# Beryl Wallace > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Beryl_Wallace > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Beryl_Wallace.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beryl_Wallace > Source revision: 1240349832 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) American actress Beryl Wallace Wallace in the 1920s Born Beatrice Heischuber (1912-09-29)September 29, 1912 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. Died June 17, 1948(1948-06-17) (aged 35) Aristes, Pennsylvania, U.S. Resting place Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California, U.S. Occupations Singer, actress, dancer Years active 1928–1948 **Beryl Wallace** (born **Beatrice Heischuber**;[1] September 29, 1912 – June 17, 1948) was an American singer, dancer and actress. ## Biography Wallace was born in [Brooklyn, New York](/source/Brooklyn%2C_New_York), the second of nine children of working class [Jewish](/source/Jew) immigrants from [Austria](/source/Austria).[2] Pursuing a dancing career, she was in her teens when she saw a casting call advertisement in the [newspaper](/source/Newspaper) and landed a role in the 1928 [Earl Carroll](/source/Earl_Carroll) [Broadway theatre](/source/Broadway_theatre) production of *[Vanities](/source/The_Earl_Carroll_Vanities)* that was billed as having the "most beautiful girls in the world". She adopted the surname "Wallace" as her [stage name](/source/Stage_name) and went on to appear in six similar risqué productions that featured scanty costumes for the female performers and full nudity for the first time on Broadway. [*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] Beryl Wallace and producer Earl Carroll began a personal relationship that would take them to [Hollywood](/source/Hollywood%2C_Los_Angeles) where she would perform in film and at his [Earl Carroll Theatre](/source/Earl_Carroll_Theatre#Sunset_Boulevard). The theatre-[supper club](/source/Supper_club)'s facade was adorned by what at the time was one of Hollywood's most famous [landmarks](/source/Landmark): a 20-foot (6.1 m)-high [neon](/source/Neon) facial portrait of Beryl Wallace of which a [recreation](http://images2.laweekly.com/imager/sign-to-the-earl-carroll-theater-now-on-d/u/original/4207698/earl_carrol.jpg) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20171206164334/https://images2.laweekly.com/imager/sign-to-the-earl-carroll-theater-now-on-d/u/original/4207698/earl_carrol.jpg) December 6, 2017, at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) can be seen today at [Universal CityWalk](/source/Universal_CityWalk), at [Universal City](/source/Universal_City%2C_California), as part of the collection of historic neon signs from the [Museum of Neon Art](/source/Museum_of_Neon_Art).[3] Beryl Wallace made her film debut in 1934 in an uncredited role in the [Paramount Pictures](/source/Paramount_Pictures) film production of Carroll's Broadway play *[Murder at the Vanities](/source/Murder_at_the_Vanities)*. She went on to appear in a number of small roles until 1937, when she co-starred in the [Monogram Pictures](/source/Monogram_Pictures) "[B](/source/B-movie)" [Western film](/source/Western_film) production of *Romance of the Rockies* with [Tom Keene](/source/Tom_Keene_(actor)). This led to another co-starring role in the 1938 film, *Air Devils*. In the early 1940s she continued appearing in bit parts, but also had good secondary roles in [Republic Pictures](/source/Republic_Pictures) "B" Westerns starring the likes of [Roy Rogers](/source/Roy_Rogers) and [Richard Dix](/source/Richard_Dix_(actor)). While acting in twenty-two films over a ten-year period, Wallace's primary job was as a star entertainer at Earl Carroll's theatre.[4] During [World War II](/source/World_War_II), Wallace sang weekly on two 15-minute radio shows and on Monday evenings hosted a half-hour entertainment show on [NBC](/source/NBC) radio called *Furlough Fun*. In addition to helping entertain soldiers at the [Masquers Club](/source/Masquers_Club), on Sunday afternoons she was a volunteer dancer at the [Hollywood Canteen](/source/Hollywood_Canteen).[5] ## Death On June 17, 1948, while en route from Los Angeles to New York City, Beryl Wallace and [Earl Carroll](/source/Earl_Carroll) died in the crash of [United Airlines Flight 624](/source/United_Airlines_Flight_624) in [Aristes, Pennsylvania](/source/Aristes%2C_Pennsylvania).[6] They were interred together in the Garden of Memory at [Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Glendale, California](/source/Forest_Lawn_Memorial_Park%2C_Glendale).[7] ## Broadway performances - *[Earl Carroll's Vanities](/source/Earl_Carroll's_Vanities)* (1940) - *[The Women](/source/The_Women_(play))* (1936) - *[Earl Carroll's Sketch Book](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Earl_Carroll%27s_Sketch_Book&action=edit&redlink=1)* (1935) - *[Murder at the Vanities](/source/Murder_at_the_Vanities)* (1934) - *Earl Carroll's Vanities* (1932) - *Earl Carroll's Vanities* (1931) - *Earl Carroll's Vanities* (1930) - *Earl Carroll's Vanities* (1928) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Beryl Wallace Will Provides for Mother"](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22919808/beryl_wallace/). *The Los Angeles Times*. California, Los Angeles. July 3, 1948. p. 3. Retrieved August 18, 2018 – via [Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Wagner, Laura (Spring 2017). "Beryl Wallace Volcanic Venus". *[Films of the Golden Age](/source/Films_of_the_Golden_Age)*. No. 88. pp. 9–10. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Earl Carroll Theatre"](https://web.archive.org/web/20171214130451/http://www.lahtf.org/earlcarroll-10-2017/). *Los Angeles Historic Theatre Foundation*. Archived from [the original](http://www.lahtf.org/earlcarroll-10-2017/) on December 14, 2017. Retrieved December 14, 2017. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Rasmussen, Cecilia (February 12, 2006). ["'Body Merchant' Packed Them In"](https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-feb-12-me-then12-story.html). *[Los Angeles Times](/source/Los_Angeles_Times)*. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Messina, Cheryl. ["Beryl Wallace Profile"](http://www.glamourgirlsofthesilverscreen.com/show/282/Beryl+Wallace/index.html). *Glamour Girls of the Silver Screen*. Retrieved December 14, 2017. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Airliner Crash Takes Lives of 43 Persons"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2245&dat=19480618&id=BUgzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=pu4HAAAAIBAJ&pg=6411,5976246). *[Lodi News-Sentinel](/source/Lodi_News-Sentinel)*. [United Press International](/source/United_Press_International). June 18, 1948. p. 1. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** Wilson, Scott. *Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons*, 3d ed.: 2 (Kindle Locations 25047-25048). McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. Kindle Edition. ## External links - [Beryl Wallace](https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/63843) at the [Internet Broadway Database](/source/Internet_Broadway_Database) - [Beryl Wallace](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0908537/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) - [Beryl Wallace](https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5174) at [Find a Grave](/source/Find_a_Grave) Authority control databases International VIAF GND WorldCat People Deutsche Biographie --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Beryl Wallace](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beryl_Wallace) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beryl_Wallace?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.