Elsie Ferguson

Elsie Ferguson

From Wikipedia Elsie Louise Ferguson (August 19, 1883 – November 15, 1961) was an American stage and film actress. At the peak of her popularity, several film studios offered her a contract but she declined them all until widely respected New York-based French director, Maurice Tourneur, proposed she appear in the lead role as a sophisticated patrician in his 1917 silent film, Barbary Sheep. She also may have consented to films because she no longer had the protection of her beloved Broadway employers Henry B. Harris, who died on the Titanic in 1912, and Charles Frohman, who perished on the Lusitania in 1915. Producer and director Adolph Zukor then signed her to an 18-film, three-year contract. In 1921, she accepted another contract offer from Paramount Pictures to star in four films to be spread over a two-year period. One of these was the 1921 film entitled Forever in which she starred opposite the leading heartthrob of the day, Wallace Reid. In 1925, she made only one film before returning to the Broadway stage. In 1930 she made her first talkie that would also be her final film, titled Scarlet Pages, which is now preserved in the Library of Congress. Although her voice came across well enough, at age 47, she was well past her prime for fans who wanted to see her as the great youthful beauty she had once been. Elsie Ferguson died in Lawrence Memorial Hospital in New London, Connecticut in 1961.
    Known for
    Acting
    Place of birth
    New York City, New York, USA
    Birthday
    8/19/1883
Scarlet Pages
Scarlet Pages
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Barbary Sheep
Barbary Sheep
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Under the Greenwood Tree
Under the Greenwood Tree
0
The Spirit That Wins
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The Danger Mark
The Danger Mark
0
The Lie
The Lie
0
The Rise of Jenny Cushing
The Rise of Jenny Cushing
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Heart of the Wilds
Heart of the Wilds
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The Marriage Price
The Marriage Price
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His Parisian Wife
His Parisian Wife
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Eyes of the Soul
Eyes of the Soul
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A Society Exile
A Society Exile
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Counterfeit
Counterfeit
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Lady Rose's Daughter
Lady Rose's Daughter
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His House in Order
His House in Order
1
The Avalanche
The Avalanche
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Sacred and Profane Love
Sacred and Profane Love
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The Unknown Lover
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A Trip to Paramountown
A Trip to Paramountown
6
Outcast
Outcast
1
Forever
Forever
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Footlights
Footlights
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The Song of Songs
The Song of Songs
1
The Witness for the Defense
The Witness for the Defense
6.3
A Doll's House
A Doll's House
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