Arline Judge

Arline Judge
promotional portrait taken in the 1930s
Born	(1912-02-21)February 21, 1912 Bridgeport, Connecticut, U.S.
Died	West Hollywood, California, U.S.
Other names	Bella Grifiths Arlene Judge
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1931-1964
Spouse(s)	Wesley Ruggles (1931-1937) Dan Topping (1937-1940) James Ramage Addams (1942-1945) Vincent Morgan Ryan (1945-1947) Henry J. Topping (1947-1948) George Ross III (1949-1950) Edward Cooper Heard (1955-1960)
Children	2

Arline Judge (February 21, 1912 – February 7, 1974) was an American actress who worked mostly in low-budget B movies, but gained some fame for marrying and divorcing seven times.

Career

Born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, Judge was educated in a Catholic convent and began her career as a dancer in an act for Jimmy Durante. After meeting director Wesley Ruggles on a train, she got her start in films with his help, then married him. Nicknamed "One-Take Sally," her film career spanned the 1930s and 1940s. After that, she had a few television appearances, the last one in 1964 as Emmalou Schneider in the Perry Mason episode, "The Case of the Nautical Knot."

Personal life

Judge was married seven times and had two sons; Wesley Ruggles, Jr. by her first husband Wesley Ruggles, and Dan Topping, Jr. with second husband Dan Topping, who from 1945-64 was president and part-owner of the New York Yankees.

Her other husbands were:

• James Ramage Addams (October 7, 1942 - July 24, 1945)
• Vincent Morgan Ryan (August 3, 1945 - April 23, 1947)
• Henry J. (Bob) Topping (April 29, 1947 - April 23, 1948)
• George Ross III (January 18, 1949 - August 10, 1950)
• Edward Cooper Heard (April 9, 1955 - November 2, 1960)

Death

Judge died two weeks before her 62nd birthday in California and was interred in Saint Michael's Cemetery in Stratford, Connecticut.

Partial filmography

Film
Year	Film	Role	Notes
1931	Are These Our Children?	Florence "Flo" Carnes
1932	Girl Crazy	Molly Gray
1932	The Age of Consent	Dora Swale
1933	Flying Devils	Mrs. Ann Hardy
1933	Sensation Hunters	Jerry Royal
1934	When Strangers Meet	Ruth Crane
1934	Looking for Trouble	Maizie
1935	George White's 1935 Scandals	Midgie Malone
1936	Pigskin Parade	Sally Saxon	Alternative title: Harmony Parade
1936	Valiant Is the Word for Carrie	Lady
1941	Harvard, Here I Come!	Francie Callahan	Alternative title: Here I Come
1942	Law of the Jungle	Nona Brooks
1942	The Lady Is Willing	Frances
1943	Girls in Chains	Helen Martin
1944	Take It Big	Pert Martin
1945	G. I. Honeymoon	Flo LaVerne
1946	From This Day Forward	Margie Beesley
1947	The Sin of Harold Diddlebock	Manicurist	Alternative title: Mad Wednesday
1963	The Crawling Hand	Mrs. Hotchkiss	Alternative titles: Don't Cry Wolf The Creeping Hand
Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1953	Mr. and Mrs. North	Dot Jansen	1 episode
1964	Perry Mason	Emmalou Schneider	1 episode

External links

• Arline Judge at the Internet Movie Database
• Arline Judge at AllMovie
• Arline Judge at Virtual History