Mary Lawson (actress)

Mary Lawson
Portrait of Mary Lawson on the cover of the Australian magazine Table Talk from 14 November 1929
Born
Mary Elizabeth Lawson

(1910-08-30)30 August 1910
Darlington, County Durham, England
Died6 May 1941(1941-05-06) (aged 30)[1]
Liverpool, England
Other namesMary Elizabeth Beaumont
OccupationActress
Years active1915–1941
SpouseFrancis William Lionel Collings Beaumont

Mary Elizabeth Lawson (30 August 1910 – 6 May 1941[1]) was an English stage and film actress during the 1920s and 1930s. In addition to her performances on stage and screen, Lawson was known for her romantic affairs, including with tennis player Fred Perry and her future husband, the married son of the Dame of Sark. Lawson and her husband died in the Second World War during a German bombing raid in the Liverpool Blitz.

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