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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.
The Heart of Ezra Greer
as The Poor Little Girl

The Fires of Youth
as Billy
The Candy Girl
as Nell's Little Sister

When Love Was Blind

Pots-and-Pans Peggy
as Peggy's sister

A Modern Monte Cristo
as Virginia Deane, age 6

A Rag, a Bone and a Hank of Hair

The Stolen Triumph
as Little Alice

The Baby and the Boss
as Helen, the Baby

The Mother of Her Dreams
as The Rich Boy
Mercy on a Crutch
as The Sheriff's Daughter
The Six-Cent Loaf
as Norah Quinn - Mary's Sister

The Three Roses
as The Third Rose

The Barrier of Flames
as The Mayor's Daughter

Zudora

A Dog's Love
as Baby Helen
The Dancer
as Anna's Little Daughter

The Woman Pays
as The Watson 4-year old son

Coals of Fire
as Helen - Blodgett's Motherless Child
Frou Frou
as Georges, Frou Frou's son

Jack and the Beanstalk
as Golightly - A Fairy

Their Great Big Beautiful Doll
as Daisy - The Widow's Little Girl
The Girl of the Cabaret
as Their Daughter
Little Dorrit
as Young Little Dorrit
The Spoiled Darling's Doll
as The Spoiled Darling's Doll

Just a Shabby Doll
as The Daughter

When the Studio Burned
as Self

The Tiniest of Stars
as Little Girl
The Repeater
as The Reformer's Little Daughter

The Forest Rose

The Thunderbolt
as The Broker's Daughter, as a Little Girl
Cross Your Heart
The County's Prize Baby
as The Prize Baby

In a Garden
as Child visitor to garden
Baby Hands
as The Child

Dottie's New Doll
as Dottie's New Doll

My Baby's Voice
as Ruth Mackey - the Baby