Jean Wallace
Born: 1923-10-12 in Chicago, Illinois, USA
Died: 1990-02-14
Known For: Acting
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
1970
- No Blade of Grass as Ann Custance
1967
- Beach Red as Julie MacDonald
1963
- Sword of Lancelot as Guinevere
1958
- Maracaibo as Laura Kingsley
1957
- The Devil's Hairpin as Kelly James
1955
- The Big Combo as Susan Lowell
- Storm Fear as Elizabeth
1954
- Star of India as Countess Katrina
1953
- General Electric Theater as Leslie Mason
1951
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
- Native Son as Mary Dalton
1950
- The Colgate Comedy Hour as Self
- The Good Humor Man as Bonnie Conroy
1949
- Jigsaw as Barbara Whitfield
- The Man on the Eiffel Tower as Edna Wallace
1948
- When My Baby Smiles at Me as Sylvia Marco
1947
- Blaze of Noon as Poppy
1946
- It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog as Bess Williams
1944
- You Can't Ration Love as Madge
1943
- Salute for Three as Hostess Offering Buzz Apple From Basket (unconfirmed)
1941
- Glamour Boy as Girl (uncredited)
- Louisiana Purchase as Louisiana Belle
- Ziegfeld Girl as Ziegfeld Girl (uncredited)