Actress. She is best remembered for her recurring portrayal of the lovable yet easily confused Nana Seinfeld on the television series "Seinfeld." Born into a traditional working-class family, the daughter of a housewife and a farmer, she took an interest in acting at a young age appearing in Little Theatres and church productions. Upon relocating to New York City, New York in 1945, after attaining her formal education at the Stella Adler Academy she began her career as a leading lady on the Broadway stage appearing in such productions as "Deep Are the Roots," "A Streetcar Named Desire," "The Philadelphia Story," "Dinner at Eight," "The Skin of Our Teeth," "A Period of Adjustment," "The Little Foxes," "State of the Union," "Happy Birthday," "Another Part of the Forest," "Born Yesterday," "The Heiress," "Angel Street," "Lamp at Midnight," "A Moon for the Misbegotten," "Goodbye, Mr. Fancy," "Mister Roberts," "The Human Touch," "Time for Elizabeth," "Private Lives," "Camino Real," "The Browning Version," "Red Gloves," "Detective Story," "South Pacific," "The Women," "Bell, Book, and Candle," "The Country Girl," "Why She Would Not," "Come Back, Little Sheba," "Buy Me Blue Ribbons," "Point of No Return," "The Seventh Veil," "The Autumn Garden," "Bernadine," "The Time of the Cuckoo," "Time out for Ginger," "The Shrike," "Wild Horses," "Picnic," "The Trip to Bountiful," "Witness for the Prosecution," "Waiting for Godot," "A Christmas Carol," "All Summer Long," "Tea and Sympathy," "Separate Tables," "The Burning Glass," "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," "The Desperate Hours," "A Memory of Two Mondays," "A View from the Bridge," "Career," "Towards Zero," "The Mousetrap," "Look Homeward, Angel," "Orpheus Descending," "Holiday for Lovers," and "The Dark at the Top of the Stairs." Following decades of stage work, she was introduced to director David Fulk while attending a luncheon at the prestigious Beverly Hills Hotel during a visit to California. Impressed by her mature appearance, wholesome image, and delightful charm, he arranged for her to begin a career in the film industry beginning with her appearing under his supervision in a leading role in "Night Visitors" (1987). From there, she would go on to flourish as a notable character actress appearing in over 20 features; often typecast as wives, mothers, old maids, relatives, neighbors, educators, housekeepers, white-collared workers, secretaries, dowdy matrons, gossips, snobs, dowagers, beauticians, salesladies, nannies, authority figures, and matriarchs. She appeared in such feature films as "Shrunken Heads" (1994), "Pie in the Sky" (1995), "Mother" (1996), and "Glam" (1997). On television, she appeared in numerous guest spots on such syndicated sitcoms as "True Colors," "Who's the Boss?," "Beverly Hills, 90210," "On Our Own," "Ellen," "Murphy Brown," "Love & War," "Coach," "Hope & Gloria," "Dream On," "Mad About You," "ER," and "Tracey Takes On." During her career, she was a member of the Screen Actors Guild, was supportive of the Motion Picture and Television Fund, sat on the board of directors for her local charters of the Homemakers of America and Habitat for Humanity, was a commercial model for the Forbes Agency, had been a politically active Democrat, was a regular parishioner of the Methodist church, had been a theatrical instructor for the Pasadena Playhouse, was a notable audiobook narrator, had been a founder of the Gem Theatre, served as president of the McIntire Family Trusts, and she was the celebrity spokeswoman for Merrill Lynch. Upon her 1997 retirement, Wallace spent the remainder of her life dividing time between her homes in California and New Mexico and was a regular attendee at autograph conventions until her death from the complications of emphysema.