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Despite her wealth and fame and glamorous lifestyle, Elsie Ferguson's personal life had more than its share of turmoil. Well known behind the scenes as difficult to work with, temperamental, and argumentative, she married four times. Following her final marriage at age 51 she and her husband acquired a farm in Connecticut and divided their time between it and her Cap d'Antibes home on the Mediterranean Sea in the south of France.
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Elsie Ferguson war das einzige Kind eines erfolgreichen Anwalts. Sie wuchs sehr privilegiert und in großem Wohlstand auf, hing aber als Erwachsene sozialistischen Ideen an[1]. Mit siebzehn stand sie zum ersten Mal auf der Bühne, und innerhalb weniger Jahre wurde sie ein Star am Broadway, der in Musicals, Komödien, aber auch Ibsen-Tragödien auftrat. Sie wurde als Freundin ihrer Bühnenkollegin Evelyn Nesbit in den Skandal um Harry Kendall Thaw hineingezogen. Thaw, Nesbits Ehemann, hatte ihren Geliebten, den Architekten Stanford White während einer Theateraufführung am Madison Square Garden erschossen. Die Affäre wird in E. L. Doctorows Roman Ragtime behandelt, der von Milos Forman verfilmt wurde.
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Synopsis: The always reliable Elsie Ferguson stars in Danger Mark . Made before the advent of nationwide Prohibition, the film is a hard-hitting indictment of the evils of alcohol. Ferguson plays a society girl whose life is ruined by her fondness for the grape. She manages to pull herself together in time to rescue her boy friend (Mahlon Hamilton) from likewise drinking himself into oblivion. It's a creaky tale, but Elsie Ferguson saves the proceedings with her subtle underplaying. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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Elsie Ferguson died in Lawrence Memorial Hospital in New London, Connecticut in 1961. She lived on an estate called White Gate Farms. She was interred in the Duck River Cemetery in Old Lyme, Connecticut.
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ELSIE DEAN FERGUSON (4.4.7) is the daughter of Robert Marvin Ferguson and Odia Genieve (Bryan) Ferguson. Elsie was born on July 9, 1901 in Brandon, Texas. On October 12, 1917, Elsie Ferguson married Ottie Edwin Harwell in Cleburn, Texas. Ottie was born on March 6, 1898 in Brooken, Texas and is the son of Rufus Elzie Harwell and Belle (Snodgrass) Harwell. Ottie and Elsie Harwell were the parents of three children:
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The New York Magazine produced this program for the Morosco Theatre's production of Scarlet Pages staring Elsie Ferguson. Inside page autographed by the actress in pencil. Cast listing includes Claire Luce. Contains information about current and up-coming plays, and numerous advertisments. Colorful front and back covers. Inside covers ... contain colored advertisements.
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