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Jean Wallace (born Jean Walasek or Wallasek; [1] October 12, 1923 – February 14, 1990) was an American television and film actress. Early life. Wallace was born in Chicago, Illinois to John T. Walaszek and Mary A. Walaszek ( née Sharkey). Her grandfather Karol Walaszek emigrated from Galicia. She was Polish-American. [2]
Jean Wallace. Actress: Jigsaw. Teenage fashion model and Earl Carroll showgirl Jean Wallace failed in her first bid to break into movies, after MGM discovered that she was only 17, not 19 years old - as she had claimed.
Highest Rated: 93% The Big Combo (1955) Lowest Rated: 29% No Blade of Grass (1970) Birthday: Oct 12, 1923. Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, USA. Jean Wallace was an actor who had a successful ...
Mini Bio. Teenage fashion model and Earl Carroll showgirl Jean Wallace failed in her first bid to break into movies, after MGM discovered that she was only 17, not 19 years old - as she had claimed. Being underage meant that she could only work four hours a day (and with an official tutor) and so her bit in Ziegfeld Girl (1941) was all there was.
Feb 18, 1990 · Jean Wallace, a screen actress who had feature parts in a dozen Hollywood productions and was married to two stars, Franchot Tone and Cornel Wilde, died of a gastrointestinal hemorrhage...
Feb 14, 1990 · Biography. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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 ...
Feb 17, 1990 · Feb. 17, 1990 12 AM PT. TIMES STAFF WRITER. Jean Wallace, the sultry star of several films of the postwar years and beyond, many of them directed and produced by her late husband, Cornel Wilde,...
