
Helen Ferguson
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1901-07-23
Day of Death
1977-03-14 (75 years old)
Place of Birth
Decatur, Illinois, USA
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.
Acting
(1934)
Kid Millions
as Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
(1930)
Scarlet Pages
as Miss Hutchinson
(1930)
Poor Aubrey
as Amy Piper
(1929)
(1927)
Jaws of Steel
as Mary Warren
(1925)
The Scarlet West
as Nestina
(1925)
Spook Ranch
as Elvira
(1925)
The Cloud Rider
as Zella Wingate
(1925)
The Isle of Hope
as Dorothy Duffy
(1924)
Chalk Marks
as Virginia Thompson
(1924)
Valley of Hate
as Millie Hendricks
(1924)
The Valley of Hate
as Millie Hendricks
(1923)
The Unknown Purple
as Ruth Marsh
(1923)
Brass
as Rosemary Church
(1923)
Double Dealing
as The Slavey
(1923)
Within the Law
as Helen Morris
(1923)
The Famous Mrs. Fair
as Peggy
(1922)
According to Hoyle
as Doris Mead
(1922)
The Crusader
as Mary
(1922)
Hungry Hearts
as Sara
(1922)
Roughshod
as Betty Lawson
(1922)
(1921)
Miss Lulu Bett
as Diana Deacon
(1921)
The Right Way
as The Poor Boy's Sweetheart
(1921)
The Freeze-Out
as Zoe Whipple
(1921)
Straight from the Shoulder
as Maggie
(1921)
The Call of the North
as Elodie Albret
(1921)
To a Finish
as Doris Lane
(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
(1919)
(1918)
Life's Greatest Problem
as Miriam Craig
(1917)
Fools For Luck
as Brunhilda
(1917)
The Small Town Guy
as Eleanor Ramsdell
(1915)