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Jean Wallace

​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 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jean Wallace, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Known For: Acting
Born: Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1923-10-12
Died: 1990-02-14

Film

No.YearTitleRoleVote Average
11941Ziegfeld Girl (uncredited)65
21941Girl (uncredited)60
31941Louisiana Belle66
41943Hostess Offering Buzz Apple From Basket (unconfirmed)0
51944Madge (uncredited)0
61946Bess Williams58
71947Poppy40
81948Sylvia Marco48
91949Barbara Whitfield49
101949Edna Wallace53
111950Bonnie Conroy60
121951Mary Dalton56
131954Countess Katrina43
141955Susan Lowell70
151955Elizabeth60
161957Kelly James50
171958Laura Kingsley52
181963Guinevere45
191967Julie MacDonald63
201970Ann Custance53

Television

No.YearTitleRoleVote Average
11950Self70
2195170
31953Leslie Mason60