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.

  • Title: Helen Badgley
  • Popularity: 0.577
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1908-12-01
  • Place of Birth: Saratoga Springs, New York, USA
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  • Also Known As: Thanhouser Kidlet, Helen Badgely
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Helen Badgley Movies

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    The Barrier of Flames

    The Barrier of Flames

    1 1914 HD

    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...

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    The Dancer

    The Dancer

    1 1914 HD

    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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    My Baby's Voice

    My Baby's Voice

    1 1912 HD

    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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    Dottie's New Doll

    Dottie's New Doll

    1 1912 HD

    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...

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    Cross Your Heart

    Cross Your Heart

    1 1912 HD

    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...

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    The Repeater

    The Repeater

    1 1912 HD

    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...

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  • 1915
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    The Three Roses

    The Three Roses

    1 1915 HD

    The Colonel, for many years, has lived in the past, reverencing the lost cause of the Confederacy and hating all Northerners. When his daughter,...

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    The Girl of the Cabaret

    The Girl of the Cabaret

    1 1913 HD

    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...

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    The Woman Pays

    The Woman Pays

    1 1914 HD

    The Woman Pays is a 1914 silent film

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    Mercy on a Crutch

    Mercy on a Crutch

    1 1915 HD

    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...

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    A Modern Monte Cristo

    A Modern Monte Cristo

    4.5 1917 HD

    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...

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    Little Dorrit

    Little Dorrit

    1 1913 HD

    A short adaption of the novel by Charles Dickens.

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    The Spoiled Darling's Doll

    The Spoiled Darling's Doll

    5 1913 HD

    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...

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    Zudora

    Zudora

    1 1914 HD

    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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    The Fires of Youth

    The Fires of Youth

    5 1917 HD

    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...

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    The Tiniest of Stars

    The Tiniest of Stars

    5 1913 HD

    Family drama of a a brother and sister who take to the stage.

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    Just a Shabby Doll

    Just a Shabby Doll

    5 1913 HD

    A romantic story utilizing flashback sequences, featuring Harry Benham, Mignon Anderson and Helen Badgley (http://thanhouser.org/).

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    A Dog's Love

    A Dog's Love

    6.4 1914 HD

    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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    When the Studio Burned

    When the Studio Burned

    5 1913 HD

    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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    In a Garden

    In a Garden

    4 1912 HD

    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...

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    When Love Was Blind

    When Love Was Blind

    1 1917 HD

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    The Baby and the Boss

    The Baby and the Boss

    1 1915 HD

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    Their Great Big Beautiful Doll

    Their Great Big Beautiful Doll

    1 1913 HD

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    The County's Prize Baby

    The County's Prize Baby

    1 1912 HD

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    The Forest Rose

    The Forest Rose

    1 1912 HD

    Forester and Maywood, two wealthy neighbor planters, volunteered their services to defend their country when the war of the Revolution broke out....

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