Cornel Wilde turned producer/director for several of his movies in the 1950s and tried to transform Wallace from sexpot to legit actress. She appeared exclusively for Wilde from 1953 on in a number of well-done potboilers.
Ex-stepmother of Wendy Wilde.
Her two sons with Franchot Tone are Pascal Franchot Tone and Thomas Jefferson Tone. Her son with Cornel Wilde is Cornel Wallace Wilde.
Platinum-blonde model-turned-bombshell of the 40s and 50s whose film career was enhanced by marriages to top films stars Franchot Tone and Cornel Wilde.
She attempted suicide in 1946 with sleeping pills, and in 1949 with a self inflicted knife wound.