Florence La Badie
Known for Acting · 103 credits
- Born
- 1888-04-26
- Died
- 1917-10-13
- Place of birth
- New York City, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Florence Russ · フローレンス・ラ・バディ
Biography
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
Paradise Lost
1911
as An Angel/A Maid
Rejuvenation
1912
as The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter
Tannhäuser
1913
as Venus
Dave's Love Affair
1911
as May
The Tempest
1911
as Miranda, Prospero's Daughter
Her Sacrifice
1911
as The Widow's Son's Sweetheart
Movies (103)
Paradise Lost
1911
as An Angel/A Maid
Rejuvenation
1912
as The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter
Tannhäuser
1913
as Venus
Dave's Love Affair
1911
as May
The Tempest
1911
as Miranda, Prospero's Daughter
Her Sacrifice
1911
as The Widow's Son's Sweetheart
Undine
1912
as Undine, the Water Nymph
As It Was in the Beginning
1912
as The Society Girl's Friend
Little Brother
1913
as The Sweetheart
The Blind Princess and the Poet
1911
as Lady in Waiting
The Diamond Star
1911
Her Life and His
1917
as Mary Murdock
Taming a Husband
1910
When a Count Counted
1912
A Knight of the Road
1911
as In Kitchen
Saint, Devil and Woman
1916
as Florence Stanton
The Last of the Mohicans
1911
as Cora Munro
The Indian Brothers
1911
A Master of Millions
1911
as Rose (unconfirmed)
The Spanish Gypsy
1911
as Gypsy
How She Triumphed
1911
as Florrie
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1912
as Jekyll's Sweetheart
In the Window Recess
1909
The Broken Cross
1911
as Kate
Whom God Hath Joined
1912
as Sue
The New Dress
1911
as At Wedding
Dottie's New Doll
1912
as Dottie's Nurse
The Sorrowful Example
1911
as A Friend
The Baseball Bug
1911
as The Would-Be Baseball Star's Wife
The Two Paths
1911
Master Shakespeare, Strolling Player
1916
as Miss Gray
The Smuggler
1911
as The Smuggler's Ward
The Thief and the Girl
1911
as The Girl
After the Ball
1910
as Mrs. Brown
Mr. Meeson's Will
1915
as Augusta Smithers
In The Chorus
1911
as The Daughter Grown Up
A Disciple of Nietzsche
1915
as One of the Unfit
Enoch Arden: Part II
1911
as Teenage Arden Daughter
Star of Bethlehem
1912
as Mary
The Return of Draw Egan
1916
as Townswoman (uncredited)
The Million Dollar Mystery
1914
as Florence Gray Hargreave
Cinderella
1911
as Cinderella
Crossed Wires
1915
as Flo Drake
Swords and Hearts
1911
as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
A Strange Meeting
1909
When Love Was Blind
1917
as Eleanor Grayson
The Evidence of the Film
1913
as Sister of Messenger Boy
Through the Breakers
1909
The Salvation Army Lass
1909
Fighting Blood
1911
as The Son's Girlfriend
The Trail of Books
1911
as The Wife
Her Ladyship's Page
1912
as Her Ladyship
The Manicure Lady
1911
as The Rival's Girlfriend
The Seventh Day
1909
A Mother's Faith
1911
as The Loyal Daughter
The Man Without a Country
1917
as Barbara Norton
The Portrait of Lady Anne
1912
as Lady Anne
Enoch Arden
1911
as Enoch's Teenage Daughter
Bobby the Coward
1911
as The Girl Next Door
The Troublesome Baby
1910
as Flo
David Copperfield
1911
as Em'ly as a Woman
The Primal Call
1911
as A Servant
A Gold Necklace
1910
A Freight Car Honeymoon
1915
as Alice Reed - the Bride
Getting Even
1909
The Fear of Poverty
1916
as Grace Lane
A Debut in the Secret Service
1914
as Nan Tremaine - Lord Trevor's Ward
Beneath the Veil
1911
as The Girl
The County's Prize Baby
1912
as Mary, The Baby's Mother
Jess
1912
as Jess's Sister, Bess
Under Two Flags
1912
as The Silver Pheasant
The Silent Witness
1912
as The Young Wife
The Wrecked Taxi
1912
as The Wife
The Girl of the Grove
1912
as The Girl
Comata, the Sioux
1909
Divorce and the Daughter
1916
as Alicia
The Politician's Love Story
1909
Petticoat Camp
1912
God's Witness
1915
as Beryl Darcy
Cymbeline
1913
as Imogen
The Woman in White
1917
as Ann Catherick
The Six-Cent Loaf
1915
as Mary Quinn - Sewing-Machine Girl
The Rose of Kentucky
1911
The Buddhist Priestess
1911
Madame Rex
1911
The Trouble Maker
1912
as The Wife
Serious Sixteen
1910
The Marble Heart
1913
as Marie
My Baby's Voice
1912
as The Telephone Operator
The Fugitive
1916
as Margery Carew
The Cat's Paw
1914
as Nan Tremaine - Lord Trevor's Ward
The Country Girl
1915
as Phyllis, the Country Girl
The Ring of a Spanish Grandee
1912
as Myra
Flying to Fortune
1912
as The Wealthy Old Man's Daughter
The Head Waiter
1913
as Mrs. Carl Hollywood, a Society Matron
East Lynne
1912
as Barbara Drew
Lucile
1912
as Matilda
The Pillory
1916
as Ruth
The Saleslady
1912
as Her Sister
The Mohammedan's Conspiracy
1914
as Nan - Lord Trevor's Ward
Jilted
1912
War and the Woman
1917
as Ruth Norton--Braun's Stepdaughter
The Voice of Conscience
1912
as The Orphan's Rival
About 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 dozen… With 103 credits spanning from 1909 to 1917, Florence La Badie has appeared in 103 films and 0 TV shows.
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Most Popular Florence La Badie Movies
- Paradise Lost (1911) — as An Angel/A Maid
- Rejuvenation (1912) — as The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter
- Tannhäuser (1913) — as Venus
- Dave's Love Affair (1911) — as May
- The Tempest (1911) — as Miranda, Prospero's Daughter
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