Helen Ferguson
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 23, 1901
- Died
- March 14, 1977 (aged 75)
- Birthplace
- Decatur, Illinois, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia Helen Ferguson (July 23, 1901 – March 14, 1977) was an American actress later turned publicist. Born in Decatur, Illinois in 1901, she graduated from Nicholas High School of Chicago and the Academy of Fine Arts. Ferguson was a newspaper reporter before entering the motion picture field. It is thought she made her debut in films in 1914, although her first recorded credits are in 1917. She soon starred in roles for Fox Film Corporation by 1920, which is when her career really took off with films such as Hungry Hearts (1922) for Samuel Goldwyn. She was cast mostly in westerns, comedies, and serials. She was selected as a WAMPAS Baby Stars in 1922. She married actor William Russell in 1925, but he died in 1929. The following year, she married wealthy banker Richard L. Hargreaves. Following her second marriage, she left films to concentrate on stage work, though she only received minimal success in this medium. In 1933, she left acting altogether to focus on publicity work, a job she became very successful in and which made her a major power in Hollywood, because she was representing such big name stars as Henry Fonda, Barbara Stanwyck, and Robert Taylor, among others. Ferguson represented actress Loretta Young for more than nineteen years. She kept reporters from needlessly disturbing Young and was considered one of the foremost "suppress agents" in Hollywood. In 1941, her second husband died, and she retired from publicity work in 1967. She died in Clearwater, Florida in 1977, aged 75. She is buried at Forest Lawn Glendale in Glendale, California. Helen Ferguson has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contributions to Motion Pictures at 6153 Hollywood Blvd.
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Filmography
Kid Millions
Movie · as Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
Scarlet Pages
Movie · as Miss Hutchinson
Poor Aubrey
Movie · as Amy Piper
Finders Keepers
Movie
In Old California
Movie · as Dolores Radanell
Jaws of Steel
Movie · as Mary Warren
Taxi! Taxi!
Movie · as (uncredited)
Casey of the Coast Guard
Movie · as Doris Warren
The Cloud Rider
Movie · as Zella Wingate
The Isle of Hope
Movie · as Dorothy Duffy
Spook Ranch
Movie · as Elvira
The Scarlet West
Movie · as Nestina
My Neighbor's Wife
Movie · as Florence Keaton
Chalk Marks
Movie · as Virginia Thompson
The Valley of Hate
Movie · as Millie Hendricks
Valley of Hate
Movie · as Millie Hendricks
The Right of the Strongest
Movie · as Mary Elizabeth Dale
Double Dealing
Movie · as The Slavey
The Unknown Purple
Movie · as Ruth Marsh
The Famous Mrs. Fair
Movie · as Peggy
Within the Law
Movie · as Helen Morris
Brass
Movie · as Rosemary Church
Roughshod
Movie · as Betty Lawson
The Crusader
Movie · as Mary
Hungry Hearts
Movie · as Sara
The Wampas Baby Stars of 1922
Movie · as Self
According to Hoyle
Movie · as Doris Mead
The Flaming Hour
Movie · as Lucille Danby
The Right Way
Movie · as The Poor Boy's Sweetheart
The Call of the North
Movie · as Elodie Albret
The Freeze-Out
Movie · as Zoe Whipple
Straight from the Shoulder
Movie · as Maggie
To a Finish
Movie · as Doris Lane
Miss Lulu Bett
Movie · as Diana Deacon
Just Pals
Movie · as Mary
The Challenge of the Law
Movie · as Madeline Du Barre
Shod with Fire
Movie · as Ann Lytton
Burning Daylight
Movie · as Dora
The Mutiny of the Elsinore
Movie · as Margaret West
Going Some
Movie · as Jean Chapin
The End of the Road
Movie · as Maid
The Lost Battalion
Movie · as The Stenographer
The Great Victory, Wilson or the Kaiser? The Fall of the Hohenzollerns
Movie · as Amy Gordon
The Gamblers
Movie · as Catherine Ames
Life's Greatest Problem
Movie · as Miriam Craig
Fools For Luck
Movie · as Brunhilda
The Small Town Guy
Movie · as Eleanor Ramsdell
Gift o' Gab
Movie · as Peggy Dinsmore
Filling His Own Shoes
Movie · as Rosa
Temper
Movie