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.

Movies & TV Shows

1. The Big Combo (1955) — Susan Lowell
2. No Blade of Grass (1970) — Ann Custance
3. Ziegfeld Girl (1941) — Ziegfeld Girl (uncredited)
4. Beach Red (1967) — Julie MacDonald
5. The Man on the Eiffel Tower (1949) — Edna Wallace
6. Storm Fear (1955) — Elizabeth
7. Jigsaw (1949) — Barbara Whitfield
8. Sword of Lancelot (1963) — Guinevere
9. Native Son (1951) — Mary Dalton
10. The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950) — Self
11. Louisiana Purchase (1941) — Louisiana Belle
12. Star of India (1954) — Countess Katrina
13. The Good Humor Man (1950) — Bonnie Conroy
14. It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog (1946) — Bess Williams
15. When My Baby Smiles at Me (1948) — Sylvia Marco
16. General Electric Theater (1953) — Leslie Mason
17. Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951)
18. Maracaibo (1958) — Laura Kingsley
19. Blaze of Noon (1947) — Poppy
20. Glamour Boy (1941) — Girl (uncredited)
21. The Devil's Hairpin (1957) — Kelly James
22. You Can't Ration Love (1944) — Madge
23. Salute for Three (1943) — Hostess Offering Buzz Apple From Basket (unconfirmed)