Jean Wallace

Personal Info

Birthday

October 12, 1923

Day of Death

1990-02-14

(66 years old)

Place of Birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Jean Wallace

Biography

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.

Known For

The Big Combo

General Electric Theater

The Man on the Eiffel Tower

Beach Red

Jigsaw

Sword of Lancelot

Ziegfeld Girl

Louisiana Purchase

Filmography

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