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Helen Badgley

Dec 01, 1908 - Oct 25, 1977 (68 years old) in Saratoga 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.

Known For

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The Forest Rose
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Cross Your Heart
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Little Dorrit
Young Little Dorrit
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When Love Was Blind
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The County's Prize Baby
The Prize Baby
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Dottie's New Doll
Dottie's New Doll
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The Six-Cent Loaf
Norah Quinn - Mary's Sister
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My Baby's Voice
Ruth Mackey - the Baby
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In a Garden
Child visitor to garden
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The Stolen Triumph
Little Alice

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