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Helen Ferguson
Decatur, 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 Hig…
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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.
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1934
Kid Millions
Movie Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
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1930
Scarlet Pages
Movie Miss Hutchinson
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1930
Poor Aubrey
Movie Amy Piper
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1929
Finders Keepers
Movie
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1929
In Old California
Movie Dolores Radanell
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1927
Jaws of Steel
Movie Mary Warren
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1927
Taxi! Taxi!
Movie (uncredited)
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1926
Casey of the Coast Guard
Movie Doris Warren
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1925
Spook Ranch
Movie Elvira
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1925
The Isle of Hope
Movie Dorothy Duffy
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1925
The Scarlet West
Movie Nestina
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1925
My Neighbor's Wife
Movie Florence Keaton
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1925
The Cloud Rider
Movie Zella Wingate
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1924
Chalk Marks
Movie Virginia Thompson
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1924
The Valley of Hate
Movie Millie Hendricks
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1924
Valley of Hate
Movie Millie Hendricks
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1924
The Right of the Strongest
Movie Mary Elizabeth Dale
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1923
The Unknown Purple
Movie Ruth Marsh
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1923
Double Dealing
Movie The Slavey
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1923
Within the Law
Movie Helen Morris
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1923
Brass
Movie Rosemary Church
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1923
The Famous Mrs. Fair
Movie Peggy
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1922
The Flaming Hour
Movie Lucille Danby
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1922
Hungry Hearts
Movie Sara
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1922
The Crusader
Movie Mary
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1922
Roughshod
Movie Betty Lawson
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1922
According to Hoyle
Movie Doris Mead
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1922
The Wampas Baby Stars of 1922
Movie Self
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1921
The Call of the North
Movie Elodie Albret
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1921
Miss Lulu Bett
Movie Diana Deacon
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1921
To a Finish
Movie Doris Lane
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1921
Straight from the Shoulder
Movie Maggie
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1921
The Freeze-Out
Movie Zoe Whipple
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1921
The Right Way
Movie The Poor Boy's Sweetheart
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1920
The Mutiny of the Elsinore
Movie Margaret West
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1920
Just Pals
Movie Mary
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1920
The Challenge of the Law
Movie Madeline Du Barre
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1920
Going Some
Movie Jean Chapin
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1920
Shod with Fire
Movie Ann Lytton
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1920
Burning Daylight
Movie Dora
