Priscilla Lawson

Priscilla began her career as a model and won the title of Miss Miami Beach. She then worked as an Earl Carroll chorus girl, where a talent scout spotted her and offered her a contract at Universal. She made her film debut in the 1935 drama His Night Out. Soon after, she was cast as the beautiful Aurora in the science fiction serial Flash Gordon. The series was a hit, and audiences loved her performance, which earned her a cult following.

Over the next six years, Priscilla appeared in more than a dozen films, including Wives Never Know, Double Wedding, and The Big Broadcast of 1937. Most of these roles were uncredited bit parts. She married actor Alan Curtis on November 14, 1937, and they divorced three years later. Her final film was the 1941 western Billy The Kid. During World War II, she enlisted in the military. Afterward, she managed a stationary store. As she aged, she struggled with alcoholism, which led to numerous health problems. She died on August 27, 1958, from gastrointestinal bleeding and an ulcer caused by cirrhosis of the liver. She was forty-four years old and was buried at Live Oak Memorial Park in Monrovia, California. She had a slim build and black hair.