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 | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 2.184 |
| Birthday | 1908-12-01 |
| Place of Birth | Saratoga Springs, New York, USA |
| Also Known As | Thanhouser Kidlet, Helen Badgely, |
1912
In a Garden
4/1
Over the years, an old gardener observes a romance develop between a young boy and girl. 20 years after they break up over a misunderstanding, the old...
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In a Garden
1917
A Modern Monte Cristo
4.5/2
This adaptation of the Alexandre Dumas story tells of a man, living in the present day, who returns home incognito and wealthy after having been a sai...
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A Modern Monte Cristo
1913
Little Dorrit
0/0
A short adaption of the novel by Charles Dickens.
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Little Dorrit
1913
The Spoiled Darling's Doll
5/1
Her parents said she was a darling. The long-suffering servants thought otherwise. From the time that she could first crawl and talk she had had her o...
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The Spoiled Darling's Doll
1914
A Dog's Love
6.4/5
A lonely little girl is befriended by Shep, a neighbor's collie. The girl meets an untimely death, leaving Shep behind.
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A Dog's Love
1913
When the Studio Burned
5/1
A recreation of the Thanhouser Studio fire of 13 January 1913, it includes the rescue of a small child from the flaming building.
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When the Studio Burned
1914
Zudora
0/0
Zudora, not knowing she's an heiress to a $20 million fortune, lives with her uncle, a mystic and detective, who covets her inheritance. She wants to...
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Zudora
1917
The Fires of Youth
5/1
The Thanhouser Co. has reissued a number of its surviving films on video. FIRES OF YOUTH existed at around 52 minutes in its original release. A short...
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The Fires of Youth
1913
The Tiniest of Stars
5/1
Family drama of a a brother and sister who take to the stage.
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The Tiniest of Stars
1913
Just a Shabby Doll
5/1
A romantic story utilizing flashback sequences, featuring Harry Benham, Mignon Anderson and Helen Badgley (http://thanhouser.org/).
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Just a Shabby Doll
1914
The Barrier of Flames
0/0
Little Helen, Mayor Southwick's child, straying away from an automobile party, gets lost in the woods. She comes to the house where the her father's p...
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The Barrier of Flames
1914
The Dancer
0/0
The film's heroine is a dancer of world-wide reputation who, in the days of her struggle, has offended the story's villain.
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The Dancer
1912
My Baby's Voice
0/0
A neglected mother is tempted to stray, but she is saved by her baby's voice, whom she hears talking on the telephone.
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My Baby's Voice
1912
Dottie's New Doll
0/0
Dottie was very proud of her great big beautiful doll but sometimes they are in danger of getting broke. And that was what happened to "Beautiful Bess...
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Dottie's New Doll
1912
Cross Your Heart
0/0
A little boy, inmate of an orphan asylum, ran away. He fell in with an itinerant knife grinder. The boy had had no home life and when his companion su...
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Cross Your Heart
1912
The Repeater
0/0
The story's hero, a reformer in politics, has been accused and convicted of "padding the registration lists," but on procured evidence and on a frame-...
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The Repeater
1915
The Three Roses
0/0
The Colonel, for many years, has lived in the past, reverencing the lost cause of the Confederacy and hating all Northerners. When his daughter, Rose,...
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The Three Roses
1913
The Girl of the Cabaret
0/0
A young girl, who had talent as a violinist, came to New York determined to win fame on the concert stage. She found the field overcrowded, but accept...
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The Girl of the Cabaret
1914
The Woman Pays
0/0
The Woman Pays is a 1914 silent film
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The Woman Pays
1915
Mercy on a Crutch
0/0
Born in a prospector's camp, orphaned by a flood and taken care of by relatives to whom she was unwelcome, Mercy grew up dodging blows and curses with...
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