I can't go anywhere unnoticed. Tinee, Mae. And Everybody raved about Jeffs singing, but lets face it: He really didnt sing very well. When I was a little girl I had a crush on Jeff Chandler.. still love him now forty some years later. See how she equates homosexuals with mincing and prancing and being sissies. He was romantically linked with Esther Williams, who claimed in her 1999 autobiography Chandler was a . "[57], Chandler formed another production company, August, for which he made The Plunderers, a Western, distributed by Allied Artists. I think Esther is all wet!! The actor is only a small part of the performance. I'm mid-way to being an eldergay (25). [46] He was voted the seventh-most popular star with British cinema goers. Chandler was the first actor to portray Chad Remington in Frontier Town. Shortly after his last film Merrill's Marauders (1962), Jeff died, at 42, from blood poisoning after an operation for a slipped disc. Jeff Chandler. Jeff Chandler (born Ira Grossel; Yiddish: ; December 15, 1918 - June 17, 1961) was an American actor, film producer, and singer, best remembered for playing Cochise in Broken Arrow (1950), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. "VIDEO AND RADIO TO REACH HIGH POINT AT YULE: Programs Are Listed for Holiday" REMENIH, ANTON. Actor Jeff Chandler had a great career in films, which was cut short by his untimely death. [36] He left the radio show Our Miss Brooks after five years "to get a rest," he said, "Although it didn't take long to do the show, it tied up all my Sundays."[37]. [69] Chandler had nearly lost an eye and had been visibly scarred in an auto accident years earlier. It was followed by more adventure fare: East of Sumatra and War Arrow with Maureen O'Hara. Jeff Chandler girlfriend, wife list. 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. 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. Jeff Chandler (born Ira Grossel; December 15, 1918 - June 17, . I was too busy living it. Esther's POINT was that he was too big (and burly, and testosterone-filled) for polka dots. "It's no Indian story," said Chandler, "let Cochise rest in peace. 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. In addition to his acting in film, he was known for his role in the radio program Our Miss Brooks, as Phillip Boynton, her fellow teacher and clueless object of affection, and for his musical recordings. The second sentence is true, the first is not. . 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. 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.. Oh Jeff, you're just too big for polka dots! Jeff & Esther. Earlmar signed a six-picture deal with United Artists, under which Chandler was to appear in at least three of the films. I guess if Jeff showed himself off to other women, they are too discreet and/or kind to verify. People here WANT to believe that Chandler loved to dress in drag. After Bill and Monica, I dont think anybody is shocked by anything, she says. . "Jeff Chandler was standing in the middle of the bedroom in a red wig, a flowered chiffon dress . Hot. . "You men all ask the question," Williams says. Do editors really encourage libel lawsuits in order to sell books? [17] As part of the arrangement, Chandler signed a deal with Fox to make a film a year with them for six years. In 1957, he became involved with actress Esther Williams, causing his wife to divorce him. They dicorced in 1944. They separated in 1952 and she . But who could confirm the story? [10], Chandler reprised his role as Cochise in another Western, The Battle at Apache Pass, for Universal. However, Chandler intended to continue to make films for Universal under a multipicture contract. Hunt co-starred with Chandler in The Plunderers (1960). . Unfortunately, that kind of revelation of sexual behavior, about someone whos dead and cant defend himself, has become commonplace., Williams counters that the public has become inured to smut. "Drama: Indie Setups Announced by Cummings, Chandler; Hello, Barry Fitzgerald" Scheuer, Philip K. "Dirk Bogarde favourite film actor" A Cinema Correspondent. SPECIAL TO THE TIMES. 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. 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! [22], Returning to Universal, Chandler played an adventurer in Smuggler's Island, a role he liked because he said it was close to his real personality. 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. I've only recently found out who Jeff Chandler was (his What's My Line? . Esther Williams dating history Relationships. : As an Indian, Jeff Chandler caused countless feminine hearts to flutter; now, in straight dramatic roles, he's a box office smash". Those who knew the actor say such posthumous Mommie Dearest stories are both unconscionable and immaterial. "I don't know why I got it," Chandler joked at the time, "maybe it's because I'm saving them money. He was cast in February 1949. If they're familiar with old movies, then they know who Jeff Chandler was. Instead, he appeared in Yankee Pasha, and started singing in nightclubs. Please click here to register for free. R52, nothing about Esther Williams was fishy. Jump to: Overview (5) . Shirley Jones - Movie World Magazine Pictorial [United States] (December 1955). I like being recognized it's flattering. He was 42. [74], While working on Merrill's Marauders in the Philippines, on April 15, 1961, Chandler injured his back playing baseball with U.S. Army Special Forces soldiers who served as extras in the film. . "'Chief Crazyhorse' Held Right for Jeff Chandler; Slate Signs Term Deal", Schallert, Edwin. Above, Jeff Chandler and his lady friend, Esther Williams. You seem pretty dumb yourself. Esther had a lot of strange stories. Chandler married actress Marjorie Hoshelle (1918-1989) in 1946. Jeff Chandler was born in Brooklyn. In her autobiography Hold the Roses (2002), Rose Marie wrote that "Jeff Chandler was a great guy, but he was no singer. Ten or 20 years ago, she says, she couldn't have written "The Million Dollar Mermaid," "only because I hadn't analyzed (my life). This meant Chandler missed the part of Demetrius in The Robe (1953) at Fox, for which he had been considered and which eventually went to Victor Mature. relationship with Jeff Chandler ended after he shared . is on youtube). Career And Professional Highlights Best Known For. He was married from 1946-52, and had two daughters. Off screen, Chandler was both a civil rights activist and die-hard baseball fan known to suit up with the Dodgers for spring training. [47], In 1956, Universal gave Chandler a leave of absence from his contract with them "for a period of several months" to enable him to make his own movie for Earlmar. The book also revealed Williams took LSD . 