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Jean Wallace

Jean Wallace

Known For Acting
Birthday Oct 12, 1923
Died Feb 14, 1990 (66)
Birthplace Chicago, Illinois, USA
Popularity 0.5 (history)
Updated Aug 08, 2025 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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 t ... o 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

Filmography

No Blade of Grass

No Blade of Grass

1970

as Ann Custance

Beach Red

Beach Red

1967

as Julie MacDonald

Lancelot and Guinevere

Lancelot and Guinevere

1963

as Guinevere

Maracaibo

Maracaibo

1958

as Laura Kingsley

The Devil's Hairpin

The Devil's Hairpin

1957

as Kelly James

The Big Combo

The Big Combo

1955

as Susan Lowell

Storm Fear

Storm Fear

1955

as Elizabeth

Star of India

Star of India

1954

as Countess Katrina

Native Son

Native Son

1951

as Mary Dalton

The Good Humor Man

The Good Humor Man

1950

as Bonnie Conroy

Jigsaw

Jigsaw

1949

as Barbara Whitfield

The Man on the Eiffel Tower

The Man on the Eiffel Tower

1949

as Edna Wallace

When My Baby Smiles at Me

When My Baby Smiles at Me

1948

as Sylvia Marco

Blaze of Noon

Blaze of Noon

1947

as Poppy

It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog

It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog

1946

as Bess Williams

You Can't Ration Love

You Can't Ration Love

1944

as Madge (uncredited)

Salute for Three

Salute for Three

1943

as Hostess Offering Buzz Apple From Basket (unconfirmed)

Glamour Boy

Glamour Boy

1941

as Girl (uncredited)

Louisiana Purchase

Louisiana Purchase

1941

as Louisiana Belle

Ziegfeld Girl

Ziegfeld Girl

1941

as Ziegfeld Girl (uncredited)

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Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

General Electric Theater

as Leslie Mason

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 01, 1953

The Colgate Comedy Hour

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 10, 1950

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 05, 1951

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