Jean Wallace Biography
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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Jean Wallace Movies
Jean Wallace Quotes
Business Interests and Personal Pleasures
Barbara Whitfield: [Changing behind a dressing screen]
Is this visit business or pleasure?
Howard Malloy:
Right now it's your business and my pleasure.
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Belonging and Connection at a Social Gathering
Barbara Whitfield:
Why did you come over to me at that party, Howard?
Howard Malloy:
Because you were the only person who didn't look like you belonged there.
Barbara Whitfield:
Really? I belong anywhere I'm wanted!
Howard Malloy:
Do you?
Barbara Whitfield:
Don't I?
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
