Helen Ferrers (1869–1943), born Helen Finney, was a British stage and film actress.

Personal life

Helen Finney was born in

Cookham Cookham is a historic River Thames, Thames-side village and civil parishes in England, civil parish on the north-eastern edge of Berkshire, England, north-north-east of Maidenhead and opposite the village of Bourne End, Buckinghamshire, Bourne ...

Berkshire Berkshire ( ; in the 17th century sometimes spelt phonetically as Barkeshire; abbreviated Berks.) is a historic county in South East England. One of the home counties, Berkshire was recognised by Queen Elizabeth II as the Royal County of Berk ...

, the daughter of a London coal merchant and the younger sister of the actress

May Fortescue May Fortescue (9 February 1859 – 2 September 1950) was an actress, singer and actor-manager of the Victorian era and a protégée of playwright W. S. Gilbert. She was a member of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company from 1881 to 1883, when she left ...

( Emily May Finney).Colles, Ramsay
"In Castle and Court House; being reminiscences of 30 years in Ireland"
London: T. Werner Laurie (1911), p. 63 She was married to the actor Eugène François Mayeur, who died in 1918. The couple had one daughter, Mary Helen Mayeur.

Filmography

Selected stage credits

* ''

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'' (1903, Louis N. Parker) * '' The River'' (1925, Patrick Hastings)

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* 1869 births 1943 deaths English film actresses People from Cookham 20th-century English actresses {{UK-film-actor-stub