Jean Wallace
Acting
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.
Born: October 12, 1923
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Known For
Filmography
as Ann Custance
as Julie MacDonald
as Guinevere
as Laura Kingsley
as Kelly James
as Elizabeth
as Susan Lowell
as Countess Katrina
as Leslie Mason
as Mary Dalton
as Self
as Bonnie Conroy
as Edna Wallace
as Barbara Whitfield
as Sylvia Marco
as Poppy
as Bess Williams
as Madge
as Hostess Offering Buzz Apple From Basket (unconfirmed)
as Louisiana Belle
as Girl (uncredited)
as Ziegfeld Girl (uncredited)