Jean Wallace

Jean Wallace

Born: October 12, 1923
Died: February 14, 1990
in Chicago, Illinois, USA
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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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No Blade of Grass
Title: No Blade of Grass
Character: Ann Custance
Released: June 20, 1970
Type: Movie
A strange new virus has appeared, which only attacks strains of grasses such as wheat and rice, and the world is descending into famine and chaos. Architect John, along with his family and friends, is making his way from London to his brother's farm in northern England where there will hopefully be food and safety for all of them.
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Beach Red
Title: Beach Red
Character: Julie MacDonald
Released: August 3, 1967
Type: Movie
American troops storm ashore on a Japanese-held island and push inland while their enemies plan a counterattack in this look at warfare. Soldiers on both sides are haunted by memories of home and the horrifying, sickening images they find in combat.
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Lancelot and Guinevere
Title: Lancelot and Guinevere
Character: Guinevere
Released: June 2, 1963
Type: Movie
In and around the castle Camelot, brave Cornel Wilde (as Lancelot) and virtuous Brian Aherne (as King Arthur) vie for the affections of lovely Jean Wallace (as Guinevere).
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Maracaibo
Title: Maracaibo
Character: Laura Kingsley
Released: May 21, 1958
Type: Movie
A firefighter is sent to Venezuela to battle a blazing oil well but still finds time for romance.
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The Devil's Hairpin
Title: The Devil's Hairpin
Character: Kelly James
Released: October 4, 1957
Type: Movie
Cocky car racer Nick Jargin has retired since he nearly caused the death of his brother at a hairpin bend on a circuit. He now holds a trendy café who keeps him busy full time until one day, Tony Boari, a new champion racer, challenges him.
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Storm Fear
Title: Storm Fear
Character: Elizabeth
Released: December 16, 1955
Type: Movie
A wounded bank robber takes over his brother's home.
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The Big Combo
Title: The Big Combo
Character: Susan Lowell
Released: February 13, 1955
Type: Movie
Police Lt. Leonard Diamond vies to bring a clever, well connected, and sadistic gangster to justice all the while obsessing over the gangster's girlfriend.
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Star of India
Title: Star of India
Character: Countess Katrina
Released: January 2, 1954
Type: Movie
Squire Pierre St. Laurent returns from wars in India to 17th-century provincial France to find his estate confiscated by governor Narbonne, for back taxes, and resold to Katrina, a Dutch Countess. Katrina offers to return Pierre's property if he will help her get possession of the 'Star of India,' a fabulous sapphire, held at the moment by Narbonne.
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Title: General Electric Theater
Character: Leslie Mason
Released: February 1, 1953
Type: TV
General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was broadcast on CBS radio and television. The series was sponsored by General Electric's Department of Public Relations.
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Title: Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Released: October 5, 1951
Type: TV
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS. Offering both comedies and drama, the series was sponsored by the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company. The title was shortened to Schlitz Playhouse, beginning with the fall 1957 season.
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Native Son
Title: Native Son
Character: Mary Dalton
Released: March 2, 1951
Type: Movie
Author Richard Wright portrays his novel's Bigger Thomas, a young chauffeur trapped in an accidental murder.
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Title: The Colgate Comedy Hour
Character: Self
Released: September 10, 1950
Type: TV
The Colgate Comedy Hour is an American comedy-musical variety series that aired live on the NBC network from 1950 to 1955. The show starred many notable comedians and entertainers of the era, including Eddie Cantor, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, Fred Allen, Donald O'Connor, Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, Bob Hope, Jimmy Durante, Ray Bolger, Gordon MacRae, Ben Blue, Robert Paige, Tony Curtis, Burt Lancaster, Broadway dancer Wayne Lamb and Spike Jones and His City Slickers.
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The Good Humor Man
Title: The Good Humor Man
Character: Bonnie Conroy
Released: March 24, 1950
Type: Movie
Biff Jones is a driver/salesman for the Good Humor ice-cream company. He hopes to marry his girl Margie, who works as a secretary for Stuart Nagel, an insurance investigator. Margie won't marry Biff, though, because she is the sole support of her kid brother, Johnny. Biff gets involved with Bonnie, a young woman he tries to rescue from gangsters. But Biff's attempts to help her only get him accused of murder. When the police refuse to believe his story, it's up to Biff and Johnny to prove Biff's innocence and solve the crime.
