Chandler married actress Marjorie Hoshelle (1918-1989) in 1946. "Big Chief! The couple had two daughters, Jamie Tucker (May 16, 1947-2003) and Dana Grossel (1949-2002). Williams' revelations about Chandler angered many readers. 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. Athletic and tall (6 feet, 5 inches), the Brooklyn-born Chandler (born Ira Grossel) was perfect for wide-screen CinemaScope and full-figured leading ladies, like Williams and Russell. is on youtube). He was a sweet guy, definitely all man.. Whether you believe Esther or not, her bio Million Dollar Mermaid is a great dishy read. Esther Williams (Million Dollar Mermaid, The Unguarded Moment) and Jeff Chandler (Foxfire, Female on the Beach) set the screen ablaze in this romantic South Seas noir directed by Richard Wilson (Al Capone, Pay or Die! Her youth was spent as a teenage swimming champion and she won three United States National championships. And, please don't even try to convince anyone that old Jane was sleeping with Jeff. In 1957, he became involved with actress Esther Williams, causing his wife to divorce him. "R.K.O. What really galls the actors friends is that he cant defend himself against Williams charges. Excerpts from her 1999 autobiography in major American magazines revealed that her one-time lover, actor Jeff Chandler, was obsessed about dressing in women's clothing. His uber thick cock is the reason Esther Williams married him. [63], In 1957, he had an affair with Esther Williams while they made a movie together, and his wife filed for divorce at the end of the year. Ten or 20 years ago, she says, she couldn't have written "The Million Dollar Mermaid," "only because I hadn't analyzed (my life). ), though I've never seen any of her movies. Jeff Chandler was romantically linked with Esther Williams, who claimed in her 1999 autobiography Chandler was a cross dresser and she broke off the . r68, 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? He was romantically linked with Esther Williams, who claimed in her 1999 autobiography Chandler was a cross dresser and she . In 1960, Esther married her third husband, dashing actor Fernando Lamas, whose previous marriage to actress Arlene Dahl produced Lorenzo. How would a lez like Jane Russell know anything intimate about Jeff? [4] He served for four years, mostly in the Aleutians, finishing with the rank of lieutenant. But who could confirm the story? They separated in 1951,[60] again in 1954,[61] and filed for divorce in 1954. Hearn Role in 'The Naked and the Dead' for Norma Productions" by THOMAS F. BRADY. "Jeff Chandler Among Movie Visitors Here", Tinee, Mae. But Jeff Chandler one hot gorgeous Jewish hunk of man, in a dress or out. 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. In July 1952, Chandler signed a fresh contract with Universal that doubled his salary. She said she just had to get away and think, but she certainly never mentioned anything like what she has in her book, Russell recalls. "Looking at Hollywood: Orson Welles Will Star in and Direct 'Badge of Evil'", Hopper, Hedda. An executive is a guy who thinks things up and has other people execute them. In case you're wondering, R71, she didn't write the book last week. --Queen who has read nearly every book mentioned in this thread. . [72], Chandler's public support for Israel's 1956 attack on Egypt during the Suez Crisis prompted the United Arab Republic to campaign for his films to be banned in Arab countries in 1960. to Make Space-Test Film: Feature to Depict Efforts of U.S. Scientists to Launch an Earth Satellite" by Thomas M. Pryor. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his role as Cochise in Broken Arrow (1950). 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. [42], Universal cast Chandler in an expensive remake of The Spoilers, then was given the lead in one of the studio's most prestigious films of the year, Away All Boats. [15] Chandler impressed studio executives so much with his work that shortly into filming, Universal signed him to a seven-year contract. Chandler married Actress Marjorie Hoshelle (1918-1989) in 1946. Jeff Chandler, better known by the Family name Jeff Chandler, was a popular Athlete. I like to push buttons. I went to college with his son in the (early!) His first film under the arrangement was a supporting role in Abandoned (1949). ", At one point Williams had decided to leave the Chandler bit out of the book. The role, which he reprised in two other films, brought an Oscar nomination. Her son was 15 and she would drive over every night and make sure he ate and then she would go home to Lamas. Chandler played villains. Jeff Chandler was previously married to Marjorie Hoshelle (1946 - 1954). In 1952, exhibitors voted Chandler the 22nd-most popular star in the US. The couple had two daughters, Jamie Tucker and Dana Grosse. Esther Williams, August 8, Esther Williams was an awarding