Jean Wallace
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 12, 1923
- Died
- February 14, 1990 (aged 66)
- Birthplace
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
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
Filmography
No Blade of Grass
Movie · as Ann Custance
Beach Red
Movie · as Julie MacDonald
Sword of Lancelot
Movie · as Guinevere
Maracaibo
Movie · as Laura Kingsley
The Devil's Hairpin
Movie · as Kelly James
The Big Combo
Movie · as Susan Lowell
Storm Fear
Movie · as Elizabeth
Star of India
Movie · as Countess Katrina
General Electric Theater
TV · as Leslie Mason · 1 ep
Native Son
Movie · as Mary Dalton
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV · 1 ep
The Good Humor Man
Movie · as Bonnie Conroy
The Colgate Comedy Hour
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Jigsaw
Movie · as Barbara Whitfield
The Man on the Eiffel Tower
Movie · as Edna Wallace
When My Baby Smiles at Me
Movie · as Sylvia Marco
Blaze of Noon
Movie · as Poppy
It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog
Movie · as Bess Williams
You Can't Ration Love
Movie · as Madge
Salute for Three
Movie · as Hostess Offering Buzz Apple From Basket (unconfirmed)
Glamour Boy
Movie · as Girl (uncredited)
Ziegfeld Girl
Movie · as Ziegfeld Girl (uncredited)
Louisiana Purchase
Movie · as Louisiana Belle