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Jean Wallace, the film actress of the 1940s and 1950s whose off-screen escapades fueled Hollywood gossip, died at home in Beverly Hills, Calif., after an internal hemorrhage, officials said. She was 66. Miss Wallace, the wife of actor Cornel Wilde from 1951 to 1980, died Wednesday, family members said. As a Paramount contract player, she appeared in the 1941 musical "Louisiana Purchase." Her other 1940s films included "You Can't Ration Love," "It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog," "Blaze of Noon," "When My Baby Smiles at Me," and "Jigsaw."