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. The couple had two daughters, Jamie Tucker (1947-2003) and Dana Grossel (1949-2002), before separating in 1954. . ", At one point Williams had decided to leave the Chandler bit out of the book. Here I thought Esther was a goody two shoes and it turns out she was a big ol size queen. Who is Jeff Chandler dating? Chandler married actress Marjorie Hoshelle, and the couple had two daughters, both born in the late 1940s. Jeff Chandler (Brooklyn, Nueva York, 15 de diciembre de 1918; Culver City, California, 17 de junio de 1961) En el ao 1950 y gracias a su actuacin como el jefe apache Cochise, logr ser nominado al Oscar como mejor actor secundario por . Esther Jane Williams (August 8, 1921 - June 6, 2013) was an American competitive swimmer and actress. Jane Russell commented, "I've never heard of such a thing. You cannot libel the dead. . "Foy, 'Breen Shape 'Tanks Are Coming' for Screen; Bushman Acts King Saul" Schallert, Edwin. 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. "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. In 1960, Esther married her third husband, dashing actor Fernando Lamas, whose previous marriage to actress Arlene Dahl produced Lorenzo. 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? [2] He was raised by his mother after his parents separated when he was a child. And once during a two shot, with the two of them sitting on a couch, Gene was bitching that she appeared taller than he was. "Pine-Thomas Tradition Lives On; Jeff Chandler Makes Debut in Vegas" Schallert, Edwin. . "That's the the Queen of Hearts, Jeff- on top". [quote]I get Jeff Chandler confused with Jeffrey Hunter. 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. Her line of Esther Williams Swimsuits was very successful, and she was dubbed by Life Magazine as the 'Mermaid Tycoon'. Mrta Torn . [31][32] His first movie under this was a Western, The Great Sioux Uprising. "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. But suddenly there are not enough pictures being made here. When Esther Williams worked at MGM in the '40s and '50s in a series of swimming musicals, movie stars didn't reveal the truth about themselves or their co-stars. "Chief Crazyhorse' Held Right for Jeff Chandler; Slate Signs Term Deal" Schallert, Edwin. ", Lamas, who remained with Williams 22 years, until his death from cancer in 1982, had an old-world concept of marriage. I want to eventually branch off into writing and directing. "Jeff Chandler Still Critical But Better". "Jeff Chandler Will Star in 'Holy Grail'", Hopper, Hedda. "FILM UNIT OPPOSES FOREIGN VENTURES: A.F.L. I don't think Esther Williams was sufficiently imaginative to make it up. Unless he was disguised as Fifi, the naughty French maid, R22. I know plenty of film buffs who have never heard of him or seen his movies (most of which aren't very good). He was one of Universal Pictures' more popular male stars of the 1950s. Im searching my own mind, asking Why did I attract this particular aberration? . . Jeff Chandler was previously married to Marjorie Hoshelle (1946 - 1954). If you really think about it, says the former MGM contract player famed for her swimming roles, the one who was the victim was I. . Cross-dressing is the last thing I would expect of Jeff. 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"I developed an ulcer. 1999-09-06 04:00:00 PDT Beverly Hills -- The sun is shining in Coldwater Canyon, the posh neighborhood where Esther Williams sits near her backyard pool and defends "The Million Dollar Mermaid," the amazingly candid autobiography that's brought her more attention than she's had in decades. Chandler refused the role and was replaced again by George Nader, but this time, the dispute was not over money, but due to Chandler's overwork. Anyone in the world with imagination and initiative can become a success. And, please don't even try to convince anyone that old Jane was sleeping with Jeff. He had commitments to make two films per year at Universal until 1959.[52]. Jeff was in a boxibg film called "Iron Man" (circa 1950) with Rock Hudson. But Jeff Chandler saw himself as a woman. Jeff Chandler and Esther Williams. The couple had two daughters, Jamie Tucker (May 16, 1947-2003) and Dana Grossel (1949-2002). [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. Sultry actress Eartha Kitt and handsome actor Jeff Chandler, occupants of the booth, denied that the l . Russell recalls being in Honolulu in 1960 for a fund-raiser when Williams sought her out and expressed misgivings about her relationship with Chandler. I never heard a word or whisper that intimated that about Jeff. There is absolutely NO proof that Jeff liked polka dots. "Looking at Hollywood: Ann Sheridan, Jeff Chandler to Star in 'Vermilion O'Toole'", Hedda Hopper's Staff. "Yes you can (libel the dead), family members have sued over things like this. 