Known For
Acting
Born
Jul 23, 1901
Died
Mar 14, 1977
Place of Birth
Decatur, Illinois, USA
Credits
50 titles
Helen Ferguson
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.
Known For
Filmography
Kid Millions
Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
Scarlet Pages
Miss Hutchinson
Poor Aubrey
Amy Piper
Finders Keepers
In Old California
Dolores Radanell
Jaws of Steel
Mary Warren
Taxi! Taxi!
(uncredited)
Casey of the Coast Guard
Doris Warren
Spook Ranch
Elvira
The Isle of Hope
Dorothy Duffy
The Scarlet West
Nestina
My Neighbor's Wife
Florence Keaton
The Cloud Rider
Zella Wingate
Chalk Marks
Virginia Thompson
Valley of Hate
Millie Hendricks
The Valley of Hate
Millie Hendricks
The Right of the Strongest
Mary Elizabeth Dale
The Unknown Purple
Ruth Marsh
Double Dealing
The Slavey
Within the Law
Helen Morris
Brass
Rosemary Church
The Famous Mrs. Fair
Peggy
The Flaming Hour
Lucille Danby
Hungry Hearts
Sara
The Crusader
Mary
Roughshod
Betty Lawson
According to Hoyle
Doris Mead
The Wampas Baby Stars of 1922
Self
The Call of the North
Elodie Albret
Miss Lulu Bett
Diana Deacon
To a Finish
Doris Lane
Straight from the Shoulder
Maggie
The Freeze-Out
Zoe Whipple
The Right Way
The Poor Boy's Sweetheart
The Mutiny of the Elsinore
Margaret West
Just Pals
Mary
The Challenge of the Law
Madeline Du Barre
Going Some
Jean Chapin
Shod with Fire
Ann Lytton
Burning Daylight
Dora
The Gamblers
Catherine Ames
The Lost Battalion
The Stenographer
The End of the Road
Maid
The Great Victory, Wilson or the Kaiser? The Fall of the Hohenzollerns
Amy Gordon
Life's Greatest Problem
Miriam Craig
The Small Town Guy
Eleanor Ramsdell
Gift o' Gab
Peggy Dinsmore
Fools For Luck
Brunhilda
Filling His Own Shoes
Rosa
Temper