Arline Judge

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.