Helen Ferguson

Known for ActingBorn 1901-07-23Died 1977-03-14Decatur, 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.Read more

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Double Dealing

Roughshod

The Crusader

According to Hoyle

To a Finish

Straight from the Shoulder

Shod with Fire

The Mutiny of the Elsinore

In Old California

Taxi! Taxi!

The Scarlet West

My Neighbor's Wife

The Call of the North

The Challenge of the Law

Going Some

The Small Town Guy

Jaws of Steel

Spook Ranch

The Right of the Strongest

The Unknown Purple

The End of the Road

The Gamblers

The Cloud Rider

Scarlet Pages

Finders Keepers

Casey of the Coast Guard

Chalk Marks

The Valley of Hate

The Famous Mrs. Fair

The Flaming Hour

The Right Way

The Freeze-Out

Burning Daylight

The Great Victory, Wilson or the Kaiser? The Fall of the Hohenzollerns

Temper

Kid Millions

Just Pals

Poor Aubrey

Valley of Hate

The Lost Battalion

Miss Lulu Bett

Within the Law

The Isle of Hope

Hungry Hearts

Brass

The Wampas Baby Stars of 1922

Life's Greatest Problem

Fools For Luck