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