Jean Wallace
Born October 12, 1923 (Age: 102)
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Chicago, Illinois, USA
Biography
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.
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
Sword of Lancelot
1963
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as Guinevere
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Age: 39
Maracaibo
1958
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as Laura Kingsley
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Age: 34
Storm Fear
1955
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as Elizabeth
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Age: 32
The Big Combo
1955
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as Susan Lowell
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Age: 31
Star of India
1954
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as Countess Katrina
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Age: 30
The Good Humor Man
1950
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as Bonnie Conroy
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Age: 26
Louisiana Purchase
1941
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as Louisiana Belle
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Age: 18
Glamour Boy
1941
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as Girl (uncredited)
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Age: 18
Ziegfeld Girl
1941
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as Ziegfeld Girl (uncredited)
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Age: 17