Jean Wallace
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
General Electric Theater
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
The Big Combo
Ziegfeld Girl
No Blade of Grass
Blaze of Noon
Beach Red
All Movies (20)
- No Blade of Grass1970 · as Ann Custance
- Beach Red1967 · as Julie MacDonald
- Sword of Lancelot1963 · as Guinevere
- Maracaibo1958 · as Laura Kingsley
- The Devil's Hairpin1957 · as Kelly James
- Storm Fear1955 · as Elizabeth
- The Big Combo1955 · as Susan Lowell
- Star of India1954 · as Countess Katrina
- Native Son1951 · as Mary Dalton
- The Good Humor Man1950 · as Bonnie Conroy
- The Man on the Eiffel Tower1949 · as Edna Wallace
- Jigsaw1949 · as Barbara Whitfield
- When My Baby Smiles at Me1948 · as Sylvia Marco
- Blaze of Noon1947 · as Poppy
- It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog1946 · as Bess Williams
- You Can't Ration Love1944 · as Madge
- Salute for Three1943 · as Hostess Offering Buzz Apple From Basket (unconfirmed)
- Louisiana Purchase1941 · as Louisiana Belle
- Glamour Boy1941 · as Girl (uncredited)
- Ziegfeld Girl1941 · as Ziegfeld Girl (uncredited)
All TV Shows (3)
- General Electric Theater1953 · as Leslie Mason
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars1951
- The Colgate Comedy Hour1950 · as Self