Helen Ferguson
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
Credits
- 1934 · Kid Millions as Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
- 1930 · Scarlet Pages as Miss Hutchinson
- 1930 · Poor Aubrey as Amy Piper
- 1929 · Finders Keepers as
- 1927 · Jaws of Steel as Mary Warren
- 1925 · Spook Ranch as Elvira
- 1925 · The Isle of Hope as Dorothy Duffy
- 1925 · The Scarlet West as Nestina
- 1925 · The Cloud Rider as Zella Wingate
- 1924 · Chalk Marks as Virginia Thompson
- 1924 · The Valley of Hate as Millie Hendricks
- 1924 · Valley of Hate as Millie Hendricks
- 1923 · The Unknown Purple as Ruth Marsh
- 1923 · Double Dealing as The Slavey
- 1923 · Within the Law as Helen Morris
- 1923 · Brass as Rosemary Church
- 1923 · The Famous Mrs. Fair as Peggy
- 1922 · Hungry Hearts as Sara
- 1922 · The Crusader as Mary
- 1922 · Roughshod as Betty Lawson
- 1922 · According to Hoyle as Doris Mead
- 1922 · The Wampas Baby Stars of 1922 as Self
- 1921 · The Call of the North as Elodie Albret
- 1921 · Miss Lulu Bett as Diana Deacon
- 1921 · To a Finish as Doris Lane
- 1921 · Straight from the Shoulder as Maggie
- 1921 · The Freeze-Out as Zoe Whipple
- 1921 · The Right Way as The Poor Boy's Sweetheart
- 1920 · Just Pals as Mary
- 1920 · The Challenge of the Law as Madeline Du Barre
- 1919 · The Lost Battalion as The Stenographer
- 1919 · The End of the Road as Maid
- 1918 · Life's Greatest Problem as Miriam Craig
- 1917 · The Small Town Guy as Eleanor Ramsdell
- 1917 · Fools For Luck as Brunhilda