About

Known credits:
60
Birthday:
1888-04-26
Place of birth:
New York City, New York, USA
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Florence La Badie

Overview

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.

Known for

Acting
1917 War and the Woman Actor Ruth Norton--Braun's Stepdaughter N/A
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1917 The Man Without a Country Actor Barbara Norton 58
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1917 The Woman in White Actor Ann Catherick 58
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1917 When Love Was Blind Actor Eleanor Grayson N/A
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1916 Divorce and the Daughter Actor 58
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1916 The Return of Draw Egan Actor Townswoman (uncredited) 58
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1916 The Pillory Actor Ruth N/A
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1916 The Fear of Poverty Actor Grace Lane N/A
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1916 The Fugitive Actor Margery Carew N/A
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1915 Mr. Meeson's Will Actor Augusta Smithers N/A
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1915 A Disciple of Nietzsche Actor One of the Unfit N/A
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1915 Crossed Wires Actor Flo Drake 58
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1915 The Country Girl Actor Phyllis, the Country Girl N/A
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1915 The Six-Cent Loaf Actor Mary Quinn - Sewing-Machine Girl N/A
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1915 A Freight Car Honeymoon Actor Alice Reed - the Bride N/A
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1914 The Mohammedan's Conspiracy Actor Nan - Lord Trevor's Ward N/A
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1914 A Debut in the Secret Service Actor Nan Tremaine - Lord Trevor's Ward N/A
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1914 The Cat's Paw Actor Nan Tremaine - Lord Trevor's Ward N/A
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1914 The Million Dollar Mystery Actor Florence Gray Hargreave N/A
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1913 The Head Waiter Actor Mrs. Carl Hollywood, a Society Matron N/A
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1913 Tannhäuser Actor Venus 59
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1913 The Marble Heart Actor Marie 59
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1913 Cymbeline Actor Imogen 59
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1913 The Evidence of the Film Actor Sister of Messenger Boy 59
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1912 Star of Bethlehem Actor Mary 58
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1912 Petticoat Camp Actor 59
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1912 Lucile Actor Matilda N/A
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1912 The County's Prize Baby Actor Mary, The Baby's Mother N/A
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1912 Undine Actor Undine, the Water Nymph N/A
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1912 The Voice of Conscience Actor The Orphan's Rival 59
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1912 The Wrecked Taxi Actor The Wife N/A
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1912 The Portrait of Lady Anne Actor Lady Anne 58
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1912 Under Two Flags Actor The Silver Pheasant N/A
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1912 Dottie's New Doll Actor Dottie's Nurse N/A
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1912 Whom God Hath Joined Actor Sue N/A
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1912 The Ring of a Spanish Grandee Actor Myra N/A
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1912 Jess Actor Jess's Sister, Bess N/A
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1912 Jilted Actor N/A
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1912 The Saleslady Actor N/A
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1912 Rejuvenation Actor The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter N/A
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1912 The Girl of the Grove Actor The Girl N/A
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1912 My Baby's Voice Actor The Telephone Operator N/A
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1912 Flying to Fortune Actor The Wealthy Old Man's Daughter N/A
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1912 The Silent Witness Actor The Young Wife N/A
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1912 East Lynne Actor Barbara Drew N/A
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1912 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Actor Jekyll's Sweetheart 58
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1911 Cinderella Actor Cinderella 59
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1911 David Copperfield Actor Em'ly as a Woman N/A
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1911 In The Chorus Actor The Daughter Grown Up N/A
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1911 The Buddhist Priestess Actor N/A
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1911 The Rose of Kentucky Actor 58
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1911 Fighting Blood Actor The Son's Girlfriend 58
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1911 The Primal Call Actor A Servant 58
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1911 Enoch Arden Actor Enoch's Teenage Daughter 59
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1911 Enoch Arden: Part II Actor 58
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1911 The Manicure Lady Actor The Rival's Girlfriend 59
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1909 Through the Breakers Actor 58
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1909 Getting Even Actor 58
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1909 Comata, the Sioux Actor 58
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1909 A Strange Meeting Actor 58
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