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The Man on the Eiffel Tower
Title: The Man on the Eiffel Tower
Character: Edna Wallace
Released: December 12, 1949
Type: Movie
A down-and-out student is hired to kill a wealthy woman. When someone else is suspected of the crime, the student taunts police until they realize that they may have to wrong man.
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Jigsaw
Title: Jigsaw
Character: Barbara Whitfield
Released: March 11, 1949
Type: Movie
New York Assistant District Attorney Howard Malloy is working hard on investigation about a series of murders related to an extremist group.
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When My Baby Smiles at Me
Title: When My Baby Smiles at Me
Character: Sylvia Marco
Released: November 10, 1948
Type: Movie
Bonny Kane and 'Skid' Johnson are vaudeville performers in the 1920s. The two of them suffer marital difficulties when Skid gets an offer to appear on Broadway while Bonny gets left behind on the road. Things get worse with Skid's increasing drinking problem and the fact that the press has reported him to be spending a lot of time with his pretty co-star.
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Blaze of Noon
Title: Blaze of Noon
Character: Poppy
Released: May 2, 1947
Type: Movie
In this aerial melodrama, four brothers working as stunt pilots for a flying circus leave their jobs to become mail pilots. Because their job requires that they constantly travel, they are advised to not settle down with wives and kids. Still, one pilot falls in love and marries. Unfortunately, the woman dislikes his brothers and constantly worries that he will be killed during a flight. Her fears are not unfounded and much tragedy ensues as the story unfolds.
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It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog
Title: It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog
Character: Bess Williams
Released: July 1, 1946
Type: Movie
A pretty blonde with a Doberman pinscher walks into a bar on April Fool's Day and asks for a bag of bones. Thus begins a merry chase in which a newspaper reporter, a drunken policeman and a hand-painted necktie help locate the missing witness in a criminal investigation.
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You Can't Ration Love
Title: You Can't Ration Love
Character: Madge (uncredited)
Released: February 28, 1944
Type: Movie
In this WW II musical, a group of lovely college co-eds, realizing that there is a shortage of single young men, decide to begin rationing their dates so that all of them can have some fun. This is beneficial for the campus wimp who suddenly finds himself the hottest property on campus.
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Salute for Three
Title: Salute for Three
Character: Hostess Offering Buzz Apple From Basket (unconfirmed)
Released: March 17, 1943
Type: Movie
Press agent Jimmy Gates gets an idea while watching a New York parade, for a returned war hero Sergeant Buzz McAllister, with his chief client, singer Judy Ames; Dona Drake, leader of an all-girl orchestra; his photographer Foggy, and his secretary Myrt. Jimmy, thinking Judy needs publicity in order to get a singing job on a radio program, thinks that a romance between her and the war hero would be just the ticket.
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Louisiana Purchase
Title: Louisiana Purchase
Character: Louisiana Belle
Released: December 31, 1941
Type: Movie
A bumbling senator investigating graft in Louisiana is the target of a scheme involving a Viennese beauty.
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Glamour Boy
Title: Glamour Boy
Character: Girl (uncredited)
Released: December 5, 1941
Type: Movie
Former child star Jackie Cooper headlines this sentimental behind-the-scenes comedy drama. He plays an ex-child star who now jerks sodas for a living in Hollywood. He gets back into the movie business when he overhears a conversation between producers discussing their newest prodigy. Cooper butts in and suggests the producers remake Skippy (a real-life 1931 film that made young Cooper a star). The bigwigs like the idea and then hire Cooper to become the boy's acting coach. Once back on the backlot, Cooper finds both trouble and romance while helping the young boy adjust to life as a movie star.
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Ziegfeld Girl
Title: Ziegfeld Girl
Character: Ziegfeld Girl (Uncredited)
Released: April 25, 1941
Type: Movie
Discovery by Flo Ziegfeld changes a girl's life but not necessarily for the better, as three beautiful women find out when they join the spectacle on Broadway: Susan, the singer who must leave behind her ageing vaudevillian father; vulnerable Sheila, the working girl pursued both by a millionaire and by her loyal boyfriend from Flatbush; and the mysterious European beauty Sandra, whose concert violinist husband cannot endure the thought of their escaping from poverty by promenading her glamor in skimpy costumes.