She was known for fucking extremely macho men like Fernando Lamas and Victor Mature. She married singer/actor Ben Gage on November 25, 1945; they had . In 1957, he became involved with actress Esther Williams, causing his wife to divorce him. The actor tragically passed away on June 17, 1961. I want to eventually branch off into writing and directing. "Jeff Chandler Must Pay Wife $1500 Monthly". Discover Jeff Chandler's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Jeff's daughters were asked by Peter Graves about it during Jeff's "Biography" episode. [80] It was deemed malpractice, and resulted in his children suing the hospital for $1.5 million. [40] He said that "being a movie star isn't worth it": I can't go anywhere as an ordinary individual. When Lamas died, Susan says, her mother was saddened but also free to enjoy her children in a way she hadn't. 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. The book isn't being released tomorrow. Hardly anyone today knows who Jeff Chandler is. It pissed him off, perhaps making him think she was condescending to him. [56] In Ten Seconds to Hell and The Jayhawkers! 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Oct. 27, 1999 12 AM PT. Jeff was in a boxibg film called "Iron Man" (circa 1950) with Rock Hudson. And, please don't even try to convince anyone that old Jane was sleeping with Jeff. Betty Grable never confirmed Dan Dailey's cross dressing after Dailey died, R44. In addition to his acting in film, he was known for his role on the radio program Our Miss Brooks and for his musical recordings. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his role as Cochise in Broken Arrow (1950). Yes indeed, we too use "cookies." Rose Marie wrote that Jeff Chandler was a great guy, but he was no singer. [10], Chandler reprised his role as Cochise in another Western, The Battle at Apache Pass, for Universal. R2, what did Jeff do about the extra room in the shoulders? "[71], He was also linked with Ann Sheridan. 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! What could he have been expecting or hoping her reaction to be? "Drama: Henry Fonda to Have Lee Cobb as Costar". relationship with Jeff Chandler ended after he shared . Oh Jeff, you're just too big for polka dots! Jeff Chandler was born on the 15th of December, 1918. Then he made a funeral pyre of them and burned the pictures in my backyard. 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. Family & Personal Life. [26], Chandler made up with Universal,[41] which cast him in Lady Godiva of Coventry. Hot. All other countries are giving inducements to companies and to players; even a little country like Israel is trying to formulate a plan for subsidies. Complete with a pun that she never re-cunted her story! In 1957, he became involved with actress Esther Williams, causing his wife to divorce him. . [80][83] His ex-wife sued his estate for $80,000 for money owed under their divorce settlement.[84]. ". I can tell you that there was no conversation, joking or otherwise, about that kind of thing on the set.. He was widely liked and admired . When she made the book deal with Simon & Schuster, "they said, 'See if you can write a page-turner.' The second sentence is true, the first is not. You seem pretty dumb yourself. [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. Chandler married actress Marjorie Hoshelle (1918-1989) in 1946. Many have commented on it. [4] He served for four years, mostly in the Aleutians, finishing with the rank of lieutenant. Chandler married actress Marjorie Hoshelle, and the couple had two daughters, both born in the late 1940s. . The Million Dollar Mermaid: An Autobiography. They separated in 1951,[60] again in 1954,[61] and filed for divorce in 1954. Know his, Estimated Net Worth, Age, Biography Wikipedia Wiki . 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! 