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Jean Wallace

Oct 12, 1923 - Feb 14, 1990 (66 years old) in 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.

Known For

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The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
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The Man on the Eiffel Tower
Edna Wallace
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The Big Combo
Susan Lowell
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The Devil's Hairpin
Kelly James
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Salute for Three
Hostess Offering Buzz Apple From Basket (unconfirmed)
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Louisiana Purchase
Louisiana Belle
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Sword of Lancelot
Guinevere
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Glamour Boy
Girl (uncredited)
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Star of India
Countess Katrina
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Maracaibo
Laura Kingsley

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