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. His features were rugged and masculine. Jeff Chandler (Ira Grossel) was born on 15 December, 1918 in Brooklyn, New York, USA, is an Actor, Soundtrack, Producer. After he was discharged from the service, he became busy acting in radio dramas and comedies until he was signed by Universal. A one trick pony on and off film. How dare they claim to be film buffs when they've not seen all three! He also drank and gambled away $10,000,000 of her money. "Jeff Chandler Sought for 'Angry River;' Wanger Plans Mounties Movie", Schallert, Edwin. Married in 1946; divorced in 1959; died in 1989 at age 71. . You seem pretty dumb yourself. Genealogy for Esther Jane Williams (1921 - 2013) family tree on Geni, with over 230 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives. "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. The thread bumper is back. 'Indian' Chandler Changes Pace; He's Now Half Indian". Esther Williams wrote in her 1999 autobiography that she broke off their relationship and that Chandler was a cross dresser. She revealed this in her 1999 autobiography. At a trial, Fred Otash said the detectives had followed them to get the story. Esther Williams with Betty White and Ricardo Montalban. by THOMAS M. PRYOR. Esther Williams, whose success as a competitive swimmer propelled her to stardom on the silver screen, has died at 91. . Later, Jeff Chandler was in a relationship with Gloria De Haven. An executive is a guy who thinks things up and has other people execute them. 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. What I find so unbelievable about Esther's Jeff Chandler story is that he would expose his proclivity to her, of all people. Esther Williams. [53] A Motion Picture Exhibitor Poll listed him as the tenth-most popular male star in the US in 1957. [75], On May 13, 1961, he entered a hospital in Culver City, California, and had surgery for a spinal disc herniation. Jeff was hot. Chandler married actress Marjorie Hoshelle (1918-1989) in 1946. Please click here to update your account with a username and password. I like to push buttons. Didn't think so. Take a look at She said Lamas was too macho to accept her kids from a prior marriage, so they could never come over. He was the first actor nominated for an Academy Award for portraying an American Indian. He went back to Fox for his second film for them, as an embittered Union cavalryman in Two Flags West for director Robert Wise. [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. 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. Williams is happily married today to Edward Bell, partner in her swimming pool and swimsuit businesses. "[62] They reconciled in March 1955. He was muscular and the expressions on his face most of the time were soothing. She told him, "Jeff, you're too big for polka dots.". American actor Jeff Chandler as Brigadier General Frank D. Merrill in a scene from the film 'Merrill's Marauders', 1962. It was no secret that Jeff's real name was Ira Gosselman. The couple had two daughters, Jamie Tucker (May 16, 1947-2003) and Dana Grossel (1949-2002). His first film under the arrangement was a supporting role in Abandoned (1949). The Million Dollar Mermaid: An Autobiography. She eventually was spotted by a MGM talent scout while working in a Los Angeles department store. 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.' That's like Newt Gingrich's claim that "none of our friends" agrees with his ex wife. The couple had two daughters, Jamie Tucker (1947-2003) and Dana Grossel (1949-2002), before separating in 1954. [quote]Again, it is really hilarious that some people think she would lie about someone as forgotten as Jeff Chandler in order to "sell books". Chandler had a MASSIVE monster cock that he used liberally. [quote]Because this is Datalounge, silly. Tbla. I went to college with his son in the (early!) His real name was Ira Grossel and his film-name was exactly right. "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. If it were true, there should have been rumors long before Esther's book. 1941. [15] Chandler impressed studio executives so much with his work that shortly into filming, Universal signed him to a seven-year contract. But colleagues who worked with him closely said he had an easy, light-hearted approach on the set that helped ease some of the strain of production. She told him, "Jeff, you're too big for polka dots.". 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. She married singer/actor Ben Gage on November 25, 1945; they had . R26, any evidence of your fantasy "massive moster cock?" "LADD, PARAMOUNT DISCUSS CONTRACT: Actor Seeks Picture-a-Year Deal on Long-Term Basis After Current Pact Ends Youngster Gets Role" By THOMAS M. PRYOR, "Drama: Cyd Charisse Costar in 'Strategy of Love'". [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. In 1994, Esther Williams walked down the aisle for a final time. There's not going to be an Esther Williams autograph party on Saturday. Sipping from a glass of lemonade, the former MGM star says she was simply telling the truth when she revealed that Jeff Chandler, the actor she nearly married in the late '50s, had been a closet cross-dresser. I mentioned Esther Williams to a wife of a crossdresser not long ago and she looked at me blankly - silly me, assuming everyone knows the story of the million-dollar mermaid and her crossdressing movie star boyfriend. Cross-dressing is the last thing I would expect of Jeff. If you can't find the email you can resend it here. For that he had the requisite Jewishness (of which he was very proud) and he was not quite real. "He told me (about his cross-dressing), and (his prior wife) Marge knew. That was Fred Astaire, Cyd Charise and Janice Paige. [quote]When Esther came out with the story, Jane insisted that it was untrue. . I think I said the f-word. His next role was that of an officer in World War II. 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