Helen Badgley
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.
The Barrier of Flames
(The Mayor's Daughter)
The Dancer
(Anna's Little Daughter)
My Baby's Voice
(Ruth Mackey - the Baby)
Dottie's New Doll
(Dottie's New Doll)
Cross Your Heart
The Repeater
(The Reformer's Little Daughter)
The Three Roses
(The Third Rose)
The Girl of the Cabaret
(Their Daughter)
The Woman Pays
(The Watson 4-year old son)
Mercy on a Crutch
(The Sheriff's Daughter)
A Modern Monte Cristo
(Virginia Deane, age 6)
Little Dorrit
(Young Little Dorrit)
The Spoiled Darling's Doll
(The Spoiled Darling's Doll)
Zudora
The Fires of Youth
(Billy)
The Tiniest of Stars
(Little Girl)
Just a Shabby Doll
(The Daughter)
A Dog's Love
(Baby Helen)
When the Studio Burned
(Self)
In a Garden
(Child visitor to garden)
When Love Was Blind
The Baby and the Boss
(Helen, the Baby)
Their Great Big Beautiful Doll
(Daisy - The Widow's Little Girl)
The County's Prize Baby
(The Prize Baby)
The Forest Rose
The Stolen Triumph
(Little Alice)
A Rag, a Bone and a Hank of Hair
The Six-Cent Loaf
(Norah Quinn - Mary's Sister)
Baby Hands
(The Child)