Jeff Chandler is a member of Actor . [quote]just because you remember him doesn't mean 99% of the population does, so why don't you check the facts before you stupidly label other people as dumb? Sheila Mac Rae confronts Esther Williams; bravo, Jim Carrey; conservative women get a reality check; Orson Welles's daughter sets the record straight; readers give socialites the cold shoulder. Williams' revelations about Chandler angered many readers. It was in the fifties that Jeff would become a star, making westerns and action pictures. . Back at Universal, he played a boxer in Iron Man (1951), a remake of an old Lew Ayres movie. After high school, he took a drama course and worked in stock companies for two years. Would you wear Dyson's new air-purifying headphones? They dated for 9 months Marilyn Maxwell and Jeff Chandler had a relationship Connect any celebrity with Jeff Chandler to see how closely they are linked romantically! "It just opened a door for us to be together and rediscover each other. [4] He served for four years, mostly in the Aleutians, finishing with the rank of lieutenant. In the coloured stills and on posters his studio always showed his hair as blue, heightening the unreality. "He loved me so intently. For other people named Jeff Chandler, see. he had an affair with Esther . Outraged friends and colleagues are rallying to the defense of late 50s screen hunk Jeff Chandler to offset damage done to his reputation by Esther Williams racy bestselling autobiography, The Million Dollar Mermaid.. In 1955 he became only the second star to play at the Riviera, after Liberace was the featured headliner. "BETTE DAVIS SEEKS TO LEAVE WARNERS: Negotiations Are Under Way to Cancel Contract, Making Actress a Free Agent" by THOMAS F. BRADY, "LANCASTER, HECHT BUY MAILER NOVEL: Actor to Play Lieut. . Esther's best picture that came up when I did a Google search. Me? She was romantically linked with Jeff Chandler. In 1957, he tangled with Orson Welles corrupt rancher in the B-movie thriller Man in the Shadow.. ). His next role was that of an officer in World War II. He lends his intelligence and personality to the role, but the greatest part of the performance belongs to the producer, who puts him in a certain type of part; the director, who tells him how to play it; and the cutter, who edits what's done. A casually racist remark from Russell's character, indignantly referring to . The company toured the Midwest with some success, presenting such plays as The Bad Man, Seventh Heaven, The New Minister, and Pigs. "Jeff Chandler was standing in the middle of the bedroom in a red wig, a flowered chiffon dress . Jeff Chandler: American actor and singer (1918 - 1961), Actor, Film actor, Singer, Songwriter, Television actor, Film producer, Stage actor, From: United States of America . There have been many people who have, since his death, come forward and outed him as both a transvestite and a homosexual, including Betty Grable, Andre Previn, and now Scotty Bowers. Yes indeed, we too use "cookies." They weren't too reticent to gossip about Kirk Douglas being a rapist or Rock Hudson being gay or Dorothy Lamour liking black men or the dozens of other people we've all heard about. What really galls the actors friends is that he cant defend himself against Williams charges. [4] Chandler was an active Democrat. . He was one of Universal Pictures' more popular male stars of the 1950s. The actor is only a small part of the performance. A Motion Picture Exhibitor Poll listed him as the tenth most popular male star in the . The couple had two daughters, Jamie Tucker (1947-2003) and Dana . SO WHAT if Esther Williams said Jeff Chandler was a cross dresser? In his films, his leading ladies included Maureen O'Hara, Rhonda Fleming, Jane Russell, Joan Crawford, and June Allyson. He said, 'I don't want to think there was ever another man that touched you.' Whether Jeff cross-dressed or not we'll never know since no one has come forward to corroborate Esther's story. "Jeff Chandler Among Movie Visitors Here" Tinee, Mae. Yes, Jeff Chandler deserves this star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. That's all changed, and so has Williams. Earlmar signed a six-picture deal with United Artists, under which Chandler was to appear in at least three of the films. I went to college with his son in the (early!) And there's never been another person to verify Esther's lie. But suddenly there are not enough pictures being made here. Chandler married actress Marjorie