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.
37 movies
The Heart of Ezra Greer
1917·0.0
The Fires of Youth
1917·7.0
The Candy Girl
1917·0.0
When Love Was Blind
1917·10.0
Pots-and-Pans Peggy
1917·0.0
A Modern Monte Cristo
1917·6.3
A Rag, a Bone and a Hank of Hair
1917·0.0
The Stolen Triumph
1916·9.0
The Baby and the Boss
1915·10.0
The Mother of Her Dreams
1915·0.0
Mercy on a Crutch
1915·0.0
The Six-Cent Loaf
1915·0.0
The Three Roses
1915·8.0
The Barrier of Flames
1914·8.0
Zudora
1914·0.0
A Dog's Love
1914·6.4
The Dancer
1914·7.0
The Woman Pays
1914·8.0
Coals of Fire
1914·10.0
Frou Frou
1914·1.0
Jack and the Beanstalk
1913·7.0
Their Great Big Beautiful Doll
1913·9.0
The Girl of the Cabaret
1913·10.0
Little Dorrit
1913·10.0
The Spoiled Darling's Doll
1913·5.0
Just a Shabby Doll
1913·6.5
When the Studio Burned
1913·7.5
The Tiniest of Stars
1913·7.0
The Repeater
1912·8.0
The Forest Rose
1912·0.0
The Thunderbolt
1912·9.0
Cross Your Heart
1912·10.0
The County's Prize Baby
1912·7.0
In a Garden
1912·6.0
Baby Hands
1912·10.0
Dottie's New Doll
1912·7.0
My Baby's Voice
1912·10.0