Helen Badgley
Acting
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 Heart of Ezra Greer
as The Poor Little Girl
The Fires of Youth
as Billy
The Candy Girl
as Nell's Little Sister
When Love Was Blind
Pots-and-Pans Peggy
as Peggy's sister
A Modern Monte Cristo
as Virginia Deane, age 6
A Rag, a Bone and a Hank of Hair
The Stolen Triumph
as Little Alice
The Baby and the Boss
as Helen, the Baby
The Mother of Her Dreams
as The Rich Boy
Mercy on a Crutch
as The Sheriff's Daughter
The Six-Cent Loaf
as Norah Quinn - Mary's Sister
The Three Roses
as The Third Rose
The Barrier of Flames
as The Mayor's Daughter
Zudora
A Dog's Love
as Baby Helen
The Dancer
as Anna's Little Daughter
The Woman Pays
as The Watson 4-year old son
Coals of Fire
as Helen - Blodgett's Motherless Child
Frou Frou
as Georges, Frou Frou's son
Jack and the Beanstalk
as Golightly - A Fairy
Their Great Big Beautiful Doll
as Daisy - The Widow's Little Girl
The Girl of the Cabaret
as Their Daughter
Little Dorrit
as Young Little Dorrit
The Spoiled Darling's Doll
as The Spoiled Darling's Doll
Just a Shabby Doll
as The Daughter
When the Studio Burned
as Self
The Tiniest of Stars
as Little Girl
The Repeater
as The Reformer's Little Daughter
The Forest Rose
The Thunderbolt
as The Broker's Daughter, as a Little Girl
Cross Your Heart
The County's Prize Baby
as The Prize Baby
In a Garden
as Child visitor to garden
Baby Hands
as The Child
Dottie's New Doll
as Dottie's New Doll
My Baby's Voice
as Ruth Mackey - the Baby