Jean Wallace
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.
Wallace died of a gastrointestinal hemorrhage on February 14, 1990. She is buried in Hollywood Forever Cemetery.
Known For
23 titles
The Colgate Comedy Hour
General Electric Theater
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
The Big Combo
Ziegfeld Girl
Glamour Boy
Blaze of Noon
Beach Red
You Can't Ration Love
Storm Fear
The Good Humor Man
Louisiana Purchase
The Devil's Hairpin
The Man on the Eiffel Tower
Jigsaw
When My Baby Smiles at Me
Sword of Lancelot
No Blade of Grass
Native Son
Salute for Three
Star of India
Maracaibo
It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog
