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Actor
Jean Wallace
- Born October 12, 1923 in Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Died February 14, 1990
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.
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Wallace died of a gastrointestinal hemorrhage on February 14, 1990. She is buried in Hollywood Forever Cemetery.
Known for
The Big Combo1955
No Blade of Grass1970
Ziegfeld Girl1941
Beach Red1967
The Man on the Eiffel Tower1949
Storm Fear1955
Jigsaw1949
Sword of Lancelot1963
Filmography
- 1970No Blade of GrassFilmAnn Custance
- 1967Beach RedFilmJulie MacDonald
- 1963Sword of LancelotFilmGuinevere
- 1958MaracaiboFilmLaura Kingsley
- 1957The Devil's HairpinFilmKelly James
- 1955The Big ComboFilmSusan Lowell
- 1955Storm FearFilmElizabeth
- 1954Star of IndiaFilmCountess Katrina
- 1953General Electric TheaterSeriesLeslie Mason
- 1951Native SonFilmMary Dalton
- 1951Schlitz Playhouse of StarsSeries
- 1950The Colgate Comedy HourSeriesSelf
- 1950The Good Humor ManFilmBonnie Conroy
- 1949The Man on the Eiffel TowerFilmEdna Wallace
- 1949JigsawFilmBarbara Whitfield
- 1948When My Baby Smiles at MeFilmSylvia Marco
- 1947Blaze of NoonFilmPoppy
- 1946It Shouldn't Happen to a DogFilmBess Williams
- 1944You Can't Ration LoveFilmMadge
- 1943Salute for ThreeFilmHostess Offering Buzz Apple From Basket (unconfirmed)
- 1941Ziegfeld GirlFilmZiegfeld Girl (uncredited)
- 1941Louisiana PurchaseFilmLouisiana Belle
- 1941Glamour BoyFilmGirl (uncredited)