Jean Wallace
Known For
Acting
Born
1923-10-12 in Chicago, Illinois, USA
Died
1990-02-14
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.
Most Known For
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
Maracaibo
as Laura Kingsley
Ziegfeld Girl
as Ziegfeld Girl (uncredited)
Native Son
as Mary Dalton
The Big Combo
as Susan Lowell
Sword of Lancelot
as Guinevere
General Electric Theater
as Leslie Mason
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Beach Red
as Julie MacDonald
No Blade of Grass
as Ann Custance
The Man on the Eiffel Tower
as Edna Wallace
Storm Fear
as Elizabeth
Jigsaw
as Barbara Whitfield
Glamour Boy
as Girl (uncredited)
Blaze of Noon
as Poppy
The Good Humor Man
as Bonnie Conroy
The Devil's Hairpin
as Kelly James
Louisiana Purchase
as Louisiana Belle
It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog
as Bess Williams
Star of India
as Countess Katrina