Priscilla Lawson
Actress

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Priscilla Lawson was a professional model and actress who was born in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1914. She won the title of "Miss Miami Beach" in 1935 and was signed to a contract with Universal Pictures. She was mostly cast in small roles as nurses, hat check girls, switchboard operators, and secretaries, but is best remembered for her role as Princess Aura in the 1936 classic cliffhanger Rocket Ship. She left the film industry in 1941 and joined the armed forces during World War II, where it is believed she lost a leg in an accident. After the war, she divorced her husband, Alan Curtis, and managed a stationary shop in Los Angeles. She died in 1958 at the age of 44 due to upper gastrointestinal bleeding from a duodenal ulcer.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Who is it? Actress
Birth Day March 08, 1914
Birth Place  Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Age 106 YEARS OLD
Died On August 27, 1958(1958-08-27) (aged 44)\nLos Angeles, California, USA
Birth Sign Aries
Occupation Film actress
Years active 1935-1941
Spouse(s) Alan Curtis (m.1941-1942; divorced)
Parent(s) Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Shortridge

💰 Net worth: $100K - $1M

Biography/Timeline

1909

Little is known of her post-Hollywood life. Lawson married Hollywood leading man Alan Curtis (1909-1953) in November 1937 and enlisted in the Women's Army Corps during World War II. An unverified rumor claims she lost a leg in an accident while serving in the Army. Another version is that she lost a leg in a 1937 car crash. However, her Flash Gordon co-star Jean Rogers denied that Lawson had lost a leg, and it was also rejected in a biographical review in an Indianapolis journal.

1935

Lawson was a professional model by her early twenties and was named Miss Miami Beach in 1935. This gained her a contract with Universal Studios, which used her in a variety of small roles. However, in 1936 she was cast in the serial Flash Gordon as the voluptuous daughter of the villain, Ming the Merciless. Princess Aura's rivalry with Dale Arden for Flash Gordon's affection was one of the centerpieces of the serial and gained Lawson cult figure status.

1940

Lawson and her husband divorced in March 1940, and she then managed a stationery shop in Los Angeles, California.

1958

On August 27, 1958, Lawson died at 44 in Monrovia, California, due to cirrhosis and upper gastrointestinal bleeding caused by a duodenal ulcer. She was interred at Live Oak Memorial Park in Monrovia.

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Tags 1914 births 1958 deaths American film actresses Film serial actresses Actresses from Indianapolis Deaths from ulcers 20th-century American actresses

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