winning competitive actress and Swimmer during the 1940's to 1960s, She made appearances in films such as 'Andy Hardy's Double Life' and won a Henrietta Award for World Film Favorite Female in 1952. . None of these embarrassed people were in Esther's bedroom. Brand New 2K Master! Login The couple had two daughters, Jamie Tucker (born 1947) and Dana Grossel (born 1949). But when she called her daughter, Susan, "she said, 'Mother, I don't think anybody's capable of being shocked anymore, after Bill Clinton and Monica and the thong and the knee pads.' "Jeff Chandler Likely for Demetrius; 'Highest Mountain' New Purchase", Schallert, Edwin. Sadly, his only 2 movies of note would probably be Joan Crawford's Female on a Beach and Kim Novak's Jeanne Eagels. If they're familiar with old movies, then they know who Jeff Chandler was. Everyone knows, the three films every film buff must see are Citizen Kane, The Godfather, and Female on the Beach! "[57], Chandler formed another production company, August, for which he made The Plunderers, a Western, distributed by Allied Artists. Once again, location work required him to regularly commute back and forth to Hollywood throughout the shoot. Esther Williams and Jeff Chandler dated from 1957 to 1960 Jeff Chandler and Mamie Van Doren dated in 1954 Susan Hayward and Jeff Chandler had a relationship from 1954 to 1955 Julie Adams and Jeff Chandler dated from December, 1953 to January, 1954 Jeff Chandler and Eartha Kitt had an encounter in 1953 Mrta Torn and Jeff Chandler had a relationship from Apr 1951 to May 1951 Marjorie Hoshelle and Jeff Chandler were married for 7 years. [56] In Ten Seconds to Hell and The Jayhawkers! [7] When America entered World War II, Chandler enlisted in the army. EXCEPT, R26, Esther never married Jeff. Whether Jeff Chandler was a cross-dresser or not is nobody's business ("Esther Williams Is All Wet, Say Friends of the Late Jeff Chandler," by Glenn Lovell, Oct. 27). [quote]Why reopen this thread from 5 years ago? Jeff Chandler was born in Brooklyn. Companion. Complete with a pun that she never re-cunted her story! [58] Allied was so pleased with the film, they requested three more movies from August, but Chandler never got to make them.[57]. Esther had a lot of strange stories. He made a cameo in Meet Danny Wilson[25] and had a change of pace when he supported Loretta Young in Because of You which a few years later he called his favorite role. Chandler had appeared on air in Rogue's Gallery with Dick Powell, who was impressed by the actor, and put pressure on Columbia to give Chandler his first film role, a small part as a gangster in Johnny O'Clock (1947). [quote]No. ). ", In the book, Williams extols Lamas' lovemaking ("God knows he'd had enough practice to have earned a black belt in the bedroom arts.") Lamas was controlling and abusive. . I knew the MGM ladies, the musical men, and the biggies like Bogie, Jimmy Stewart, Spencer Tracy, etc. Back at Universal, he played a boxer in Iron Man (1951), a remake of an old Lew Ayres movie. She repeated them in her autobiography as a means of introspection. Some features on this site require registration. If you can't find the email you can resend it here. Actor. . He had commitments to make two films per year at Universal until 1959.[52]. Chandler and Williams had a . Does Esther make appearances any more, wet or otherwise? Off screen, Chandler was both a civil rights activist and die-hard baseball fan known to suit up with the Dodgers for spring training. He had wanted Judy Garland (who didn't?) Do editors really encourage libel lawsuits in order to sell books? "Wife Divorces Jeff Chandler, Screen Actor", Divorce Planned but Called Off, Says Jeff Chandler. For other people named Jeff Chandler, see. he had an affair with Esther . "He became so absorbed by his career that he spent all time when not actually working on a picture in his business office", said his wife. relationship with Jeff Chandler ended after he shared . Chandler received more attention playing Eve Arden's love interest on radio in Our Miss Brooks, which debuted in July 1948 and became a massive hit. The last of those was distributed by Paramount, which released Chandler's next film, another Western, The Jayhawkers! Tony Curtis and Gerald Mohr were among the pallbearers at Chandler's funeral, attended by more than 1,500 people. Esther Williams wrote in her 1999 autobiography that she broke off their relationship and that Chandler was a cross dresser. It made my jaw drop, says actress Marsha Hunt of the accusations in Williams book. Actor Jeff Chandler had a great career in films, which was cut short by his untimely death. [44], He made a Western, Pillars of the Sky, then had a change of pace with the comedy The Toy Tiger, the fourth movie he made that year. "If they're familiar with old movies, then they know who Jeff Chandler was.". 