Elsie Ferguson

Acting

Elsie Ferguson

Born August 19, 1883 · New York City, New York, USA

Died November 5, 1961 · aged 78

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…

Known For

Under the Greenwood TreeUnder the Greenwood Tree · 1918
Under the Greenwood Tree
1918
MovieDrama
Acting on her love of nature and loathing of titled fortune hunters, heiress Mary Hamilton leaves home with her secretary, Peggy Ingledew, to join a band of roving gypsies. One of Mary's suitors, Sir Kenneth Graham, follows the two young women into the woods, dressed in gypsy garb, but when Jack Hutton decides to rid his forested land of gypsies, Sir Kenneth is thrown into jail.
FootlightsFootlights · 1921
Footlights
★ 7.01921
MovieDrama
Exotic Russian actress Lisa Parsinova tires of her glamorous life on the New York stage and returns, under her actual identity as Lizzie Parsons, to her small New England hometown. But she is pursued by a young man who is in love with the famed Russian alter ego.
The Witness for the DefenseThe Witness for the Defense · 1919
The Witness for the Defense
★ 7.01919
MovieDrama
Stella Derrick and Dick Hazelwood love each other, but their families want them to make better financial matches.
Scarlet PagesScarlet Pages · 1930
Scarlet Pages
★ 7.01930
MovieActionRomance
Nora Mason becomes entangled in a family mix-up of murder and scandal that threatens to ruin her career and entire future; Unless the mother she does not know can find a way to save her.
A Doll's HouseA Doll's House · 1918
A Doll's House
1918
MovieDrama
Differing considerably from Henrik Ibsen's classic play, the basic story of a woman who forges her father's name and comes to grief therefore is retained.
Barbary SheepBarbary Sheep · 1917
Barbary Sheep
1917
MovieDrama
Arriving with her husband in Arabia, Katherine Wyvrne is ready for romantic times in the exotic Middle East, but her aristocratic husband prefers to be out hunting "Barbara sheep" than fulfilling his wife's desires. She soon meets up with the dashing Arab chief Benchaalai and falls for his charms, but he has a much more sinister goal in mind for her than romance.
Sacred and Profane LoveSacred and Profane Love · 1921
Sacred and Profane Love
★ 7.01921
MovieDramaRomance
Carlotta Peel, who though sheltered from the facts of life by her Victorian aunt has acquired some knowledge from indiscriminate reading, meets Diaz, a celebrated pianist, at a concert and spends the evening with him. Later, in London, she acquires fame as a novelist and is followed to France by married publisher Frank Ispenlove, who commits suicide when she spurns him. In Paris, Carlotta finds Diaz a physical wreck from drinking absinthe and devotes herself to his regeneration.
Rose of the WorldRose of the World · 1918
Rose of the World
1918
MovieDrama
In India, Rosamond English learns that her husband, Capt. Harry English, has been killed in battle. After a time, she marries Sir Arthur Gerardine but is unable to forget her first husband, and gradually her love for him is rekindled, especially when she contrasts him to the pompous and elderly Sir Arthur.

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