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Florence La Badie

From Wikipedia Florence La Badie (April 27, 1888 – October 13, 1917) was an American actress in the early days of the silent film era. Though little known today, she was a major star between 1911 and 1917. Her career was at its height when she died at age 29 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. In 1911, her career took a leap when she was hired by Edwin Thanhouser of the Thanhouser Film Corporation in New Rochelle, New York. With her sophistication and beauty, Florence La Badie soon became Thanhouser's most prominent actress, appearing in dozens of films over the next two years. Her most remembered films of that period were The Tempest (1911), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1912), a film adaptation of the Robert Louis Stevenson story, and the first film of Shakespeare's Cymbeline (1914). Her most well-known work was in the 1914 - 1915 serial, The Million Dollar Mystery. Athletic and daring, in these films she performed all her own stunts. In 1915, she was featured in the magazine Reel Life, which described her as "the Beautiful and talented Florence La Badie, of the Thanhouser Studios, conceded one of the foremost of American screen players". Over a course of six years La Badie's career had taken her to top-billing as a film actress.


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Born:
Apr 27, 1888 In New York City, New York, USA
Movie/TV Credits:
41
First Appeared:
In the movie A Strange Meeting 1909-08-01
Latest Project:
Movie War and the Woman 1917-09-09
Known For
Poster of Crossed Wires
Poster of The Marble Heart
Poster of The Voice of Conscience
Poster of The Saleslady
Filmography
Movie War and the Woman Ruth Norton--Braun's Stepdaughter 1917-09-09
Movie The Woman in White 1917-07-01
Movie The Man Without a Country Barbara Norton 1917-09-08
Movie The Fugitive Margery Carew 1916-08-12
Movie The Pillory Ruth 1916-10-08
Movie The Return of Draw Egan Townswoman (uncredited) 1916-10-14
Movie Divorce and the Daughter 1916-12-03
Movie Crossed Wires Flo Drake 1915-06-28
Movie The Cat's Paw Nan Tremaine - Lord Trevor's Ward 1914-03-16
Movie The Million Dollar Mystery Florence Gray Hargreave 1914-01-02
Movie The Mohammedan's Conspiracy Nan - Lord Trevor's Ward 1914-05-11
Movie Cymbeline Imogen 1913-03-27
Movie The Marble Heart Marie 1913-05-11
Movie The Evidence of the Film Sister of Messenger Boy 1913-01-10
Movie Tannhäuser Venus 1913-07-14
Movie The Head Waiter Mrs. Carl Hollywood, a Society Matron 1913-12-28
Movie Rejuvenation The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter 1912-04-22
Movie The Girl of the Grove The Girl 1912-04-04
Movie East Lynne Barbara Drew 1912-01-26
Movie The Saleslady 1912-05-06
Movie Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Jekyll's Sweetheart 1912-01-16
Movie Flying to Fortune The Wealthy Old Man's Daughter 1912-03-12
Movie Under Two Flags The Silver Pheasant 1912-07-02
Movie Jess Jess's Sister, Bess 1912-05-21
Movie Petticoat Camp 1912-11-29
Movie Star of Bethlehem Mary 1912-12-24
Movie The Voice of Conscience The Orphan's Rival 1912-09-02
Movie The Portrait of Lady Anne Lady Anne 1912-07-23
Movie Enoch Arden: Part II 1911-06-15
Movie The Manicure Lady The Rival's Girlfriend 1911-05-18
Movie The Primal Call A Servant 1911-06-21
Movie Enoch Arden Enoch's Teenage Daughter 1911-06-15
Movie The Rose of Kentucky 1911-08-24
Movie Fighting Blood The Son's Girlfriend 1911-06-28
Movie David Copperfield Em'ly as a Woman 1911-10-17
Movie Cinderella Cinderella 1911-12-21
Movie In The Chorus The Daughter Grown Up 1911-09-15
Movie A Strange Meeting 1909-08-01
Movie Comata, the Sioux 1909-09-09
Movie Getting Even 1909-09-12
Movie Through the Breakers 1909-12-06