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.
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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Filmography (Movies)
No Blade of Grass
Character:Ann Custance
Release Date:20/06/1970
Beach Red
Character:Julie MacDonald
Release Date:03/08/1967
Sword of Lancelot
Character:Guinevere
Release Date:02/06/1963
Maracaibo
Character:Laura Kingsley
Release Date:21/05/1958
The Devil's Hairpin
Character:Kelly James
Release Date:04/10/1957
Storm Fear
Character:Elizabeth
Release Date:16/12/1955
The Big Combo
Character:Susan Lowell
Release Date:13/02/1955
Star of India
Character:Countess Katrina
Release Date:02/01/1954
Native Son
Character:Mary Dalton
Release Date:02/03/1951
The Good Humor Man
Character:Bonnie Conroy
Release Date:24/03/1950
The Man on the Eiffel Tower
Character:Edna Wallace
Release Date:12/12/1949
Jigsaw
Character:Barbara Whitfield
Release Date:11/03/1949
When My Baby Smiles at Me
Character:Sylvia Marco
Release Date:10/11/1948
Blaze of Noon
Character:Poppy
Release Date:02/05/1947
It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog
Character:Bess Williams
Release Date:01/07/1946
You Can't Ration Love
Character:Madge
Release Date:28/02/1944
Salute for Three
Character:Hostess Offering Buzz Apple From Basket (unconfirmed)
Release Date:17/03/1943
Louisiana Purchase
Character:Louisiana Belle
Release Date:31/12/1941
Glamour Boy
Character:Girl (uncredited)
Release Date:05/12/1941
Ziegfeld Girl
Character:Ziegfeld Girl (uncredited)
Release Date:25/04/1941
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