Helen Ferguson
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 23, 1901
- Died
- March 14, 1977
- Birthplace
- Decatur, Illinois, USA
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.
Filmography
Kid Millions 1934
as Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
Scarlet Pages 1930
as Miss Hutchinson
Poor Aubrey 1930
as Amy Piper
Finders Keepers 1929
Actor
In Old California 1929
as Dolores Radanell
Jaws of Steel 1927
as Mary Warren
Taxi! Taxi! 1927
as (uncredited)
Casey of the Coast Guard 1926
as Doris Warren
Spook Ranch 1925
as Elvira
The Isle of Hope 1925
as Dorothy Duffy
The Scarlet West 1925
as Nestina
- My Neighbor's Wife
My Neighbor's Wife 1925
as Florence Keaton
The Cloud Rider 1925
as Zella Wingate
Chalk Marks 1924
as Virginia Thompson
Valley of Hate 1924
as Millie Hendricks
The Valley of Hate 1924
as Millie Hendricks
The Right of the Strongest 1924
as Mary Elizabeth Dale
The Unknown Purple 1923
as Ruth Marsh
Double Dealing 1923
as The Slavey
Within the Law 1923
as Helen Morris
Brass 1923
as Rosemary Church
The Famous Mrs. Fair 1923
as Peggy
The Flaming Hour 1922
as Lucille Danby
Hungry Hearts 1922
as Sara
The Crusader 1922
as Mary
Roughshod 1922
as Betty Lawson
- According to Hoyle
According to Hoyle 1922
as Doris Mead
The Wampas Baby Stars of 1922 1922
as Self
- The Call of the North
The Call of the North 1921
as Elodie Albret
Miss Lulu Bett 1921
as Diana Deacon
To a Finish 1921
as Doris Lane
Straight from the Shoulder 1921
as Maggie
The Freeze-Out 1921
as Zoe Whipple
The Right Way 1921
as The Poor Boy's Sweetheart
The Mutiny of the Elsinore 1920
as Margaret West
Just Pals 1920
as Mary
The Challenge of the Law 1920
as Madeline Du Barre
Going Some 1920
as Jean Chapin
Shod with Fire 1920
as Ann Lytton
Burning Daylight 1920
as Dora
The Gamblers 1919
as Catherine Ames
The Lost Battalion 1919
as The Stenographer
The End of the Road 1919
as Maid
The Great Victory, Wilson or the Kaiser? The Fall of the Hohenzollerns 1919
as Amy Gordon
Life's Greatest Problem 1918
as Miriam Craig
The Small Town Guy 1917
as Eleanor Ramsdell
Gift o' Gab 1917
as Peggy Dinsmore
Fools For Luck 1917
as Brunhilda
- Filling His Own Shoes
Filling His Own Shoes 1917
as Rosa
- Temper
Temper 1915
Actor
Credits from TMDB.