Dale Arden

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Dale Arden is a female fictional character, the fellow-adventurer and love-interest of Flash Gordon. Flash Gordon and Dale together fought with Dr. Hans Zarkov against Ming the Merciless.

Dale was first portrayed by Jean Rogers in the movie serials Flash Gordon (1936) and Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars (1938).

In the serial, Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe Dale is portrayed by Carol Hughes

In the 1953 Flash Gordon TV series, the role is played by Irene Champlin.

Diane Pershing provided the voice for the character in the 1979 Filmation series.

In 1980, Dale was portrayed by Melody Anderson in the Flash Gordon movie produced by Dino De Laurentiis. In this version of the story, Dale is a travel agent.

During the course of the 1980s Marvel animated series Defenders of the Earth, Dale (who has become a computer expert after Dr. Zarkov's death) is captured and killed by Ming, but her consciousness is left trapped inside a crystal Flash uses to power the Defender's base on Earth, Monitor. It is due to this that Dale is reborn as the heart of the base, Dynak.

In the 1975 adult film spoof Flesh Gordon, the character is renamed Dale Ardor and is played by Cindy Hopkins aka Suzanne Fields.