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