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.

Filmografi

Burning Daylight1920 · DoraRoughshod1922 · Betty LawsonGoing Some1920 · Jean ChapinThe Gamblers1919 · Catherine AmesThe Mutiny of the Elsinore1920 · Margaret WestPoor Aubrey1930 · Amy PiperMiss Lulu Bett1921 · Diana DeaconThe Isle of Hope1925 · Dorothy DuffyCasey of the Coast Guard1926 · Doris WarrenAccording to Hoyle1922 · Doris MeadIn Old California1929 · Dolores RadanellThe Scarlet West1925 · NestinaThe Crusader1922 · MaryTemper1915 · Gift o' Gab1917 · Peggy DinsmoreThe Right of the Strongest1924 · Mary Elizabeth DaleJaws of Steel1927 · Mary WarrenWithin the Law1923 · Helen MorrisThe Freeze-Out1921 · Zoe WhippleThe Lost Battalion1919 · The StenographerThe Valley of Hate1924 · Millie HendricksMy Neighbor's Wife1925 · Florence KeatonShod with Fire1920 · Ann LyttonThe Flaming Hour1922 · Lucille Danby