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