Jean Wallace

Acting

Jean Wallace

Born October 12, 1923 · Chicago, Illinois, USA

Died February 14, 1990 · aged 66

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…

Known For

The Big ComboThe Big Combo · 1955
The Big Combo
7.01955
MovieDramaCrime
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.
Ziegfeld GirlZiegfeld Girl · 1941
Ziegfeld Girl
6.71941
MovieDramaMusic
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.
Beach RedBeach Red · 1967
Beach Red
6.51967
MovieWarDrama
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.
Native SonNative Son · 1951
Native Son
5.51951
MovieDrama
In 1940s Chicago, a young black man takes a job as a chauffeur to a white family, which takes a turn for the worse when he accidentally kills the teenage daughter of the couple and then tries to cover it up.
No Blade of GrassNo Blade of Grass · 1970
No Blade of Grass
5.31970
MovieAdventureScience Fiction
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.
Sword of LancelotSword of Lancelot · 1963
Sword of Lancelot
4.61963
MovieActionAdventure
Lancelot is King Arthur's most valued Knight of the Round Table and a paragon of courage and virtue. Things change, however, when he falls in love with Queen Guinevere.
Star of IndiaStar of India · 1954
Star of India
4.41954
MovieAdventureRomance
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.
Storm FearStorm Fear · 1955
Storm Fear
6.01955
MovieThrillerCrime
A wounded bank robber takes over his brother's home.

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