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Helen Badgley

Helen Badgley

Born: 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
The Fires of Youth poster
The Fires of Youth
1917 • Billy
When Love Was Blind poster
When Love Was Blind
1917
Pots-and-Pans Peggy poster
Pots-and-Pans Peggy
1917 • Peggy's sister
A Modern Monte Cristo poster
A Modern Monte Cristo
1917 • Virginia Deane, age 6
A Rag, a Bone and a Hank of Hair poster
A Rag, a Bone and a Hank of Hair
1917
The Stolen Triumph poster
The Stolen Triumph
1916 • Little Alice
The Baby and the Boss poster
The Baby and the Boss
1915 • Helen, the Baby
No Image
Mercy on a Crutch
1915 • The Sheriff's Daughter
No Image
The Six-Cent Loaf
1915 • Norah Quinn - Mary's Sister
The Three Roses poster
The Three Roses
1915 • The Third Rose
The Barrier of Flames poster
The Barrier of Flames
1914 • The Mayor's Daughter
Zudora poster
Zudora
1914
A Dog's Love poster
A Dog's Love
1914 • Baby Helen
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The Dancer
1914 • Anna's Little Daughter
The Woman Pays poster
The Woman Pays
1914 • The Watson 4-year old son
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Frou Frou
1914 • Georges, Frou Frou's son
Their Great Big Beautiful Doll poster
Their Great Big Beautiful Doll
1913 • Daisy - The Widow's Little Girl
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The Girl of the Cabaret
1913 • Their Daughter
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Little Dorrit
1913 • Young Little Dorrit
The Spoiled Darling's Doll poster
The Spoiled Darling's Doll
1913 • The Spoiled Darling's Doll
Just a Shabby Doll poster
Just a Shabby Doll
1913 • The Daughter
When the Studio Burned poster
When the Studio Burned
1913 • Self
The Tiniest of Stars poster
The Tiniest of Stars
1913 • Little Girl
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The Repeater
1912 • The Reformer's Little Daughter
The Forest Rose poster
The Forest Rose
1912
No Image
Cross Your Heart
1912
No Image
The County's Prize Baby
1912 • The Prize Baby
In a Garden poster
In a Garden
1912 • Child visitor to garden
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Baby Hands
1912 • The Child
Dottie's New Doll poster
Dottie's New Doll
1912 • Dottie's New Doll
My Baby's Voice poster
My Baby's Voice
1912 • Ruth Mackey - the Baby