FERGUSON, ELSIE

(Mrs. Thomas B._ Clarke) (1885), American actre ; b. New York City. She was educated at the New York Normal College and made her first stage debut in The Liberty Belles at the Madison Square Theater, N. Y., in 1901. In 1907 she made her first London appearance in The Earl of Pawtucket, in which she scored a marked succe , She has appeared in notable productions, includ: The Batile, Such a Little Queen, The Strange } Woman, The Outcast, and Shirley Kaye.| In the silent drama she has also stood in the first rank, her best known film| or vehicles being Barbary Sheep, Rose of the World, Witne for the Defense, and| Peter Ibbetson. She returned to the speaking stage in 1920 in Sacred and| Profane Love, and in 1921 starred in| of The Varying Shore. | day, burgh; went to London, 1743, and there | lectured on experimental philosophy;|and principal work, Astronomy Explained | of Upon’ Newton’s Principles. |