Florence La Badie
AKA: Florence RussBirthday: 1888-04-26
Died: 1917-10-13
Birthplace: New York City, New York, USA
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.
Filmography
Fighting Blood
Character: The Son's GirlfriendJess
Character: Jess's Sister, Bess$rowCount++; } // end for loop // crew // $rowCount=0; for($x=0;$x
Dottie's New Doll
Character: Dottie's NurseMy Baby's Voice
Character: The Telephone OperatorWhom God Hath Joined
Character: SueThe Ring of a Spanish Grandee
Character: MyraUndine
Character: Undine, the Water NymphLucile
Character: MatildaThe Head Waiter
Character: Mrs. Carl Hollywood, a Society MatronThe Man Without a Country
Character: Barbara NortonThe Million Dollar Mystery
Character: Florence Gray HargreaveWar and the Woman
Character: Ruth Norton--Braun's StepdaughterThe Mohammedan's Conspiracy
Character: Nan - Lord Trevor's WardThe Fugitive
Character: Margery CarewThe Cat's Paw
Character: Nan Tremaine - Lord Trevor's WardTannhäuser
Character: VenusThe Primal Call
Character: A ServantThe Woman in White
Character: Ann CatherickCymbeline
Character: ImogenFlying to Fortune
Character: The Wealthy Old Man's DaughterRejuvenation
Character: The Lighthouse Keeper's DaughterThe Girl of the Grove
Character: The GirlDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Character: Jekyll's Sweetheart$rowCount++; } // end for loop // crew // $rowCount=0; for($x=0;$x
The Manicure Lady
Character: The Rival's GirlfriendThe Portrait of Lady Anne
Character: Lady Anne$rowCount++; } // end for loop // crew // $rowCount=0; for($x=0;$x
The Return of Draw Egan
Character: Townswoman (uncredited)The Voice of Conscience
Character: The Orphan's RivalEnoch Arden
Character: Enoch's Teenage DaughterThe Marble Heart
Character: MarieCrossed Wires
Character: Flo DrakeStar of Bethlehem
Character: MaryThe Evidence of the Film
Character: Sister of Messenger Boy$rowCount++; } // end for loop // crew // $rowCount=0; for($x=0;$x
Cinderella
Character: CinderellaEast Lynne
Character: Barbara Drew$rowCount++; } // end for loop // crew // $rowCount=0; for($x=0;$x
The Pillory
Character: RuthUnder Two Flags
Character: The Silver PheasantIn The Chorus
Character: The Daughter Grown UpDavid Copperfield
Character: Em'ly as a Woman$rowCount++; } // end for loop // crew // $rowCount=0; for($x=0;$x