Arline Judge was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut February 21, 1912 and moved to Brooklyn, New York while young. Discovered in a dance studio. ".The daughter of a Connecticut journalist, Arline Judge became a Broadway chorus dancer in her teens. She was given a chance to exhibit her instinctive comic talents in George White's Scandals and as a member of Jimmy Durante's nightclub act. Judge was in films from 1931, usually in hard-boiled, wisecracking parts.

Among the not so classic “B” movies she appeared in were “Girls in Chains”, “The Crawling Hand” and “The Mysterious Mr. Wong.”She gained prominence not through her largely forgettable film output, but from her marital record: among her seven husbands were director Wesley Ruggles , former New York Yankee owner Daniel Topping and an RAF captain. When asked why she continued pursuing matrimony despite failure after failure, Judge replied "you gotta keep trying."

Retiring from films after 1949, Arline Judge spent her last years taking day work in TV commercials.. She had two children: Wesley Ruggles, Jr. and Dan Topping, Jr. She died alone in her Beverly Hills apartment. She is buried in her family plot at St. Michaels, Stratford CT. with a large marker over the grave reads simply "JUDGE.