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. In exchange for this, Chandler was to make two more films for Universal under his original contract with them, then enter into a new arrangement under which he would appear in two films a year over three years.[48]. To compensate, she devised a five-year plan of spending afternoons and evenings with her children in Santa Monica, then leaving them with her sister and driving to Lamas' Bel Air home to spend the night. 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When I was a little girl I had a crush on Jeff Chandler.. still love him now forty some years later. They look nothing alike. . He left to work on a movie after three and a half weeks. The Chandler chapter is getting all the attention, but Williams devotes far more space in her book to Lamas, the Argentine actor who insisted that she bag her career and devote herself entirely to him before he would commit. "Jeff Chandler Man of Many Faces: He Can Play Any Kind of Character Role, and Is a Glamor Guy, Too Hedda Hopper Writes of Jeff Chandler", Hopper, Hedda. He appeared regularly on radio drama and comedy. He was a favorite of macho directors like Budd Boetticher (Red Ball Express) and Sam Fuller (Merrills Marauders.) His specialty: men of integrity who quietly endured the worst that the enemy or society could dish out. Who is Jeff Chandler dating? ", His machismo was so out of hand, Williams says, that "he once went through my scrapbook without my knowing it. Chandler married actress Marjorie Hoshelle (1918-1989) in 1946. Esther Jane Williams was born on August 8, 1921 in Inglewood, California. "Film Unit Opposes Foreign Ventures: A.F.L. Chandler moved to Columbia and acted with Kim Novak in Jeanne Eagels. The two lived on neighboring farms in Kansas and carried on . Chandler married actress Marjorie Hoshelle (1918-1989) in 1946. New York: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux (1965) ISBN -374-52268-5 Chandler himself had nearly lost an eye and had been visibly scarred in an auto accident years earlier. Hunt co-starred with Chandler in The Plunderers (1960). Chandler was born Ira Grossel to a Jewish family in Brooklyn, the only child of Anna (ne Herman) and Phillip Grossel. There's not going to be an Esther Williams autograph party on Saturday. In a fitting tribute to Williams' love of spending time in water, she arranged to have her ashes tossed in the Pacific . [2] He was raised by his mother after his parents separated when he was a child. "Chief Crazyhorse' Held Right for Jeff Chandler; Slate Signs Term Deal" Schallert, Edwin. Chandler was the first actor to portray Chad Remington in Frontier Town. That was the audience that was buying the book. I don't think Esther Williams was sufficiently imaginative to make it up. [quote]Betty Grable never confirmed Dan Dailey's cross dressing after Dailey died. In 1955 he became only the second star to play at the Riviera, after Liberace was the featured headliner. )they must surely have read about him in all the info there is on Old Hollywood. "Jeff Chandler Wills $600,000 to Daughters". . [11][12] He tested for Columbia's The Loves of Carmen[13] but did not get the part. Chandler spoke of making Young Moses and a Western with friends Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh, but neither film was made. She is very frank and graphic about her sexual liaisons with Victor Mature, Fernando Lamas and Jeff Chandler and also tells some ribald stories of her encounters with Mickey Rooney, Gene Kelly, Johnny Weissmuller, Joan Crawford and Bette Davis. Cast: Van Johnson (Bill Stevens Chandler), Esther Williams (Connie Allenbury), Lucille Ball (Gladys Benton), Keenan Wynn (Warren Haggerty), Cecil Kellaway (J.B. Allenbury), Ben Blue (Spike Dolan), June Lockhart (Babs Norvell). "VIDEO AND RADIO TO REACH HIGH POINT AT YULE: Programs Are Listed for Holiday" REMENIH, ANTON. In 1957, Jeff Chandler was dating Esther Williams. None of it helped. . Williams is happily married today to Edward Bell, partner in her swimming pool and swimsuit businesses. . "Now Jeff has gone, I feel like one of my band of brothers has left this world, and I'm going to dearly miss him," he wrote. The cause was a blood infection complicated by pneumonia. ", Lamas, who remained with Williams 22 years, until his death from cancer in 1982, had an old-world concept of marriage. Williams' revelations about Chandler angered many readers. So I figured his two daughters knew, too. "Drama: Hayward Slates Picture; 20th Casts Chandler; 'Chaplains' Activated" Schallert, Edwin. . I've only recently found out who Jeff Chandler was (his What's My Line? I think I said the f-word. American actor Jeff Chandler , circa 1955. None of it helped, and everybody raved about Jeff's singing, but let's face it: He really didn't sing very well. "Big Chief Cochise Set; Sidney to Direct 'Keys;' Trevor 'Package' Looms" Schallert, Edwin. . "[6] Chandler's performance as a