Blind Princess and the Poet1911 · as Lady in Waiting
• The Sorrowful Example1911 · as A Friend
• The Smuggler1911 · as The Smuggler's Ward
• The Indian Brothers1911
• Bobby the Coward1911 · as The Girl Next Door
• The Thief and the Girl1911 · as The Girl
• Fighting Blood1911 · as The Son's Girlfriend
• Her Sacrifice1911 · as The Widow's Son's Sweetheart
• The Primal Call1911 · as A Servant
• Enoch Arden: Part II1911 · as Teenage Arden Daughter
• Enoch Arden1911 · as Enoch's Teenage Daughter
• Dave's Love Affair1911 · as May
• The Manicure Lady1911 · as The Rival's Girlfriend
• The New Dress1911 · as At Wedding
• How She Triumphed1911 · as Florrie
• A Knight of the Road1911 · as In Kitchen
• Madame Rex1911
• Paradise Lost1911 · as An Angel/A Maid
• The Broken Cross1911 · as Kate
• The Spanish Gypsy1911 · as Gypsy
• The Diamond Star1911
• The Two Paths1911
• After the Ball1910 · as Mrs. Brown
• The Troublesome Baby1910 · as Flo
• A Gold Necklace1910
• Serious Sixteen1910
• Taming a Husband1910
• Through the Breakers1909
• In the Window Recess1909
• Getting Even1909
• Comata, the Sioux1909
• The Seventh Day1909
• A Strange Meeting1909
• The Salvation Army Lass1909
• The Politician's Love Story1909