Helen Badgley

Known for ActingBorn 1908-12-01Died 1977-10-25Saratoga 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.Read more

Movies & web series

When Love Was Blind

The Baby and the Boss

Coals of Fire

The Girl of the Cabaret

Little Dorrit

My Baby's Voice

Cross Your Heart

Baby Hands

The Stolen Triumph

Their Great Big Beautiful Doll

The Thunderbolt

The Three Roses

The Barrier of Flames

The Woman Pays

The Repeater

When the Studio Burned

The Fires of Youth

The Dancer

The Tiniest of Stars

Jack and the Beanstalk

Dottie's New Doll

The County's Prize Baby

Just a Shabby Doll

A Dog's Love

A Modern Monte Cristo

In a Garden

The Spoiled Darling's Doll

A Rag, a Bone and a Hank of Hair

Pots-and-Pans Peggy

The Candy Girl

The Heart of Ezra Greer

Mercy on a Crutch

The Six-Cent Loaf

The Mother of Her Dreams

Zudora

Frou Frou

The Forest Rose