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Arline Judge

Arline Judge

American actress (1912–1974)


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

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Early years

Arline Judge was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut,[2] the daughter of newspaperman John Judge and his wife, Margaret Ormond Judge. She was educated at St. Augustine's in Bridgeport and at New Rochelle College, leaving the latter to seek a career in acting.[3]

Stage

Judge made her theatrical debut in Broadway musicals and revues such as The Second Little Show and Silver Slipper.[2] A part in George White's Scandals provided an opportunity to demonstrate her skills at comedy and dancing.[3]

Film

L. to R. : Jimmy Conlin, Harold Lloyd, Torben Meyer, and Arline Judge in The Sin of Harold Diddlebock (1947)

After meeting director Wesley Ruggles on a train,[3] she got her start in films with his help, then married him. Nicknamed "One-Take Sally,"[citation needed] her film career spanned the 1930s and 1940s.

Judge co-starred in When Strangers Meet (1934), among other films.[4]

Television

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".[5]

Personal life

Judge was married seven times and had two sons: Wesley Ruggles Jr. by her first husband, Wesley Ruggles,[6] and Dan Topping Jr. with second husband, Dan Topping,[1] who from 1945 to 1964 was president and part owner of the New York Yankees. She married Ruggles in 1931 and divorced him on April 9, 1937, a few hours before she married Topping, whom she divorced in 1940.[7]

Her other husbands were:

  • James Ramage Addams (October 7, 1942[8] - July 24, 1945)
  • Vincent Morgan Ryan (August 3, 1945 - April 23, 1947)
  • Henry J. (Bob) Topping (April 29, 1947 - April 23, 1948; brother of second husband Dan Topping)[9]
  • George Ross III (January 18, 1949 - August 10, 1950)
  • Edward Cooper Heard (April 9, 1955 - November 2, 1960)

Judge was found dead February 7, 1974, in her West Hollywood, California, apartment, age 61. She died of natural causes. [2] She was interred in Saint Michael's Cemetery in Stratford, Connecticut.[10]

Filmography

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Footnotes

  1. "Arline Judge Sues Topping, Second Mate, for Divorce". New York, Brooklyn. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. December 28, 1939. p. 1. Retrieved January 25, 2016 via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  2. "Movie Actress Arline Judge Found Dead". Florida, St. Petersburg. The Evening Independent. February 8, 1974. p. 20-A. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
  3. Martin, Martha (May 4, 1947). "It's All in the Family As Arline Judge Makes Bob Topping Her Fifth". Daily News. New York, New York City. p. 24 C. Retrieved August 26, 2018 via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  4. "Richard Cromwell, Arline Judge Score in Columbia Film". The Evening Review. Ohio, East Liverpool. July 10, 1935. p. 6. Retrieved August 26, 2018 via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  5. Humphrey, Hal. “Arline Back in Court for Perry Mason Show.” Los Angeles Times, 6 Sept. 1964, p. 333.
  6. "Filmland Homes Swap Bars for Bassinets". Oakland Tribune. California, Oakland. Oakland Tribune. October 13, 1935. p. 74. Retrieved January 25, 2016 via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  7. "Her Brother-in-Law". Daily News. New York, New York City. May 4, 1947. p. C 25. Retrieved August 26, 2018 via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  8. "Arline Judge Gets Rent Summons, Weds Officer". Illinois, Chicago. Chicago Tribune. October 8, 1942. p. 24. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
  9. "Henry J. (Bob) Topping Dies; Was Heir to Tin Plate Fortune", The New York Times, April 23, 1968
  10. Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14000 Famous Persons by Scott Wilson

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