Florence La Badie

Known For: Acting
Born: April 26, 1888
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
Died: October 13, 1917

Florence La Badie

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, i…

Filmography

War and the Woman

1917 · Ruth Norton--Braun's Stepdaughter

The Man Without a Country

1917 · Barbara Norton

The Woman in White

1917 · Ann Catherick

When Love Was Blind

1917 · Eleanor Grayson

Her Life and His

Her Life and His

1917 · Mary Murdock

Divorce and the Daughter

1916 · Alicia

The Return of Draw Egan

1916 · Townswoman (uncredited)

The Pillory

1916 · Ruth

Saint, Devil and Woman

Saint, Devil and Woman

1916 · Florence Stanton

The Fear of Poverty

1916 · Grace Lane

The Fugitive

1916 · Margery Carew

Master Shakespeare, Strolling Player

1916 · Miss Gray

Mr. Meeson's Will

1915 · Augusta Smithers

A Disciple of Nietzsche

1915 · One of the Unfit

Crossed Wires

1915 · Flo Drake

The Country Girl

The Country Girl

1915 · Phyllis, the Country Girl

The Six-Cent Loaf

The Six-Cent Loaf

1915 · Mary Quinn - Sewing-Machine Girl

A Freight Car Honeymoon

A Freight Car Honeymoon

1915 · Alice Reed - the Bride

God's Witness

1915 · Beryl Darcy

The Mohammedan's Conspiracy

1914 · Nan - Lord Trevor's Ward

A Debut in the Secret Service

A Debut in the Secret Service

1914 · Nan Tremaine - Lord Trevor's Ward

The Cat's Paw

1914 · Nan Tremaine - Lord Trevor's Ward

The Million Dollar Mystery

1914 · Florence Gray Hargreave

The Head Waiter

The Head Waiter

1913 · Mrs. Carl Hollywood, a Society Matron

Little Brother

1913 · The Sweetheart

Tannhäuser

1913 · Venus

The Marble Heart

1913 · Marie

Cymbeline

1913 · Imogen

The Evidence of the Film

1913 · Sister of Messenger Boy

Star of Bethlehem

1912 · Mary

Petticoat Camp

1912

Lucile

1912 · Matilda

The County's Prize Baby

The County's Prize Baby

1912 · Mary, The Baby's Mother

Undine

1912 · Undine, the Water Nymph

The Voice of Conscience

The Voice of Conscience

1912 · The Orphan's Rival

When a Count Counted

1912

The Wrecked Taxi

The Wrecked Taxi

1912 · The Wife

The Portrait of Lady Anne

1912 · Lady Anne

Under Two Flags

1912 · The Silver Pheasant

Dottie's New Doll

1912 · Dottie's Nurse

Whom God Hath Joined

1912 · Sue

The Ring of a Spanish Grandee

1912 · Myra

Jess

1912 · Jess's Sister, Bess

Jilted

1912

The Saleslady

1912 · Her Sister

Rejuvenation

1912 · The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter

The Girl of the Grove

1912 · The Girl

My Baby's Voice

1912 · The Telephone Operator

Flying to Fortune

1912 · The Wealthy Old Man's Daughter

The Silent Witness

The Silent Witness

1912 · The Young Wife

The Trouble Maker

The Trouble Maker

1912 · The Wife

As It Was in the Beginning

As It Was in the Beginning

1912 · The Society Girl's Friend

East Lynne

1912 · Barbara Drew

Her Ladyship's Page

Her Ladyship's Page

1912 · Her Ladyship

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

1912 · Jekyll's Sweetheart

Cinderella

1911 · Cinderella

Beneath the Veil

Beneath the Veil

1911 · The Girl

The Tempest

1911 · Miranda, Prospero's Daughter

The Baseball Bug

The Baseball Bug

1911 · The Would-Be Baseball Star's Wife

A Master of Millions

A Master of Millions

1911 · Rose (unconfirmed)

A Mother's Faith

A Mother's Faith

1911 · The Loyal Daughter

The Last of the Mohicans

The Last of the Mohicans

1911 · Cora Munro

The Trail of Books

1911 · The Wife

David Copperfield

1911 · Em'ly as a Woman

In The Chorus

1911 · The Daughter Grown Up

The Buddhist Priestess

1911

Swords and Hearts

1911 · Undetermined Role (uncredited)

The Rose of Kentucky

1911

The Blind Princess and the Poet

The Blind Princess and the Poet

1911 · Lady in Waiting

The Sorrowful Example

The Sorrowful Example

1911 · A Friend

The Smuggler

1911 · The Smuggler's Ward

The Indian Brothers

1911

Bobby the Coward

1911 · The Girl Next Door

The Thief and the Girl

The Thief and the Girl

1911 · The Girl

Fighting Blood

1911 · The Son's Girlfriend

Her Sacrifice

1911 · The Widow's Son's Sweetheart

The Primal Call

1911 · A Servant

Enoch Arden: Part II

1911 · Teenage Arden Daughter

Enoch Arden

1911 · Enoch's Teenage Daughter

Dave's Love Affair

Dave's Love Affair

1911 · May

The Manicure Lady

1911 · The Rival's Girlfriend

The New Dress

1911 · At Wedding

How She Triumphed

How She Triumphed

1911 · Florrie

A Knight of the Road

A Knight of the Road

1911 · In Kitchen

Madame Rex

1911

Paradise Lost

1911 · An Angel/A Maid

The Broken Cross

The Broken Cross

1911 · Kate

The Spanish Gypsy

The Spanish Gypsy

1911 · Gypsy

The Diamond Star

The Diamond Star

1911

The Two Paths

1911

After the Ball

1910 · Mrs. Brown

The Troublesome Baby

The Troublesome Baby

1910 · Flo

A Gold Necklace

1910

Serious Sixteen

Serious Sixteen

1910

Taming a Husband

1910

Through the Breakers

1909

In the Window Recess

In the Window Recess

1909

Getting Even

1909

Comata, the Sioux

1909

The Seventh Day

1909

A Strange Meeting

1909

The Salvation Army Lass

1909

The Politician's Love Story

1909

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