Cornelia Wallace

January 28, 1939 (age 69)

Elba, Coffee County, United States of America

At the time, Wallace was seeking support in his bid for his party"s presidential nomination. She sang and played guitar and toured Australia and Hawaii with Country music singer Roy Acuff. She wrote and performed two songs for M-G-M: "lieutenant"s Number Summer Love" and "Baby with the Barefoot Feet". Following her father"s death, she and her mother, who was not wealthy but had many wealthy and influential contacts, often house sat for wealthy friends in Washington, District of Columbia, and other cities in order to live beyond their limited means. The couple had two sons, James and Joshua, but divorced in 1969. The Wallaces divorced in January 1978 amid claims that she had bugged his telephone in the Governor"s Mansion. She received no spousal support from Wallace because of his claims of her infidelity after his attempted assassination. Mistress Wallace entered the Democratic primary for governor in 1978 but did little active campaigning and finished last with only 217 votes among the thirteen candidates. In 1997, Turner Network Television produced the television movie George Wallace, with Gary Sinise in the title role, and Angelina Jolie as Cornelia. Wallace criticized the script for portraying her as a frivolous person. Wallace died of cancer in Sebring, Florida, on January 8, 2009. Alabama state Democratic Party Chairman Joe Turnham recalled that Mistress Wallace is "etched in Alabamians" memory because of the tragedy" in Maryland. Turnham also recalled that as first lady, Mistress Wallace urged Alabamians to plant vegetable gardens to be more self-reliant.

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Democratic Governor

Background

Wallace was born in Elba in southeastern Alabama to Charles G. Ellis, a civil engineer who died in 1960, and "Big Ruby” Folsom Ellis, former Governor James E. “Big Jim” Folsom’s sister.

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She attended Methodist Huntingdon College and Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida, and studied voice and piano.

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At the time, Wallace was seeking support in his bid for his party"s presidential nomination. She sang and played guitar and toured Australia and Hawaii with Country music singer Roy Acuff. She wrote and performed two songs for M-G-M: "lieutenant"s Number Summer Love" and "Baby with the Barefoot Feet".

Following her father"s death, she and her mother, who was not wealthy but had many wealthy and influential contacts, often house sat for wealthy friends in Washington, District of Columbia, and other cities in order to live beyond their limited means.

The couple had two sons, James and Joshua, but divorced in 1969. The Wallaces divorced in January 1978 amid claims that she had bugged his telephone in the Governor"s Mansion.

She received no spousal support from Wallace because of his claims of her infidelity after his attempted assassination. Mistress Wallace entered the Democratic primary for governor in 1978 but did little active campaigning and finished last with only 217 votes among the thirteen candidates.

In 1997, Turner Network Television produced the television movie George Wallace, with Gary Sinise in the title role, and Angelina Jolie as Cornelia.

Wallace criticized the script for portraying her as a frivolous person. Wallace died of cancer in Sebring, Florida, on January 8, 2009. Alabama state Democratic Party Chairman Joe Turnham recalled that Mistress

Wallace is "etched in Alabamians" memory because of the tragedy" in Maryland.

Turnham also recalled that as first lady, Mistress Wallace urged Alabamians to plant vegetable gardens to be more self-reliant.

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niece:: George Wallace

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