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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
all 23
Movies 20
TV Shows 3
self 1
No Blade of Grass (1970)
Beach Red (1967)
Lancelot and Guinevere (1963)
Maracaibo (1958)
The Devil's Hairpin (1957)
Storm Fear (1955)
The Big Combo (1955)
Star of India (1954)
General Electric Theater (1953)
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951)
Native Son (1951)
The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950)
The Good Humor Man (1950)
The Man on the Eiffel Tower (1949)
Jigsaw (1949)
When My Baby Smiles at Me (1948)
Blaze of Noon (1947)
It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog (1946)
You Can't Ration Love (1944)
Salute for Three (1943)
Louisiana Purchase (1941)
Glamour Boy (1941)
Ziegfeld Girl (1941)
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1923-10-12
Deathday1990-02-14 (66 years old)
Birth PlaceChicago, United States of America
Height
RelationshipsCornel Wilde (1951-01-01 - 1981-01-01), Franchot Tone (1941-01-01 - 1948-01-01)
SpouseJim Randall
ChildrenThomas Jefferson Tone, Pascal Franchot Tone, Cornel Wallace Wilde
FatherJohn T. Wallace
MotherMary Agnes Sharkey
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
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