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. Worse yet, Lamas refused to allow Williams' three children from her marriage to Gage into his life. . "Jeff Chandler Wills $600,000 to Daughters". "Looking at Hollywood: Jean Simmons, Vic Mature Will Co-Star in 'Breakup'", Hedda Hopper's Staff. He's almost totally forgotten. Chandler played Cochise for the third time, a cameo in Taza, Son of Cochise, starring Hudson, who soon overtook Chandler as Universal's biggest male star. Williams has been married four times. Actor Jeff Chandler had a great career in films, which was cut short by his untimely death. He had a real star complex, by all accounts. "Pine-Thomas Tradition Lives On; Jeff Chandler Makes Debut in Vegas" Schallert, Edwin. He came with a conductor, piano player, light man, press agent, and manager. He was romantically linked with Esther Williams, . He was romantically linked with Esther Williams, who claimed in her 1999 autobiography Chandler was a . A third operation followed on May 27, in which he received an additional 20 pints of blood. 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. "'Chief Crazyhorse' Held Right for Jeff Chandler; Slate Signs Term Deal", Schallert, Edwin. Chandler married actress Marjorie Hoshelle (1918-1989) in 1946. WEHT Robert Rockwell? r57 you talk about Jane Russell like she was some uninformed rube from the sticks. [quote]He never made any comedies though he shows quite the flair for it in that What's My LIne? RIGHT: Again with Esther Williams. 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. [73], He represented the Screen Actors Guild during talks throughout the 1960 actors' strike. for your pointless bitchery needs. Are you still working on that GED? She set regional and national records in her late teens on the Los Angeles Athletic Club swim team. Mary! For 13 years, she lived in total submission to him, where she had to stop being "Esther Williams" and could not have her . 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. Why has this not been mentioned? Later, Jeff Chandler was in a relationship with Gloria De Haven. Hello and thank you for registering. [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. 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. There is absolutely NO proof that Jeff liked polka dots. I read this on some obscure blog but haven't heard anything official. If she was going to make up a story she would make one up about a much bigger name. [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. Esther's recollection of Joan is even crueler than her recollection of Jeff. He was the first actor nominated for an Academy Award for portraying an American Indian. 'Indian' Chandler Changes Pace; He's Now Half Indian". Esther was raped by a family friend as a teenager. He was a cross-dresser., To which actress Jane Russell, who played opposite Chandler in the 1955 melodrama Foxfire, responds: Ive never heard of such a thing. Instead, she broke off the relationship the day after she discovered his habit. Jane Russell commented, "I've never heard of such a thing. "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. According to Williams, who began a love affair with Chandler during the shooting of Raw Wind in Eden in 1956, Chandler was happy and secure only in womens clothing. Cross-dressing, she writes, gave the actor a sexual thrill. Actor. Did Jeff Hunter also favor chiffon? 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). He was muscular and the expressions on his face most of the time were soothing. 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. "Foy, 'Breen Shape 'Tanks Are Coming' for Screen; Bushman Acts King Saul" Schallert, Edwin. 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. . [quote]Betty Grable never confirmed Dan Dailey's cross dressing after Dailey died. [46] He was voted the seventh-most popular star with British cinema goers. [65] The court ordered Chandler to continue paying $1,500 per month. She eventually was spotted by a MGM talent scout while working in a Los Angeles department store. Hello. )they must surely have read about him in all the info there is on Old Hollywood. None of these embarrassed people were in Esther's bedroom. [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. She was romantically linked with Jeff Chandler. I was too busy living it. Jeff Chandler is a member of Actor . Ever the bathing beauty, Williams is dressed for her interviews in the shortest of shorts and a sleeveless nylon jersey that says "Pro Spirit." 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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. ), though I've never seen any of her movies. But Jeff Chandler one hot gorgeous Jewish hunk of man, in a dress or out. No. Companion. Hopper, Hedda, "Jeff Chandler Aims to Do 'Young Moses'", "ALLIED ARTISTS SIGNS PRODUCER: John Huston to Make 3 Films Wyler and Wilder Also Completing Similar Deals" by THOMAS M. PRYOR, "NADER TO REPLACE CHANDLER 2D TIME: Actor Will Be Co-Star With Maureen O'Hara in 'Lady Godiva' Film at U.