
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
Movies (103)

Tannhäuser
1913
as Venus

Getting Even
1909

Madame Rex
1911

Enoch Arden
1911
as Enoch's Teenage Daughter

Cymbeline
1913
as Imogen

David Copperfield
1911
as Em'ly as a Woman

Crossed Wires
1915
as Flo Drake

East Lynne
1912
as Barbara Drew

Fighting Blood
1911
as The Son's Girlfriend

The Primal Call
1911
as A Servant

Through the Breakers
1909
The Broken Cross
1911
as Kate

The Return of Draw Egan
1916
as Townswoman (uncredited)

The Marble Heart
1913
as Marie

Cinderella
1911
as Cinderella

A Strange Meeting
1909
Paradise Lost
1911
as An Angel/A Maid

Undine
1912
as Undine, the Water Nymph

The Two Paths
1911
The Troublesome Baby
1910
as Flo

Divorce and the Daughter
1916
as Alicia
The New Dress
1911
as At Wedding

The Salvation Army Lass
1909

A Gold Necklace
1910

Rejuvenation
1912
as The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter

Enoch Arden: Part II
1911
as Teenage Arden Daughter

The Fear of Poverty
1916
as Grace Lane

The Evidence of the Film
1913
as Sister of Messenger Boy

Bobby the Coward
1911
as The Girl Next Door

The Man Without a Country
1917
as Barbara Norton
Dave's Love Affair
1911
as May
The Thief and the Girl
1911
as The Girl

The Politician's Love Story
1909
The Sorrowful Example
1911

Taming a Husband
1910

Lucile
1912
as Matilda

Star of Bethlehem
1912
as Mary

The Million Dollar Mystery
1914
as Florence Gray Hargreave
After the Ball
1910
as Mrs. Brown

The Cat's Paw
1914
as Nan Tremaine - Lord Trevor's Ward

When Love Was Blind
1917
as Eleanor Grayson
In the Window Recess
1909

The Woman in White
1917
as Ann Catherick

The Seventh Day
1909
Saint, Devil and Woman
1916
as Florence Stanton

Petticoat Camp
1912
Her Life and His
1917
as Mary Murdock

The Manicure Lady
1911
as The Rival's Girlfriend
Beneath the Veil
1911
as The Girl
A Knight of the Road
1911
as In Kitchen

The Mohammedan's Conspiracy
1914
as Nan - Lord Trevor's Ward

A Disciple of Nietzsche
1915
as One of the Unfit
The Spanish Gypsy
1911
as Gypsy

The Indian Brothers
1911

The Portrait of Lady Anne
1912
as Lady Anne

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1912
as Jekyll's Sweetheart
The Six-Cent Loaf
1915
as Mary Quinn - Sewing-Machine Girl

The Fugitive
1916
as Margery Carew
How She Triumphed
1911

Jess
1912
as Jess's Sister, Bess

Mr. Meeson's Will
1915
as Augusta Smithers
The Country Girl
1915
as Phyllis, the Country Girl

The Rose of Kentucky
1911
God's Witness
1915
as Beryl Darcy
The Voice of Conscience
1912
as The Orphan's Rival

Little Brother
1913
as The Sweetheart
The Last of the Mohicans
1911
as Cora Munro
The Tempest
1911
as Miranda, Prospero's Daughter
The Blind Princess and the Poet
1911
as Lady in Waiting

Whom God Hath Joined
1912
as Sue
A Master of Millions
1911
as Rose (unconfirmed)

Flying to Fortune
1912
as The Wealthy Old Man's Daughter
Serious Sixteen
1910

The Girl of the Grove
1912
as The Girl

War and the Woman
1917
as Ruth Norton--Braun's Stepdaughter
A Debut in the Secret Service
1914
as Nan Tremaine - Lord Trevor's Ward

The Saleslady
1912
as Her Sister

Under Two Flags
1912
as The Silver Pheasant

The Pillory
1916
as Ruth
Her Ladyship's Page
1912
as Her Ladyship

Dottie's New Doll
1912
as Dottie's Nurse

The Ring of a Spanish Grandee
1912
as Myra
As It Was in the Beginning
1912
as The Society Girl's Friend

Swords and Hearts
1911
as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
The Smuggler
1911
as The Smuggler's Ward
The Diamond Star
1911

The Trail of Books
1911
as The Wife
A Mother's Faith
1911
as The Loyal Daughter
The Wrecked Taxi
1912
as The Wife

Jilted
1912

When a Count Counted
1912

The Buddhist Priestess
1911
The County's Prize Baby
1912
as Mary, The Baby's Mother
Her Sacrifice
1911
as The Widow's Son's Sweetheart

Comata, the Sioux
1909
The Head Waiter
1913
as Mrs. Carl Hollywood, a Society Matron
The Silent Witness
1912
as The Young Wife
The Baseball Bug
1911
as The Would-Be Baseball Star's Wife

My Baby's Voice
1912
as The Telephone Operator
The Trouble Maker
1912
as The Wife
A Freight Car Honeymoon
1915
as Alice Reed - the Bride

Master Shakespeare, Strolling Player
1916
as Miss Gray

In The Chorus
1911
as The Daughter Grown Up
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
- Tannhäuser (1913) — as Venus
- Getting Even (1909)
- Madame Rex (1911)
- Enoch Arden (1911) — as Enoch's Teenage Daughter
- Cymbeline (1913) — as Imogen
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