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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.
Arline Judge | |
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Born | Margaret Arline Judge February 21, 1912 Bridgeport, Connecticut, U.S. |
Died | February 7, 1974 61) | (aged
Resting place | Saint Michael's Cemetery, Stratford, Connecticut |
Other names | Bella Grifiths Arlene Judge |
Occupations |
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Years active | 1931–1964 |
Spouses | James Ramage Addams
(m. 1942; div. 1945)Vincent Morgan Ryan
(m. 1945; div. 1947)Henry J. Topping
(m. 1947; div. 1948)George Ross III
(m. 1949; div. 1950)Edward Cooper Heard
(m. 1955; div. 1960) |
Children | 2 |
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]
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]
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]
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]
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:
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]
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Year | Title | Role | Notes |
1931 | Laugh and Get Rich | Young Lady at Dance | (scenes deleted) |
Bachelor Apartment | Second Girl in Ladies Room | Uncredited | |
White Shoulders | Minor Role | Uncredited | |
Three Who Loved | Helga's Friend - Party Girl | Uncredited | |
An American Tragedy | Bella Griffiths | Uncredited | |
Are These Our Children? | Florence "Flo" Carnes | ||
1932 | Girl Crazy | Molly Gray | |
Young Bride | Maise | ||
Is My Face Red? | Bee - Poster's Secretary | ||
Roar of the Dragon | Hortense O'Dare | ||
The Age of Consent | Dora Swale | ||
1933 | Sensation Hunters | Jerry Royal | |
Flying Devils | Mrs. Ann Hardy | ||
1934 | Looking for Trouble | Maizie Bryan | |
Shoot the Works | Jackie Donovan | ||
Name the Woman | Betty Adams | ||
The Party's Over | Phyllis | ||
When Strangers Meet | Ruth Crane | ||
One Hour Late | Hazel | ||
The Mysterious Mr. Wong | Peg | ||
Bachelor of Arts | Gladys Cottle | ||
Million Dollar Baby | Grace Sweeney | ||
1935 | George White's 1935 Scandals | Midgie Malone | |
College Scandal | Sally Dunlap | ||
Welcome Home | Gorgeous | ||
Music Is Magic | Theatre Customer | Uncredited | |
Ship Cafe | Ruby | ||
1936 | King of Burlesque | Connie | |
It Had to Happen | Miss Sullivan | ||
Here Comes Trouble | Margie Simpson | ||
Star for a Night | Mamie de la Mont | ||
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie | Lady | ||
Pigskin Parade | Sally Saxon | Alternative title: Harmony Parade | |
One in a Million | Billie Spencer | ||
1941 | Harvard, Here I Come! | Francie Callahan | Alternative title: Here I Come |
1942 | Law of the Jungle | Nona Brooks | |
The Lady Is Willing | Frances | ||
Wildcat | Nan Deering | ||
Smith of Minnesota | Gwyn Allen | ||
The McGuerins from Brooklyn | Marcia Marsden | ||
1943 | Girls in Chains | Helen Martin | |
Song of Texas | Hildegarde Gray | ||
The Contender | Linda 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 | A Swingin' Affair | Marge - Johnny's Mother | |
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, (final appearance) |
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