-I." Jeff Chandler girlfriend, wife list. Off screen, Chandler was both a civil rights activist and die-hard baseball fan known to suit up with the Dodgers for spring training. Why would she make up a story about Jeff Chandler to sell books? Williams married four times. [quote]Then they're not really much of an "old film buff" are they? "I'm sending much sympathy to Sandra, his family, and all who . "He told me (about his cross-dressing), and (his prior wife) Marge knew. Louis was a sign painter and Bula was a psychologist. The mind boggles. GIRLS, GARTERS, AND JEFF CHANDLER. In 1955 he became only the second star to play at the Riviera, after Liberace was the featured headliner. Jeff Chandler, better known by the Family name Jeff Chandler, was a popular Athlete. I make a point of answering all my mail, and when anyone asks me for an autograph, I'm not just flattered. Jeff Chandler (born Ira Grossel; . 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. "I screamed and screamed, with shock and disbelief and a refusal to comprehend. Jeff Chandler was born in Brooklyn. "'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. January 2000 Silver-haired actor who portrayed Cochise in Broken Arrow. . Severe complications arose; an artery was damaged, and Chandler hemorrhaged. Chandler had a concurrent career as a singer and recording artist, releasing several albums and playing nightclubs. . Tinee, Mae. He was a sweet guy, definitely all man. It's somewhat of an odd pose, as Esther spent most of her film career in a swim suit, and Jeff liked to crossdress. So I figured his two daughters knew, too. Chandler was the first actor to portray Chad Remington in Frontier Town. This is the most DL thread ever. But she had a special fondness for bisexual men, accounting for three . he had an affair with Esther . After high school, he took a drama course and worked in stock companies for two years. . .His leading ladies included June Allyson, Joan Crawford, Rhonda Fleming, Maureen O'Hara, Kim Novak, Jane Russell, Esther Williams, . [34] Both The Robe and Magnificent Obsession became big hits. . [75], On May 13, 1961, he entered a hospital in Culver City, California, and had surgery for a spinal disc herniation. On May 27, he received yet another operation, where he received an additional 20 pints of blood. They all make up stories to sell books. Brand New 2K Master! [5][6], Chandler formed his own company, the Shady Lane Playhouse, in Illinois in the summer of 1941. [10] Hollywood tended to cast him, though, in different nationalities. Rhonda Fleming, Maureen O'Hara, Kim Novak, Jane Russell, Esther Williams, and his Brooklyn friend Susan Hayward. In 1960, Esther married her third husband, dashing actor Fernando Lamas, whose previous marriage to actress Arlene Dahl produced Lorenzo. Our government still taxes the hell out of people; somebody ought to wake 'em up.[57]. He had commitments to make two films per year at Universal until 1959.[52]. 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]. "Wife Divorces Jeff Chandler, Screen Actor", Divorce Planned but Called Off, Says Jeff Chandler. Russell was very homophobic, in response she said: "I've never heard of such a thing. [31][32] His first movie under this was a Western, The Great Sioux Uprising. "Jeff Chandler Still Critical But Better". On May 17, in a seven-and-a-half-hour emergency operation over-and-above the original surgery, he was given 55 pints of blood. Recalling the evening she allegedly found Chandler in red wig and flowered chiffon dress, Williams writes, Here was my lover--a strong, manly figure by anyones estimate--who had just been standing before me in high heels and a dress. . Rhonda Fleming, Maureen O'Hara, Kim Novak, Jane Russell, Esther Williams, and his Brooklyn friend Susan Hayward. Esther Williams was previously married to Edward Michael Bell (1994 - 2013), Fernando Lamas (1969 - 1982), Ben Gage (1945 - 1959) and Leonard Kovner (1940 - 1944).. Esther Williams was in relationships with Jeff Chandler (1957 - 1960), Victor Mature (1952) and Capt. The two are co-starring in the film, The Islander, now being made on location in Italy.Image provided by Getty Images. 