similar resistance leader-type in Sword of the Desert brought him to the studio's attention, and he was borrowed from Universal for the role in May 1949. We are changing the login scheme for contributors for simpler login and to better support using multiple devices. After he was discharged from the service, he became busy acting in radio dramas and comedies until he was signed by Universal. It's all there: the family friend who raped her when she was 13 and 14; her 1959 doctor-supervised LSD trip; second husband Ben Gage, an "alcoholic albatross" who blew $10 million of her money; third husband Fernando Lamas, a vain egotist who made her drop her career; a brief affair with Victor Mature; her scrapes with death while making her series of swimming musicals during her 15 years at MGM. Instead, he took over a role originally meant for Dana Andrews, a Lucky Luciano-style gangster in Deported, for producer Robert Buckner, who cast him in Sword in the Desert. He was mostly cast in B Westerns and often played Native Americans with bad wigs and shaved chests. She was romantically linked with Jeff Chandler. . It must be the weekend. Esther Williams with Betty White and Ricardo Montalban. SPECIAL TO THE TIMES. [77], At the time of his death, Chandler was involved with British actress Barbara Shelley. His next role was that of an officer in World War II. [3], Universal announced him for Chief Crazy Horse,[35] but the role ended up being played by Victor Mature. Williams and Jeff Chandler sit together during the WAIF Imperial Ball at . He'd married in 1946, and had two daughters. Bret says Hough had a lust for very young girls and attempted to rape his stepdaughter. .His leading ladies included June Allyson, Joan Crawford, Rhonda Fleming, Maureen O'Hara, Kim Novak, Jane Russell, Esther Williams, . The couple had two daughters, Jamie Tucker (1947-2003) and Dana Grossel (1949-2002). 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. Betty died in 1973, Dailey in 1978. Because some stars, like Elvis and the Three Stooges have fame long after they died, and their relatives still cash in on it.". 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. Because some stars, like Elvis and the Three Stooges have fame long after they died, and their relatives still cash in on it. He attended Erasmus Hall High School, the alma mater of many stage and film personalities, where he acted in school plays; his schoolmates included Susan Hayward. In her autobiography Hold the Roses (2002), Rose Marie wrote that "Jeff Chandler was a great guy, but he was no singer. 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And regardless who we think is believable, it's both curious and telling that literally no one else confirms her story. Actor Jeff Chandler and actress Esther Williams, who both met while filming a movie in Italy, are rumored to wed when their respective divorces are finalized. I'm not the person you're talking to, R89, but this paper published by DePaul says that in certain jurisdictions, an estate like Elvis's could sue on the grounds of libel being an infringement of their publicity rights. Then he made a funeral pyre of them and burned the pictures in my backyard. Above, Jeff Chandler and his lady friend, Esther Williams. He left to work on a movie after three and a half weeks. [54], Chandler made another for Universal, A Stranger in My Arms with June Allyson. Biography. "You men all ask the question," Williams says. About his cross-dressingthat she was forced by her editor to make it up to sell more books? . "When he asked me that," Williams recalls, "I said, 'I could (retire) if you'd stop fooling around.' youtube clip referenced above. Chandler married actress Marjorie Hoshelle (1918-1989) in 1946. He spoke his mind, recalls Hunt, and paid the consequences (he was suspended by Universal for turning down assignments). Smart, zestful, uninhibited and wise, Williams is like a bawdy aunt who cuts clear to the bone, but never with malice. A one trick pony on and off film. 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. He's The Busiest, Now". For a number of years, film exhibitors voted Chandler among the top stars at the box office. Hot. Yes indeed, we too use "cookies." click ACCEPT. Jeff Chandler (born Ira Grossel; . Otherwise, you'll just have to find some other site "1,500 Attend Funeral of Actor Jeff Chandler: Hundreds of Movie Fans and Many of His Friends in Baseball Present at Rites". Who wrote the Wiki entry for "Because of You.". not much. He definitely had guts to open in Vegas. Jeff just seemed like such an innocent guileless soulit doesn't seem fair to besmirch his reputation, true or not. The Million Dollar Mermaid: An Autobiography. He was romantically linked with Esther Williams, who claimed in her 1999 autobiography Chandler was a cross dresser and she broke off the relationship. Cross-dressing is the last thing I would expect of