Personal info
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 12/1/1908
- Birthplace
- Saratoga Springs, New York, USA
- Died
- 10/25/1977 (aged 68)
- Gender
- Female
- Also known 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.
12 titles

A Dog's Love
1914
Baby Helen

The Fires of Youth
1917
Billy

A Modern Monte Cristo
1917
Virginia Deane, age 6

Just a Shabby Doll
1913
The Daughter

When the Studio Burned
1913
Self

The Tiniest of Stars
1913
Little Girl

In a Garden
1912
Child visitor to garden

When Love Was Blind
1917

The Stolen Triumph
1916
Little Alice

The Baby and the Boss
1915
Helen, the Baby

The Three Roses
1915
The Third Rose

The Barrier of Flames
1914
The Mayor's Daughter



