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.
Known For
TV
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
1950
Film
Ziegfeld Girl
Ziegfeld Girl (uncredited)
1941
TV
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
TV
General Electric Theater
Leslie Mason
1953
Film
Maracaibo
Laura Kingsley
1958
Film
The Big Combo
Susan Lowell
1955
Film
Jigsaw
Barbara Whitfield
1949
Film
Native Son
Mary Dalton
1951
Film
Louisiana Purchase
Louisiana Belle
1941
Film
Beach Red
Julie MacDonald
1967
Film
No Blade of Grass
Ann Custance
1970
Film
Sword of Lancelot
Guinevere
1963
Film
Blaze of Noon
Poppy
1947
Film
Storm Fear
Elizabeth
1955
Film
The Good Humor Man
Bonnie Conroy
1950
Film
Star of India
Countess Katrina
1954
Film
Glamour Boy
Girl (uncredited)
1941
Film
The Man on the Eiffel Tower
Edna Wallace
1949
Film
It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog
Bess Williams
1946
Film
The Devil's Hairpin
Kelly James
1957
Filmography
1970FilmNo Blade of Grassas Ann Custance1967FilmBeach Redas Julie MacDonald1963FilmSword of Lancelotas Guinevere1958FilmMaracaiboas Laura Kingsley1957FilmThe Devil's Hairpinas Kelly James1955FilmStorm Fearas Elizabeth1955FilmThe Big Comboas Susan Lowell1954FilmStar of Indiaas Countess Katrina1953TVGeneral Electric Theateras Leslie Mason1951TVSchlitz Playhouse of Stars1951FilmNative Sonas Mary Dalton1950TVThe Colgate Comedy Houras Self1950FilmThe Good Humor Manas Bonnie Conroy1949FilmThe Man on the Eiffel Toweras Edna Wallace1949FilmJigsawas Barbara Whitfield1948FilmWhen My Baby Smiles at Meas Sylvia Marco1947FilmBlaze of Noonas Poppy1946FilmIt Shouldn't Happen to a Dogas Bess Williams1944FilmYou Can't Ration Loveas Madge1943FilmSalute for Threeas Hostess Offering Buzz Apple From Basket (unconfirmed)1941FilmLouisiana Purchaseas Louisiana Belle1941FilmGlamour Boyas Girl (uncredited)1941FilmZiegfeld Girlas Ziegfeld Girl (uncredited)