Andree Wallace

Wallace was born in Brooklyn "into an extraordinarily large family" of Scottish ancestry via both her Campbell mother and her Wallace father.[2] Her father had been a shopkeeper in Scotland, and he became a gardener in a cemetery in Brooklyn. Her mother operated a rooming house in East Flatbush.[1] She graduated from Girls' Commercial High School[3] in Brooklyn, where she took a dramatics class.[4]

Wallace first worked professionally in radio when she was 17 years old, obtaining a role on The Little Blue Playhouse for $10 per episode.[1] By 1948, she had acted on radio and on stage in summer stock productions, in Blackfriar's productions, and in productions of the Equity Library Theatre[3] On February 3, 1948, she debuted in the title role of Michael Sayers's Kathleen at the Mansfield Theatre on Broadway.[5]

Wallace's roles on radio included Marty Lambert on Brave Tomorrow,[6] Cynthia on The Romance of Helen Trent[7] and Jane on Miss Hattie.[8] She was a featured member of the stock company of Radio Reader's Digest.[9] Other radio programs on which she was heard included Famous Jury Trials, Light of the World, My True Story, and Young Widder Brown.[10] She also acted on Kraft Television Theatre.[1]

Wallace married film publicist Guy Biondi, whom she met when she was studying drama and he was stage manager when her class presented a demonstration. They have two children.[1]