Jean Wallace
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.
Filmography
No Blade of Grass
as Ann Custance
No Blade of Grass
as Ann Custance
Beach Red
as Julie MacDonald
Beach Red
as Julie MacDonald
Sword of Lancelot
as Guinevere
Sword of Lancelot
as Guinevere
Maracaibo
as Laura Kingsley
Maracaibo
as Laura Kingsley
The Devil's Hairpin
as Kelly James
The Devil's Hairpin
as Kelly James
Storm Fear
as Elizabeth
Storm Fear
as Elizabeth
The Big Combo
as Susan Lowell
The Big Combo
as Susan Lowell
Star of India
as Countess Katrina
Star of India
as Countess Katrina
Native Son
as Mary Dalton
Native Son
as Mary Dalton
The Good Humor Man
as Bonnie Conroy
The Good Humor Man
as Bonnie Conroy
The Man on the Eiffel Tower
as Edna Wallace
The Man on the Eiffel Tower
as Edna Wallace
Jigsaw
as Barbara Whitfield
Jigsaw
as Barbara Whitfield
When My Baby Smiles at Me
as Sylvia Marco
When My Baby Smiles at Me
as Sylvia Marco
Blaze of Noon
as Poppy
Blaze of Noon
as Poppy
It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog
as Bess Williams
It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog
as Bess Williams
You Can't Ration Love
as Madge
You Can't Ration Love
as Madge
Salute for Three
as Hostess Offering Buzz Apple From Basket (unconfirmed)
Salute for Three
as Hostess Offering Buzz Apple From Basket (unconfirmed)
Louisiana Purchase
as Louisiana Belle
Louisiana Purchase
as Louisiana Belle
Glamour Boy
as Girl (uncredited)
Glamour Boy
as Girl (uncredited)
Ziegfeld Girl
as Ziegfeld Girl (uncredited)
Ziegfeld Girl
as Ziegfeld Girl (uncredited)