Arline Judge
| Arline Judge | |
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promotional portrait taken in the 1930s
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| Born |
February 21, 1912 Bridgeport, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Died | February 7, 1974 (aged 61) West Hollywood, California, U.S. |
| Other names | Bella Grifiths Arlene Judge |
| Occupation | Actress, singer |
| 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.
Born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, Judge was educated in a Catholic convent.
Judge "got her theatrical start in Broadway musicals and revues such as The Second Little Show and Silver Slipper."
Judge 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.
Judge had a few television appearances, the last one in 1964 as Emmalou Schneider in the Perry Mason episode, "The Case of the Nautical Knot."
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:
Judge was found dead February 7, 1974, in her West Hollywood, California, apartment. She was interred in Saint Michael's Cemetery in Stratford, Connecticut.
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