Hoshelle (1918-1989) in 1946. When she defended Jeff, she had spent decades on film sets with all sorts of mengay, straight, effeminate, macho, etc. Jeff Chandler. Broken Arrow turned out to be a considerable hit, earning Chandler an Oscar nomination and establishing him as a star. The book also revealed Williams took LSD . He also drank and gambled away $10,000,000 of her money. [5][6], Chandler formed his own company, the Shady Lane Playhouse, in Illinois in the summer of 1941. Dressmakers, shopowners, whatever passed for a personal shopper in those days, other lovers, etc. a very dear man and a generous, unassuming actor. Adds Fess Parker, who appeared with Chandler in the 1959 western The Jayhawkers, I was shocked and surprised to read something like that. R26, any evidence of your fantasy "massive moster cock?" Get personalized pricing by telling us when, where, and how you want to use this asset. Jeff Chandler was romantically linked with Esther Williams, who claimed in her 1999 autobiography Chandler was a cross dresser and she broke off the . His wife complained that Chandler was . I see that as the least I can do for the people who have given me the fruits of this world.[3]. "Looking at Hollywood: Movie Studio Plans Remake of 'The Magnificent Obsession'" Hopper, Hedda. Chandler played villains. "That's the the Queen of Hearts, Jeff- on top". [70], Esther Williams wrote in her 1999 autobiography that she broke off their relationship and that Chandler was a cross dresser. She's a wonderfully vital woman.". is on youtube). None of these embarrassed people were in Esther's bedroom. Russell recalls being in Honolulu in 1960 for a fund-raiser when Williams sought her out and expressed misgivings about her relationship with Chandler. Buys Rose TV Play" by THOMAS M. PRYOR, "R.K.O. Esther describes at least two of her husbands in that book as being extremely well endowed (Gage, Lamas). She found the hallucinogenic drug an enlightening experience. Chandler married actress Marjorie Hoshelle (1918-1989) in 1946. Anyone in the world with imagination and initiative can become a success. Jeff's daughters were asked by Peter Graves about it during Jeff's "Biography" episode. Then he made a funeral pyre of them and burned the pictures in my backyard. She revealed this in her 1999 autobiography. He worked for two years in stock companies, including a performance of The Trojan Horse opposite famous singers and actors Gordon MacRae and his wife Sheila MacRae, who became his good friends. When I was a little girl I had a crush on Jeff Chandler.. still love him now forty some years later. Jeff Chandler (Ira Grossel) was born on 15 December, 1918 in Brooklyn, New York, USA, is an Actor, Soundtrack, Producer. Esther Williams. "'Meet the World' Proves Impressive Stage Event", "Red Cross Saved Life of Baby, Mother Says: Complete Transfusion Soon After Birth Provided From Supply of Whole Blood", "STAR SHOW DAZZLES 30,000 AT COLISEUM: STAR PAGEANT", nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion, "Esther Williams Is All Wet, Say Friends of the Late Jeff Chandler", Jeff Chandler as Cochise in Broken Arrow (1951 radio version), https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jeff_Chandler&oldid=1133493857, Led to Chandler signing a long-term contract with Universal, "Blond Mink", "Leopard's Spots", "Social Error", "Palm Beach Santa Claus" , "Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair" , This page was last edited on 14 January 2023, at 02:21. The Los Angeles Times wrote that Chandler "is proving remarkable in performing singing duty, even though he is not exactly a singing type". He then went over to Warner Bros. to make Merrill's Marauders, which was his last film. [80][83] His ex-wife sued his estate for $80,000 for money owed under their divorce settlement.[84]. [28] 20th Century-Fox was keen to use Chandler again and offered him roles in The Day the Earth Stood Still, Lydia Bailey, Les Misrables, and The Secret of Convict Lake. Esther Williams married Leonarda Kovner on June 27, 1940, but they divorced . Hopper, Hedda. Her youth was spent as a teenage swimming champion and she won three United States National championships. [10] He went on to appear in episodes of anthology drama series such as Escape and Academy Award Theater, and became well known for playing the lead in Michael Shayne. Jeff Chandler was a regular on "Our Miss Brooks" as Eve Arden's b/f Mr. Boynton. Robert Rockwell was Mr. Boynton on the Our Miss Brooks TV series