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.

Known For

Pots-and-Pans Peggy

Zudora

The Stolen Triumph

When Love Was Blind

A Modern Monte Cristo

When the Studio Burned

The Forest Rose

The Woman Pays

All Movies (37)

• The Heart of Ezra Greer1917 · as The Poor Little Girl
• The Fires of Youth1917 · as Billy
• The Candy Girl1917 · as Nell's Little Sister
• When Love Was Blind1917
• Pots-and-Pans Peggy1917 · as Peggy's sister
• A Modern Monte Cristo1917 · as Virginia Deane, age 6
• A Rag, a Bone and a Hank of Hair1917
• The Stolen Triumph1916 · as Little Alice
• The Baby and the Boss1915 · as Helen, the Baby
• The Mother of Her Dreams1915 · as The Rich Boy
• Mercy on a Crutch1915 · as The Sheriff's Daughter
• The Six-Cent Loaf1915 · as Norah Quinn - Mary's Sister
• The Three Roses1915 · as The Third Rose
• The Barrier of Flames1914 · as The Mayor's Daughter
• Zudora1914
• A Dog's Love1914 · as Baby Helen
• The Dancer1914 · as Anna's Little Daughter
• The Woman Pays1914 · as The Watson 4-year old son
• Coals of Fire1914 · as Helen - Blodgett's Motherless Child
• Frou Frou1914 · as Georges, Frou Frou's son
• Jack and the Beanstalk1913 · as Golightly - A Fairy
• Their Great Big Beautiful Doll1913 · as Daisy - The Widow's Little Girl
• The Girl of the Cabaret1913 · as Their Daughter
• Little Dorrit1913 · as Young Little Dorrit
• The Spoiled Darling's Doll1913 · as The Spoiled Darling's Doll
• Just a Shabby Doll1913 · as The Daughter
• When the Studio Burned1913 · as Self
• The Tiniest of Stars1913 · as Little Girl
• The Repeater1912 · as The Reformer's Little Daughter
• The Forest Rose1912
• The Thunderbolt1912 · as The Broker's Daughter, as a Little Girl
• Cross Your Heart1912
• The County's Prize Baby1912 · as The Prize Baby
• In a Garden1912 · as Child visitor to garden
• Baby Hands1912 · as The Child
• Dottie's New Doll1912 · as Dottie's New Doll
• My Baby's Voice1912 · as Ruth Mackey - the Baby