Jean Wallace

Biography

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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.

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Known For

The Colgate Comedy Hour

Self

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

General Electric Theater

Leslie Mason

Ziegfeld Girl

Ziegfeld Girl (uncredited)

The Big Combo

Susan Lowell

Sword of Lancelot

Guinevere

Beach Red

Julie MacDonald

The Good Humor Man

Bonnie Conroy

Filmography

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

Year	TV Show	Role
1953	General Electric Theater	Leslie Mason
1951	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1950	The Colgate Comedy Hour	Self