but did Jeff Chandler play him on the earlier radio series? Rose Marie wrote that Jeff Chandler was a great guy, but he was no singer. Unlike that other famous Hollywood cross-dresser, Dan Dailey. Jeff's dating histories included his dating British actress Barbara Shelley. . Jeff Chandler was born on the 15th of December, 1918. But who could confirm the story? He had a real star complex, by all accounts. ", In the book, Williams extols Lamas' lovemaking ("God knows he'd had enough practice to have earned a black belt in the bedroom arts.") . He was romantically linked with Esther Williams, who claimed in her 1999 autobiography Chandler was a . Married in 1946; divorced in 1959; died in 1989 at age 71. . $ I was reading Jeff Chandler's Wikipedia after seeing a striking photo of him online, and I knew when I read that Esther accused him of cross-dressing that there would be a DL thread on it. I wasn't there, so I don't know, but if Esther was bitter about the end of the relationship or felt ill-used in some way, she wouldn't have been the first person or the last to smear the reputation of an ex. [76] He died on June 17, 1961. Or everyone else is dead but Esther. Esther clearly had a chip on her shoulder all those years as being typed as a novelty swimming star. Of all the things you could make up - why that? Chandler had a relationship with Gloria DeHaven that was exposed in Confidential magazine. She said Esther had come to her with woes of her romance with Jeff in the 1950s but never mentioned the cross-dressing until she had to sell some books decades later. Jeff Chandler - From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jeff Chandler (born Ira Grossel; December 15, 1918 - June 17, 1961) was an. And of course, there are photos in Hollywood Babylon II of Dan in drag. In May, Chandler refused to play the lead in Six Bridges to Cross and Universal put him on suspension. Outraged friends and colleagues are rallying to the defense of late '50s screen hunk Jeff Chandler to offset damage done to his reputation by Esther . Council Opens Campaign to Halt Cheaper Production Abroad by U. S. Studios". He was a sweet guy, definitely all man. Discover Jeff Chandler's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. So she was in a kind of career plateau/limbo, trying to regroup, having had her long term contracts with Metro then Warners, but at that point not signed to the kind of deal to which she was accustomed. His features were rugged and masculine. I marked two radio scripts and have finished synopses and five movie stories. If they haven't seen any of his films (or think they haven't! He was cast in February 1949. He said he earned $250,000 in 1957 from his acting and singing, but had a lot of expenses, with his personal manager, business manager, and agent taking 25% of his income. Movie fans seem to think that actors belong to them, but we like to feel we belong to ourselves. . Help us build our profile of Jeff Chandler! I was born to be an executive an idea man. I think some people just haven't done their homework, so quit whingeing! Paperback - September 14, 2000. [8] . It must be the weekend. . When she made the book deal with Simon & Schuster, "they said, 'See if you can write a page-turner.' "I loved the book and read it straight through," she says. She met her first husband Leonard Kovner while she was at college but she admitted that after a time she found him very dull and she didn't need him. "Jeff Chandler Wills $600,000 to Daughters". . Why has this not been mentioned? Chandler had a concurrent career as a singer and recording artist, releasing several albums and playing nightclubs. I guess if Jeff showed himself off to other women, they are too discreet and/or kind to verify. Actor Jeff Chandler had a great career in films, which was cut short by his untimely death. If there was anything going on [with cross-dressing], she would have told me then. I never heard a word or whisper that intimated that about Jeff. by THOMAS M. PRYOR. Even before Broken Arrow was released, Chandler was upped to leading-man status back at Universal. The mind boggles. Chandler said he always wanted to act, but courses for commercial art were cheaper, so he studied art for a year and worked as a layout artist for a mail-order catalogue at $18 a week. If I don't, I'm labeled the tightest guy in town. Rhonda Fleming, Maureen O'Hara, Kim Novak, Jane Russell, Esther Williams, and his Brooklyn friend Susan Hayward. The book isn't being released