Jean Wallace
Acting
Born: 1923-10-12 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
Died: 1990-02-14
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 infl
🎬 Movies (20)
No Blade of Grass
1970
Ann Custance
Beach Red
1967
Julie MacDonald
Sword of Lancelot
1963
Guinevere
Maracaibo
1958
Laura Kingsley
The Devil's Hairpin
1957
Kelly James
Storm Fear
1955
Elizabeth
The Big Combo
1955
Susan Lowell
Star of India
1954
Countess Katrina
Native Son
1951
Mary Dalton
The Good Humor Man
1950
Bonnie Conroy
The Man on the Eiffel Tower
1949
Edna Wallace
Jigsaw
1949
Barbara Whitfield
When My Baby Smiles at Me
1948
Sylvia Marco
Blaze of Noon
1947
Poppy
It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog
1946
Bess Williams
You Can't Ration Love
1944
Madge
Salute for Three
1943
Hostess Offering Buzz Apple From Basket (unconfirmed)
Louisiana Purchase
1941
Louisiana Belle
Glamour Boy
1941
Girl (uncredited)
Ziegfeld Girl
1941
Ziegfeld Girl (uncredited)
