Helen Badgley was an American

United States

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 child actress

Child actor

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 of the silent film era.

Biography

Badgley was born in Saratoga Springs, New York

Saratoga Springs, New York

Saratoga Springs, also known as simply Saratoga, is a city in Saratoga County, New York, United States. The population was 26,586 at the 2010 census. The name reflects the presence of mineral springs in the area. While the word "Saratoga" is known to be a corruption of a Native American name, ...

, and 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. Badgley walked away from Hollywood completely at the age of only 9, having appeared in eighty nine films from 1911 to 1917, the year of her departure. She appears to have lived a normal life afterward, eventually marrying and moving to Phoenix, Arizona

Phoenix, Arizona

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, where she was residing at the time of her death on October 25, 1977.

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