tomorrow. Louella Parsons called Chandler "the busiest actor in town Jeff is so happy in his private life these days that he's doing everything the studio wants. Film historian David Shipman wrote this analysis of Chandler's image: Jeff Chandler looked as though he had been dreamed up by one of those artists who specialise in male physique studies, or a mite further up the artistic scale, he might have been plucked bodily from some modern mural on a biblical subject. He followed this with two films for Universal, The Lady Takes a Flyer with Lana Turner, and Raw Wind in Eden with Esther Williams. (31 December 1969 - 8 October 1982) (his death) She then married former lover, Argentine actor/director, Fernando Lamas on December 31, 1969. . The couple had two daughters, Jamie Tucker (May 16, 1947-2003) and Dana Grossel (1949-2002). Jeff Chandler was previously married to Marjorie Hoshelle (1946 - 1954). His real name was as well known as Archie Leach, Norma Jean Baker, Betty Perske and Bernie Schwartz. Chandler married actress Marjorie Hoshelle (1918-1989) in 1946. Esther Williams (Esther Jane Williams) was born on 8 August, 1921 in Inglewood, CA, is an American swimmer. Esther is a no-talent cunt. Genealogy for Esther Jane Williams (1921 - 2013) family tree on Geni, with over 230 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives. I'm mid-way to being an eldergay (25). Their divorce was granted in 1959. If the movies had not found him the advertising agencies would have done and in fact, whenever you saw a still of him you looked at his wrist-watch or pipe before realising that he wasn't promoting something. [quote]He never made any comedies though he shows quite the flair for it in that What's My LIne? While Gene Kelly danced and Judy Garland sang, Esther Williams swam into the heart of America with her dazzling smile, stunning aquabatics, and whole-some appeal. . The cause was a blood infection complicated by pneumonia. Corwin and others believe that Chandler is the latest victim of high-stakes celebrity publishing, in which each subsequent tell-all must tell more. Once a leggy paragon of American wholesomeness, the star of "Bathing Beauty," "Neptune's Daughter" and "Dangerous When Wet" is now a 77-year-old woman with little to lose by telling the truth. Please click here to get full access and no ads for $1.99 or less per month. [66] Their divorce was granted in June 1959, with Chandler giving his wife $100,000 and over $2,166 per month in alimony plus $500 per month in child support. Hello. CENTER B: With Rossana Podesta. That was when I moved in with her and had my son, who is now 16. That's why I find being a movie actor not particularly gratifying. Her single mom Anna was the local tramp until she married a deliveryman named Harry Hough. For that he had the requisite Jewishness (of which he was very proud) and he was not quite real. [54], Chandler made another for Universal, A Stranger in My Arms with June Allyson. Ever the bathing beauty, Williams is dressed for her interviews in the shortest of shorts and a sleeveless nylon jersey that says "Pro Spirit." . For 13 years, she lived in total submission to him, where she had to stop being "Esther Williams" and could not have her . "[21] The movie was shot on location in Italy, although Chandler's radio commitments meant some of it had to be filmed in Hollywood. "Jeff Chandler's Wife Gets Divorce, $100,000: She Says She Developed Ulcer Because He Was Too Absorbed in His Film Work", "'Spying' on Anita Told by Detective: Pejury Action Possible". None of this evidence, however, has ever come to light about Jeff Chandler R48, Dan Dailey's cross-dressing was reportedly witnessed by a long-dead colleague of mine (who could easily have read about it in Kenneth Anger's work). "I couldn't marry anyone who, every time I got dressed in something divine, would want to be wearing it instead of me," Williams explains. See how she equates homosexuals with mincing and prancing and being sissies. He tore out ev ery picture of my first husband, of Ben, of Jeff, of anybody that was in my life. The cause was a blood infection complicated by pneumonia. I think she took a cheap potshot. The couple had two daughters, Jamie Tucker (1947-2003) and Dana Grossel (1949-2002). The second sentence is true, the first is not. If it were true, there should have been rumors long before Esther's book. Chandler appeared in Return to Peyton Place for Fox. Anyone who would pick up a book on Esther Williams would know who Jeff Chandler was. