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Jean Wallace

1923-10-12

The 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 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jean Wallace, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

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The Big Combo

7 average rating
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Ziegfeld Girl

6.5 average rating
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Beach Red

6.3 average rating
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No Blade of Grass

5.3 average rating
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Lancelot and Guinevere

4.5 average rating
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The Man on the Eiffel Tower

5.3 average rating
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When My Baby Smiles at Me

4.8 average rating
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Jigsaw

4.9 average rating
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Star of India

4.3 average rating
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Louisiana Purchase

6.6 average rating
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The Good Humor Man

6 average rating
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Storm Fear

6 average rating
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Glamour Boy

6 average rating
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Native Son

5.6 average rating
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You Can't Ration Love

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The Devil's Hairpin

5 average rating
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Maracaibo

5.2 average rating
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Salute for Three

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Blaze of Noon

4 average rating
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It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog

5.75 average rating