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Jean Wallace

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

October 12, 1923

Died

February 14, 1990 (age 66)

Place of Birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Jean Wallace

Biography

Born Jean Walasek in Chicago to John T. Walasek and Mary A. Walasek (née Sharkey), Wallace began her career as a model then got her first small movie role at the age of seventeen. She was married two times; once to her Jigsaw co-star Franchot Tone from 1941 to 1948 and once to actor Cornel Wilde (her co-star in The Big Combo and Lancelot and Guinevere) from 1951 to 1981. She had two sons with Tone and one with Wilde. She attempted suicide in 1946 with sleeping pills, and in 1949 with a self inflicted knife wound. Wallace died of a gastrointestinal hemorrhage on February 14, 1990. She is buried in Hollywood Forever Cemetery.

Filmography

1970FilmNo Blade of Grassas Ann Custance 1967FilmBeach Redas Julie MacDonald 1963FilmSword of Lancelotas Guinevere 1958FilmMaracaiboas Laura Kingsley 1957FilmThe Devil's Hairpinas Kelly James 1955FilmStorm Fearas Elizabeth 1955FilmThe Big Comboas Susan Lowell 1954FilmStar of Indiaas Countess Katrina 1953TVGeneral Electric Theateras Leslie Mason 1951TVSchlitz Playhouse of Stars 1951FilmNative Sonas Mary Dalton 1950TVThe Colgate Comedy Houras Self 1950FilmThe Good Humor Manas Bonnie Conroy 1949FilmThe Man on the Eiffel Toweras Edna Wallace 1949FilmJigsawas Barbara Whitfield 1948FilmWhen My Baby Smiles at Meas Sylvia Marco 1947FilmBlaze of Noonas Poppy 1946FilmIt Shouldn't Happen to a Dogas Bess Williams 1944FilmYou Can't Ration Loveas Madge 1943FilmSalute for Threeas Hostess Offering Buzz Apple From Basket (unconfirmed)1941FilmLouisiana Purchaseas Louisiana Belle 1941FilmGlamour Boyas Girl (uncredited)1941FilmZiegfeld Girlas Ziegfeld Girl (uncredited)