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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

23

Gender

Female

Birthday

1923-10-12

Day of Death

1990-02-14 (67 years old)

Place of Birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Also Known As

Jean Wallace

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jean Wallace, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Known For

Acting

No Blade of Grass

1970

No Blade of Grass

as

Ann Custance

Jigsaw

1949

Jigsaw

as

Barbara Whitfield

The Big Combo

1955

The Big Combo

as

Susan Lowell

Sword of Lancelot

1963

Sword of Lancelot

as

Guinevere

Beach Red

1967

Beach Red

as

Julie MacDonald

The Man on the Eiffel Tower

1949

The Man on the Eiffel Tower

as

Edna Wallace

Storm Fear

1955

Storm Fear

as

Elizabeth

The Good Humor Man

1950

The Good Humor Man

as

Bonnie Conroy

Native Son

1951

Native Son

as

Mary Dalton

It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog

1946

It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog

as

Bess Williams

Maracaibo

1958

Maracaibo

as

Laura Kingsley

Blaze of Noon

1947

Blaze of Noon

as

Poppy

Star of India

1954

Star of India

as

Countess Katrina

Glamour Boy

1941

Glamour Boy

as

Girl (uncredited)

You Can't Ration Love

1944

You Can't Ration Love

as

Madge (uncredited)

When My Baby Smiles at Me

1948

When My Baby Smiles at Me

as

Sylvia Marco

Ziegfeld Girl

1941

Ziegfeld Girl

as

Ziegfeld Girl (uncredited)

The Devil's Hairpin

1957

The Devil's Hairpin

as

Kelly James

Louisiana Purchase

1941

Louisiana Purchase

as

Louisiana Belle

Salute for Three

1943

Salute for Three

as

Hostess Offering Buzz Apple From Basket (unconfirmed)

Production

Crew

Directing