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