Helen Badgley

Helen Badgley was born in Saratoga Springs, New York, in 1910. She made her film debut a year later in Brother Bob's Baby (1911) as "the baby". She became popularly known as "The Thanhouser Kidlet" and appeared in many films as a child. She "retired" from the film business when she turned six years old--she lost her front teeth and had to wait until her new teeth grew in. She stayed with Thanhouser almost until the company's demise, appearing in such releases as The Candy Girl (1917), Fires of Youth (1918) and The Heart of Ezra Greer (1917). After she left the film business, she married the owner of a radio and recording studio and moved to Arizona. She died in Phoenix on October 25, 1977.