Florence La Badie

Acting

Florence La Badie

Born April 26, 1888 · New York City, New York, USA

Died October 13, 1917 · aged 29

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 Corporatio…

Known For

The Return of Draw EganThe Return of Draw Egan · 1916
The Return of Draw Egan
★ 5.21916
MovieWesternAdventure
A small town marshal’s secret past as an outlaw comes back to haunt him when an old associate shows up and threatens to expose his former dark deeds.
UndineUndine · 1912
Undine
1912
MovieRomanceFantasy
In the days long ago when knights were brave and venturesome, enchanted forests grew and mythical creatures lived among us.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde · 1912
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
★ 5.91912
MovieHorror
Dr. Henry Jekyll experiments with scientific means of revealing the hidden, dark side of man and releases a murderer from within himself.
The Million Dollar MysteryThe Million Dollar Mystery · 1914
The Million Dollar Mystery
1914
MovieAdventureMystery
This twenty-three episode serial told the story of a secret society called The Black Hundred and its attempts to gain control of a lost million dollars.
Enoch Arden: Part IIEnoch Arden: Part II · 1911
Enoch Arden: Part II
★ 5.61911
MovieDrama
Annie remains faithful to her husband, Enoch, even though he's been lost at sea for many years. Finally her grown children convince her to marry Philip, her former suitor. Enoch is rescued from the deserted isle where he has been stranded, and returns home. He discovers Annie's new life, and decides not to interrupt her happiness.
Little BrotherLittle Brother · 1913
Little Brother
1913
MovieComedy
They were the model engaged couple at the summer resort until, well, until they quarreled. They were members of a crabbing party, and May caught the biggest one that had ever been seen at Cape May, but Jack foozled with the landing net and fell overboard.
When a Count CountedWhen a Count Counted · 1912
When a Count Counted
★ 10.01912
MovieDrama
The pretty young stenographer in a New York lawyer's office had two weeks' vacation coining to her, and decided for once in her life she would cut a dash in society. She expended what for her was an enormous amount of money on clothes, and went to a fashionable seashore resort.
A Disciple of NietzscheA Disciple of Nietzsche · 1915
A Disciple of Nietzsche
★ 8.01915
MovieDrama
A man is so impressed with the philosophy of survival of the fittest and the rights of the strong against the weak that he tries to put these principles into practice in his own home.

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Master Shakespeare, Strolling PlayerMaster Shakespeare, Strolling Player · 1916
Master Shakespeare, Strolling Player
★ 10.01916
MovieDrama
Unable to agree on the man responsible for the plays commonly attributed to William Shakespeare, Miss Gray, who favors Francis Bacon, and Lieutenant Stanton, who accepts Shakespeare as the author, break off their engagement. Stanton then arranges to be transferred to the Mexican border, and while fighting there is badly wounded. When she hears the news about Stanton's condition, Miss Gray faints, and then dreams that she has been transported to Elizabethan times. Then, after Bacon falls in love with her, she discovers his obsessive jealousy of Shakespeare, and learns that he has bribed a courtier to accuse him of stealing Bacon's plays. As a result, when Miss Gray wakes up, she realizes that she has championed the wrong poet, and so she immediately is reconciled with Stanton, who soon recovers from his wound.

Miss Gray

War and the WomanWar and the Woman · 1917
War and the Woman
1917
MovieWarDrama
After learning that her stepfather, John Braun, is a spy, Ruth leaves him and starts out upon a cross-country journey. In her travels, she sees a plane crash to earth and rushes to assist its pilot, John Barker. The two fall in love and are married. In the midst of their honeymoon, war breaks out and John is called to his post, leaving Ruth alone with only the servants to protect her. In John's absence, the enemy invades the countryside, commandeers the Barker house and imprisons Ruth in her room. Meanwhile, John takes leave to search for his wife. Managing to get through the enemy line, he arrives just as Ruth, enraged at the action of the invaders, dynamites the cellar of the house. As the building explodes, Ruth and John escape in his plane.

Ruth Norton--Braun's Stepdaughter