Helen Badgley
Birthday
1908/12/01
Day of death
1977/10/25 (68 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Saratoga Springs, New York, USA
Also know as
Thanhouser Kidlet, Helen Badgely
Biography
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.
Acting
(1914) The Barrier of Flames
as The Mayor's Daughter
(1914) The Dancer
as Anna's Little Daughter
(1912) My Baby's Voice
as Ruth Mackey - the Baby
(1912) Dottie's New Doll
as Dottie's New Doll
(1912) Cross Your Heart
as ---
(1915) The Three Roses
as The Third Rose
(1912) The Repeater
as The Reformer's Little Daughter
(1913) The Girl of the Cabaret
as Their Daughter
(1914) The Woman Pays
as The Watson 4-year old son
(1915) Mercy on a Crutch
as The Sheriff's Daughter
(1917) A Modern Monte Cristo
as Virginia Deane, age 6
(1913) Little Dorrit
as Young Little Dorrit
(1913) The Spoiled Darling's Doll
as The Spoiled Darling's Doll
(1914) Zudora
as ---
(1917) The Fires of Youth
as Billy
(1913) The Tiniest of Stars
as Little Girl
(1913) Just a Shabby Doll
as The Daughter
(1913) When the Studio Burned
as Self
(1914) A Dog's Love
as Baby Helen
(1912) In a Garden
as Child visitor to garden
(1917) When Love Was Blind
as ---
(1915) The Baby and the Boss
as Helen, the Baby
(1913) Their Great Big Beautiful Doll
as Daisy - The Widow's Little Girl
(1912) The County's Prize Baby
as The Prize Baby
(1912) The Forest Rose
as ---
(1916) The Stolen Triumph
as Little Alice
(1917) A Rag, a Bone and a Hank of Hair
as ---
(1915) The Six-Cent Loaf
as Norah Quinn - Mary's Sister
(1912) Baby Hands
as The Child