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Helen Badgley

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.

Known for

The Fires of Youth
The Fires of Youth
1917 • Billy
When Love Was Blind
When Love Was Blind
1917
Pots-and-Pans Peggy
Pots-and-Pans Peggy
1917 • Peggy's sister
A Modern Monte Cristo
A Modern Monte Cristo
1917 • Virginia Deane, age 6
A Rag, a Bone and a Hank of Hair
A Rag, a Bone and a Hank of Hair
1917
The Stolen Triumph
The Stolen Triumph
1916 • Little Alice
The Baby and the Boss
The Baby and the Boss
1915 • Helen, the Baby
The Mother of Her Dreams
The Mother of Her Dreams
1915 • The Rich Boy

Full filmography

Pots-and-Pans Peggy
Pots-and-Pans Peggy
1917 • Peggy's sister
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A Modern Monte Cristo
A Modern Monte Cristo
1917 • Virginia Deane, age 6
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The Stolen Triumph
The Stolen Triumph
1916 • Little Alice
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The Baby and the Boss
The Baby and the Boss
1915 • Helen, the Baby
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Mercy on a Crutch
1915 • The Sheriff's Daughter
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The Six-Cent Loaf
1915 • Norah Quinn - Mary's Sister
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The Three Roses
The Three Roses
1915 • The Third Rose
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The Barrier of Flames
The Barrier of Flames
1914 • The Mayor's Daughter
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A Dog's Love
A Dog's Love
1914 • Baby Helen
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The Dancer
1914 • Anna's Little Daughter
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The Woman Pays
The Woman Pays
1914 • The Watson 4-year old son
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Coals of Fire
Coals of Fire
1914 • Helen - Blodgett's Motherless Child
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Frou Frou
1914 • Georges, Frou Frou's son
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Jack and the Beanstalk
Jack and the Beanstalk
1913 • Golightly - A Fairy
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Their Great Big Beautiful Doll
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
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The Spoiled Darling's Doll
The Spoiled Darling's Doll
1913 • The Spoiled Darling's Doll
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Just a Shabby Doll
Just a Shabby Doll
1913 • The Daughter
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The Tiniest of Stars
The Tiniest of Stars
1913 • Little Girl
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The Repeater
1912 • The Reformer's Little Daughter
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The Thunderbolt
The Thunderbolt
1912 • The Broker's Daughter, as a Little Girl
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The County's Prize Baby
1912 • The Prize Baby
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In a Garden
In a Garden
1912 • Child visitor to garden
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Baby Hands
1912 • The Child
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Dottie's New Doll
Dottie's New Doll
1912 • Dottie's New Doll
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My Baby's Voice
My Baby's Voice
1912 • Ruth Mackey - the Baby
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