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.
Movies & TV Shows
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A Dog's Love (1914) — Baby Helen
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A Modern Monte Cristo (1917) — Virginia Deane, age 6
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The Fires of Youth (1917) — Billy
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The Tiniest of Stars (1913) — Little Girl
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Just a Shabby Doll (1913) — The Daughter
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When the Studio Burned (1913) — Self
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In a Garden (1912) — Child visitor to garden
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The Barrier of Flames (1914) — The Mayor's Daughter
- The Dancer (1914) — Anna's Little Daughter
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My Baby's Voice (1912) — Ruth Mackey - the Baby
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Dottie's New Doll (1912) — Dottie's New Doll
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The Three Roses (1915) — The Third Rose
- The Repeater (1912) — The Reformer's Little Daughter
- Cross Your Heart (1912)
- The Girl of the Cabaret (1913) — Their Daughter
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The Woman Pays (1914) — The Watson 4-year old son
- Little Dorrit (1913) — Young Little Dorrit
- The Spoiled Darling's Doll (1913) — The Spoiled Darling's Doll
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When Love Was Blind (1917)
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The Baby and the Boss (1915) — Helen, the Baby
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Their Great Big Beautiful Doll (1913) — Daisy - The Widow's Little Girl
- The County's Prize Baby (1912) — The Prize Baby
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The Stolen Triumph (1916) — Little Alice
- Baby Hands (1912) — The Child
- Frou Frou (1914) — Georges, Frou Frou's son
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The Thunderbolt (1912) — The Broker's Daughter, as a Little Girl
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Jack and the Beanstalk (1913) — Golightly - A Fairy
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Coals of Fire (1914) — Helen - Blodgett's Motherless Child
- Mercy on a Crutch (1915) — The Sheriff's Daughter
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Zudora (1914)
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The Forest Rose (1912)
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A Rag, a Bone and a Hank of Hair (1917)
- The Six-Cent Loaf (1915) — Norah Quinn - Mary's Sister
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Pots-and-Pans Peggy (1917) — Peggy's sister
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The Mother of Her Dreams (1915) — The Rich Boy
- The Candy Girl (1917) — Nell's Little Sister
- The Heart of Ezra Greer (1917) — The Poor Little Girl