Arline Judge

Arline Judge was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, 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.{{cite news |last1=Martin |first1=Martha |title=It's All in the Family As Arline Judge Makes Bob Topping Her Fifth |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/23178580/arline_judge/ |work=Daily News |date=May 4, 1947 |location=New York, New York City |page=24 C|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = August 26, 2018}} {{Open access}}

Judge made her theatrical debut in Broadway musicals and revues such as The Second Little Show and Silver Slipper. A part in George White's Scandals provided an opportunity to demonstrate her skills at comedy and dancing. Her screen career faded out in 1936 but she returned to the screen five years later, surprisingly able to continue to receive star and leading lady parts for the most part, a feat many starlets were not able to obtain after a break in their career. All of her films after 1945, however, featured her in supporting roles.

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After meeting director Wesley Ruggles on a train, she got her start in films with his help, then married him. Nicknamed "One-Take Sally,"{{Citation needed|date=August 2018}} her film career spanned the 1930s and 1940s.

Judge co-starred in When Strangers Meet (1934), among other films.{{cite news |title=Richard Cromwell, Arline Judge Score in Columbia Film |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/23167041/the_evening_review/ |work=The Evening Review |date=July 10, 1935 |location=Ohio, East Liverpool |page=6|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = August 26, 2018}} {{Open access}}

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".Humphrey, Hal. “Arline Back in Court for Perry Mason Show.” Los Angeles Times, 6 Sept. 1964, p. 333.

Judge was married seven times and had two sons: Wesley Ruggles Jr. by her first husband, Wesley Ruggles,{{cite news|title=Filmland Homes Swap Bars for Bassinets|newspaper=Oakland Tribune |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4132192/oakland_tribune/|agency=Oakland Tribune|date=October 13, 1935|location=California, Oakland|page=74|via=Newspapers.com|accessdate=January 25, 2016}} {{Open access}} and Dan Topping Jr. with second husband, Dan Topping,{{cite news|title=Arline Judge Sues Topping, Second Mate, for Divorce|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4132270/the_brooklyn_daily_eagle/|agency=The Brooklyn Daily Eagle|date=December 28, 1939|location=New York, Brooklyn|page=1|via= Newspapers.com|accessdate=January 25, 2016}} {{Open access}} 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.{{cite news |title=Her Brother-in-Law |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/23179235/arline_judge/ |work=Daily News |date=May 4, 1947 |location=New York, New York City |page=C 25|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = August 26, 2018}} {{Open access}}

Her other husbands were:

• James Ramage Addams (October 7, 1942{{cite news|title=Arline Judge Gets Rent Summons, Weds Officer|url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1942/10/08/page/24/article/arline-judge-gets-rent-summons-weds-officer|accessdate=26 January 2016|agency=Chicago Tribune|date=October 8, 1942|location=Illinois, Chicago|page=24}} - 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)"Henry J. (Bob) Topping Dies; Was Heir to Tin Plate Fortune", The New York Times, April 23, 1968
• 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. {{cite news|title=Movie Actress Arline Judge Found Dead|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=950&dat=19740208&id=tllQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=SlgDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2738,2322130&hl=en|accessdate=26 January 2016|agency=The Evening Independent|date=February 8, 1974|location=Florida, St. Petersburg|page=20-A}} She was interred in Saint Michael's Cemetery in Stratford, Connecticut.Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14000 Famous Persons by Scott Wilson

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• [http://www.virtual-history.com/movie/person/965/arline-judge Arline Judge] at Virtual History

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