Jeff. She met her first husband, Leonard Kovner, while attending Los Angeles City College. I'd quit work immediately if I had the money, and travel for a while. Later, Jeff Chandler was in a relationship with Gloria De Haven. Hollywood stars reached into homes of people who never went out to a movie. [Quote] They marry and Christine is a downright sexy newlywed on her honeymoon. His former lover Esther Williams, in her tell-all 1999 autobiography, put Chandler back in the headlines after asserting that he was a cross-dresser. After Drango, Chandler made the final two films owed under his original contract with Universal: The Tattered Dress, playing a lawyer in a melodrama, and Man in the Shadow, co-starring opposite Orson Welles. Jeff was Jewish posing as WASP. He then went on to make a war film, Red Ball Express, and a swashbuckler, Yankee Buccaneer. It's somewhat of an odd pose, as Esther spent most of her film career in a swim suit, and Jeff liked to crossdress. "I don't know why I got it," Chandler joked at the time, "maybe it's because I'm saving them money. Jeff Chandler is a member of Actor . "[62] They reconciled in March 1955. One can sue if they think their dead famous relative was libeled, but they cannot win, the case would be thrown out of court. . On May 17, in a seven-and-a-half-hour emergency operation following the original surgery, he was given 55 pints of blood. "Drama: Henry Fonda to Have Lee Cobb as Costar". . "[71], He was also linked with Ann Sheridan. Here I thought Esther was a goody two shoes and it turns out she was a big ol size queen. 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. The couple had two daughters, Jamie Tucker (May 16, 1947-2003) and Dana Grossel (1949-2002). If you're trapped in a cage for 22 years and you're suddenly let out, the sun looks a little brighter and the sky a little bluer.". Esther has a naughty side. [8], After being discharged from the army, Chandler moved to Los Angeles in December 1945 with $3,000 he had saved. Those who knew the actor say such posthumous Mommie Dearest stories are both unconscionable and immaterial. There are rumors about many, many people from that era in Hollywood alleging every imaginable kink and proclivity, so it lacks credibility to suggest everyone was too circumspect and polite to suggest such a thing about Chandler. Shortly after his arrival, he was involved in a serious car accident on the way to a screen test, which resulted in a large scar on his forehead.[9]. No love lost between Gene and Esther. At the very least they should be aware of Joan Crawford and "Female on the Beach". You cannot libel the dead. But it was more than sex that drew her in, she says. . At the time Esther's book was released, Jeff Chandler was still well-known. died in 1989 at age 71. R48, Andre Previn in his autobiog wrote about intercepting Dan Dailey on the way to the "It's Always Fair Weather" premiere, with Dan drunk as a skunk and in full drag. . It was wonderful . Didn't think so. He was widely liked and admired . I walk into a restaurant and get a ringside table- but you remember I also have to leave the biggest tip. For that he had the requisite Jewishness (of which he was very proud) and he was not quite real. Esther Williams, whose success as a competitive swimmer propelled her to stardom on the silver screen, has died at 91. . She told him, "Jeff, you're too big for polka dots.". In 1984, Esther Williams mentioned in an interview for the Chicago Tribune that Chandler been a . "It just opened a door for us to be together and rediscover each other. No one said he was a convincing cross dresser. (CNN)-- Esther Williams, whose success as a competitive swimmer propelled her to stardom on the silver screen in the 1940s and 1950s, died Thursday in . [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? If she had, it would have made front page headlines all around the globe. Jeff's daughters were asked by Peter Graves about it during Jeff's "Biography" episode. "Jeff Chandler was standing in the middle of the bedroom in a red wig, a flowered chiffon dress . [quote]I get Jeff Chandler confused with Jeffrey Hunter. It's on YouTube. Showing all 39 items. When his friend Sammy Davis Jr. lost an eye in an accident and was in danger of losing the other, Chandler offered to give Davis one of his own eyes. [31][32] His first movie under this was a Western, The Great Sioux Uprising. Jeff Chandler is a member of the following lists: Actors from New York, American film actors and American singer-songwriters. It was in the fifties that Jeff would become a star, making westerns and action pictures. . [8], Known for his careful attention to detail in making pictures, Chandler was often described as introverted. She married Fernando Lamas. In 1957, he tangled with Orson Welles corrupt rancher in the B-movie thriller Man in the Shadow.. 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