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his role as Cochise in Broken Arrow (1950). He also had to be written out of his radio shows Michael Shayne and Our Miss Brooks for several weeks.[12][18]. "Jeff Chandler, Wife Refuse Reconciliation: Actor Offers to Continue $1500-a-Month Allowance; She Asks Total of $6500". So Esther said "Just tuck a foot under your ass and you will sit up taller." Chandler moved to Columbia and acted with Kim Novak in Jeanne Eagels. I was too busy living it. His next film, The Story of David, was filmed for American TV, his first work in that medium, but was shown theatrically in other countries. . She lived an amazing life and has plenty of REAL dirt to sharewhy would she need to make things up? [2] He was raised by his mother after his parents separated when he was a child. [16], In February 1953, I was making a second picture with Jeff Chandler, one called War Arrow. Jeff Chandler was born in Brooklyn. It pissed him off, perhaps making him think she was condescending to him. The part was proving tricky to cast; in Chandler's words, "Fox was looking for a guy big enough physically to play the role and unfamiliar enough to moviegoers to lend authenticity. I walk into a restaurant and get a ringside table- but you remember I also have to leave the biggest tip. Esther Williams wrote in her 1999 autobiography that she broke off their relationship and that Chandler was a cross dresser. 70s and he was a hottie! American Actor Jeff Chandler was born Ira Grossel on 15th December, 1918 in Brooklyn, New York, USA and passed away on 17th Jun 1961 Culver City, CA aged 42. Jeff just seemed like such an innocent guileless soulit doesn't seem fair to besmirch his reputation, true or not. [quote]I just find it hard to believe so many people buy the story wholeheartedly, based on only one allegation, and that from an ex-lover who is reported to have had a troubled relationship with him. He followed this by playing the role of Cochise in two sequels: The Battle at Apache Pass (1952) and Taza, Son of Cochise (1954). [quote]Betty Grable never confirmed Dan Dailey's cross dressing after Dailey died. And, again, why would she need to say that to sell books? [34] Both The Robe and Magnificent Obsession became big hits. I know plenty of film buffs who have never heard of him or seen his movies (most of which aren't very good). Williams waves off the backlash to her book as naive. The so-called revelations about Chandlers fetish, she says, are common knowledge, dating to the 60s and a Chicago Tribune interview she gave to Gail Sheehy. He was a sweet guy, definitely all man.. WEHT Robert Rockwell? Chandler, known for his rich baritone voice and prematurely gray hair, died in 1961 as the result of a botched operation for chronic back pain. Every Sunday night, our local NPR station features radio shows from the 40s and 50s with stars like Olivia de Haviland, Spencer Tracey, Peter Lorre, Claudette Colbert, Jeff Chandler, Frank Sinatra, Humphrey Bogart, Loretta Young, Lucille Ball, Cary Grant, etc., etc. He's The Busiest, Now". Chandler spoke of making Young Moses and a Western with friends Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh, but neither film was made. .His leading ladies included June Allyson, Joan Crawford, Rhonda Fleming, Maureen O'Hara, Kim Novak, Jane Russell, Esther Williams, . It was nothing to him that Williams did all the housework and the cooking, then got up from the sofa when he ordered, "Get me a Coke. SPECIAL TO THE TIMES. He'd married in 1946, and had two daughters. He came with a conductor, piano player, light man, press agent, and manager. While his premature gray hair and tanned features served him well in his westerns and action pictures, the studio also put him into soaps and costume movies. I didn't, R18. I think Esther Williams later admitted she made it up to sell copies of her autobiography. When you're trekking the country as I am now for my Decca records "I Should Care" and "More Than Anyone" and for Universal International, my home studio every hour of the day, from the morning disc jockeys to the midnight program is filled. "Jeff Chandler Is Dead; Blame Blood Poison: JEFF CHANDLER". Like so many Hollywood stars, Jeff was asked to cash in on his screen stardom by putting out a record. "Fernando dragged her down. The couple had two daughters, Jamie Tucker and Dana Grosse. Please complete the process by verifying your email address. 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