Helen Ferguson

Helen Ferguson (July 23, 1901 – March 14, 1977) was an American actress later turned publicist.

Biography Born in Decatur, Illinois in 1901, Ferguson graduated from Nicholas High School of Chicago and the Academy of Fine Arts. Ferguson was a newspaper reporter before entering the motion picture field.

Ferguson began working in films as a stunt girl when she was 12 years old, 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 one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars in 1922.

On June 21, 1925, Ferguson married actor William Russell, who died in 1929.

Recognition Ferguson has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contributions to Motion Pictures at 6153 Hollywood Blvd.

Partial filmography

Max Wants a Divorce (1917) The Small Town Guy (1917) Filling His Own Shoes (1917) Gift O' Gab (1917) Life's Greatest Problem (1918) The End of the Road (1919) The Great Victory (1919) Burning Daylight (1920) Going Some (1920) The Romance Promoters (1920) The Mutiny of the Elsinore (1920) Just Pals (1920) The Right Way (1921) The Freeze-Out (1921) Miss Lulu Bett (1921) Desert Blossoms (1921) The Call of the North (1921) Hungry Hearts (1922) Roughshod (1922) According to Hoyle (1922) The Famous Mrs. Fair (1923) Brass (1923) Within the Law (1923) Double Dealing (1923) The Unknown Purple (1923) Chalk Marks (1924) Never Say Die (1924) Racing Luck (1924) The Right of the Strongest (1924) The Valley of Hate (1924) Why Get Married? (1924) The Cloud Rider (1925) The Scarlet West (1925) Spook Ranch (1925) Wild West (1925) Nine and Three-Fifths Seconds (1925) Casey of the Coast Guard (1926) The Fire Fighters (1927) Taxi! Taxi! (1927) Jaws of Steel (1927) In Old California (1929) Scarlet Pages (1930)