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. Jeff just seemed like such an innocent guileless soulit doesn't seem fair to besmirch his reputation, true or not. 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. Esther Williams, whose success as a competitive swimmer propelled her to stardom on the silver screen, has died at 91. . Genealogy for Esther Jane Williams (1921 - 2013) family tree on Geni, with over 230 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives. I think some people just haven't done their homework, so quit whingeing! Esther had a lot of strange stories. "Renewal at Allied for Jeff Chandler: 'Plunderers' Pleases Studio; Star Urges Subsidy for Films" Scheuer, Philip K. "Marsha Hunt Signs for 'Plunderers': 'Threepenny Opera' Due Here; 'Untouchables' Will Expand" Scheuer, Philip K. "CHANDLER SIGNED FOR BIBLE DRAMAS: Actor to Play David in Two Specials on A.B.C.-TV Baseball Schedule Set" By RICHARD F. SHEPARD. I think Esther is all wet!! [53] A Motion Picture Exhibitor Poll listed him as the tenth-most popular male star in the US in 1957. I had a huge crush on Chandler when I was a little girl and he was certainly NOT Mr. Boynton on Our Miss Brooks. Lots of leg, lots of chutzpah. If they're familiar with old movies, then they know who Jeff Chandler was. You cannot libel the dead. Jeff Chandler. [4], In a 1960 interview Chandler said his favorite films were Broken Arrow, Battle of Apache Pass, Two Flags West, Because of You ("my first real love story"), Sign of the Pagan, The Toy Tiger ("a change for me"), Drango, Raw Wind in Eden ("beautiful locale"), and The Lady Takes a Flyer ("I had Lana Turner with me").[85]. 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. The couple had two daughters, Jamie Tucker (1947-2003) and Dana Grossel (1949-2002). 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). He was one of Universal Pictures's more popular male stars of the 1950s. "Chief Crazyhorse' Held Right for Jeff Chandler; Slate Signs Term Deal" Schallert, Edwin. "Jeff Chandler was standing in the middle of the bedroom in a red wig, a flowered chiffon dress . It is really hilarious that someone is so stupid that they can't comprehend that Jeff Chandler was still very well remembered when she wrote the book. None of it helped, and everybody raved about Jeff's singing, but let's face it: He really didn't sing very well. He was an asshole to her during the filming of Take Me Out to the Ballgame, though. Chandler appeared in Return to Peyton Place for Fox. Of all the things you could make up - why that? He was 42. 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. His real name was as well known as Archie Leach, Norma Jean Baker, Betty Perske and Bernie Schwartz. 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. Chandler . Mrta Torn . The couple had two daughters, Jamie Tucker and Dana Grosse. Login : As an Indian, Jeff Chandler caused countless feminine hearts to flutter; now, in straight dramatic roles, he's a box office smash". Jeff Chandler was romantically linked with Esther Williams, who claimed in her 1999 autobiography Chandler was a cross dresser and she broke off the . [7] When America entered World War II, Chandler enlisted in the army. Back at Universal, he played a boxer in Iron Man (1951), a remake of an old Lew Ayres movie. Esther Jane Williams was born on August 8, 1921 in Inglewood, California. He tore out ev ery picture of my first husband, of Ben, of Jeff, of anybody that was in my life. It was wonderful . No one said he was a convincing cross dresser. See how she equates homosexuals with mincing and prancing and being sissies. He was announced for another film with Buckner, The Wild Bunch,[24] which was not made; instead, he played an Arab chief in Flame of Araby (1951), opposite Maureen O'Hara. SHE WAS. But no more. Jeff Chandler and Joan Crawford frequently wore each other's gowns. "I froze at the bedroom door and started screaming," she writes when describing her first glimpse of Chandler in chiffon. R52, nothing about Esther Williams was fishy. Jeff Chandler had an encounter with Eartha Kitt (1953). Im searching my own mind, asking Why did I attract this particular aberration? . "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. . Jeff was Jewish posing as WASP. [69] Chandler had nearly lost an eye and had been visibly scarred in an auto accident years earlier. 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