Florence La Badie

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.

Acting

1917

War and the Woman
Movie

Ruth Norton--Braun's Stepdaughter

1917

War and the Woman
Movie

Ruth Norton--Braun's Stepdaughter

1917

1916

The Return of Draw Egan
Movie

Townswoman (uncredited)

1916

The Fugitive
Movie

Margery Carew

1915

Mr. Meeson's Will
Movie

Augusta Smithers

1915

The Country Girl
Movie

Phyllis, the Country Girl

1915

The Six-Cent Loaf
Movie

Mary Quinn - Sewing-Machine Girl

1915

A Freight Car Honeymoon
Movie

Alice Reed - the Bride

1915

1914

A Debut in the Secret Service
Movie

Nan Tremaine - Lord Trevor's Ward

1913

The Head Waiter
Movie

Mrs. Carl Hollywood, a Society Matron

1912

1912

The County's Prize Baby
Movie

Mary, The Baby's Mother

1912

Undine
Movie

Undine, the Water Nymph

1912

1912

1912

1912

1912

My Baby's Voice
Movie

The Telephone Operator

1912

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Movie

Jekyll's Sweetheart

1911

In The Chorus
Movie

The Daughter Grown Up

1911

In The Chorus
Movie

The Daughter Grown Up

1911

Fighting Blood
Movie

The Son's Girlfriend

1911

Enoch Arden: Part I
Movie

Enoch's Teenage Daughter

1911

The Manicure Lady
Movie

The Rival's Girlfriend

Infos

Full Name
Florence La Badie
Gender
Female
Date of Birth
4/26/1888
Date of Death
10/13/1917
Also Known As

Florence Russ