Priscilla Lawson

Immortalized as Princess Aura, daughter of Ming the Merciless (Charles Middleton) in the first Flash Gordon serial, beautiful but ultimately star-crossed Priscilla Lawson (née Shortridge) had been crowned Miss Miami Beach in 1935. The honor resulted in a contract with Universal and, in turn, the plum role of Princess Aura. But the studio quickly dropped her option and a stint with Paramount resulted in only a few supporting roles, including 1936's Rose Bowl, opposite former co-star Larry "Buster" Crabbe. She spent the remainder of her brief screen career playing bit parts at MGM and was, at the time, better known for marrying handsome B-movie actor Alan Curtis. According to former co-star Jean Rogers, who had played Dale Arden in Flash Gordon, Lawson lost a leg in an accident while serving in the Women's Army Corps during World War II. Divorced from Curtis, she later managed a stationary shop in Los Angeles. Her untimely death in the Veterans' Administration Hospital in West Los Angeles in 1958 was listed as upper gastro-intestinal bleeding, due to a duodenal ulcer. ~ Hans J. Wollstein, All Movie Guide

Filmography of Priscilla Lawson:

Flash Gordon: Space Soldiers with Larry "Buster" Crabbe , John Lipson , Charles B. Middleton , Jean Rogers , Frank Shannon

The Women with Norma Shearer , Joan Crawford , Rosalind Russell , Mary Boland , Joan Fontaine , Paulette Goddard , Phyllis Povah , Virginia Weidler , Lucile Watson , Florence Nash , Esther Dale , Ann Morriss , Ruth Hussey , Mary Beth Hughes , Virginia Grey , Marjorie Main , Cora Witherspoon , Hedda Hopper , Dorothy Adams , Judith Allen , Maude Allen , Gertrude Astor , May Beatty , Marie Blake , Betty Blythe , May Boley , Lillian Bond , Veda Buckland , Lita Chevret , Dora Clement , Nell Craig , Margaret Dumont , Dot Farley , Flora Finch , Grace Goodall , Theresa Harris , Winifred Harris , Grace Hayle , Virginia Howell , Muriel Hutchinson , Leila McIntyre , Butterfly McQueen , Natalie Moorhead , Florence O'Brien , Hilda Plowright , Aileen Pringle , Jo Ann Sayers , Dorothy Sebastian , Peggy Shannon , Mildred Shay , Florence Shirley , Gertrude Simpson , Josephine Whittell , Charlotte Wynters , Marjorie Wood , Barbara Jo Allen , Carol Hughes , Ruth Findlay , Mariska Aldrich , Estelle Etterre , Rita Gould , Charlotte Treadway , Ruth Alder , Dennie Moore