Jean Wallace

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Jean Wallace (born October 12, 1923 in Chicago as Jean Walasek , † February 14, 1990 in Los Angeles ) was an American actress who was best known for her roles in the 1940s and 1950s.

Life

Wallace worked as a model and played in 1941 at age 17 her first role in the film Ziegfeld Girl by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). When it became known that she was two years younger than stated in her contract with MGM (19 years), the film studio terminated her contract and Wallace began engagements with Paramount Pictures that same year . There she was first mentioned by name in the credits in Louisiana Purchase .

Also in 1941 she married the actor Franchot Tone . The two had two sons. The marriage ended in divorce in 1948, with Franchot Tone having sole custody of the two sons. Jean Wallace had significant drinking problems during this period and attempted suicide in 1949. As early as 1946, she tried to kill herself with an overdose of sleeping pills. In the 1949 film Jigsaw , Wallace played her first leading role on the side of Tones. In 1950 she was briefly married to the soldier James Randall, this marriage was annulled after only five months. She also made two brief appearances in television series in the 1950s.

In 1951 she married the actor and director Cornel Wilde , with whom she starred in several film noirs from Wilde's production company Theodora. Cornel Wilde and Jean Wallace had a son. She had her last appearance in 1970 in No Blade of Grass at the side of her husband. In 1981 the couple divorced.

Jean Wallace died of gastrointestinal bleeding at the age of 66 . She is buried in Hollywood Forever Cemetery .

Filmography (selection)

  • 1941: Girls in the Spotlight (Ziegfeld Girl)
  • 1941: Louisiana Purchase
  • 1943: Salute for Three
  • 1946: It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog
  • 1947: Blaze of Noon
  • 1949: Jigsaw
  • 1949: The Man on the Eiffel Tower
  • 1950: The Good Humor Man
  • 1951: Native Son
  • 1954: The Castle of the Traitors (Star of India)
  • 1955: Secret Ring 99 (The Big Combo)
  • 1955: Storm Fear (Storm Fear)
  • 1957: The Devil's Curve (The Devil's Hairpin)
  • 1958: Flames over Maracaibo (Maracaibo)
  • 1963: Lancelot, the daring knight (Lancelot and Guinevere)
  • 1967: Bloody Beach (Beach Red)
  • 1970: No Blade of Grass

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Glenn Fowler: Jean Wallace, 66, Screen Actress Known for 1940's and 50's Roles. In: New York Times . February 18, 1990, accessed November 20, 2015 .
  2. ^ Jean Wallace in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved November 20, 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Wallace, Jean
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Walasek, Jean
BRIEF DESCRIPTION american actress
DATE OF BIRTH October 12, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Chicago , Illinois , United States
DATE OF DEATH February 14, 1990
Place of death Los Angeles , California , United States