. Severe complications arose; an artery was damaged, and Chandler hemorrhaged. "Jeff Chandler Is Dead; Blame Blood Poison: JEFF CHANDLER". 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 42. Betty died in 1973, Dailey in 1978. "THEDA BARA MOVIE GOES TO COLUMBIA: De Sylva's 'The Great Vampire' Will Be Distributed by Studio 'Champion' Suit Ruling" by Thomas F. Brady. I make a point of answering all my mail, and when anyone asks me for an autograph, I'm not just flattered. . 1941. 3 5 0. 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. The actor is only a small part of the performance. Jeff Chandler was recognizeable to everyone during his time. he had an affair with Esther . [56] In Ten Seconds to Hell and The Jayhawkers! The thread bumper is back. Here I thought Esther was a goody two shoes and it turns out she was a big ol size queen. 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. Jeff Chandler's leading ladies included June Allyson, Joan Crawford, Rhonda Fleming, Maureen O'Hara, Kim Novak, Jane Russell, Esther Williams, and Jeff Chandler's Brooklyn friend Susan Hayward. (31 December 1969 - 8 October 1982) (his death) She then married former lover, Argentine actor/director, Fernando Lamas on December 31, 1969. He then went on to make a war film, Red Ball Express, and a swashbuckler, Yankee Buccaneer. "[67], Chandler was involved in a will dispute concerning his stepfather in 1960.[68]. It made my jaw drop, says actress Marsha Hunt of the accusations in Williams book. PURCHASE A LICENSE. 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.. Chandler was born Ira Grossel to a Jewish family in Brooklyn, the only child of Anna (ne Herman) and Phillip Grossel. Esther Williams. If they haven't seen any of his films (or think they haven't! In 1957, he became involved with actress Esther Williams, causing his wife to divorce him. The car jack-less beauty, after being rebuffed (and hilariously mocked) by a passing Apache family's truck, is eventually rescued from the burnt orange heat of broiling midday by jeep-driving mining engineer Jeff Chandler and his half-drunken doctor pal Dan Duryea. And in Hollywood, if you're not working on a picture or getting ready for one, you have to keep studying. 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. [4] He served for four years, mostly in the Aleutians, finishing with the rank of lieutenant. She hardly had the reputation, even back then, as being a sympathetic pushover. I had a huge crush on Chandler when I was a little girl and he was certainly NOT Mr. Boynton on Our Miss Brooks. Jeff's dating histories included his dating British actress Barbara Shelley. I read the book a long time ago and thought Esther Williams came across as a great old broad. Didn't think so. His other credits include Sword in the Desert (1948), Deported (1950), Female on the Beach (1955), and Away All Boats (1956). In May, Chandler refused to play the lead in Six Bridges to Cross and Universal put him on suspension. . [39] He was replaced in the role by George Nader. One can sue if they think their dead famous relative was libeled, but they cannot win, the case would be thrown out of court. I think Esther Williams later admitted she made it up to sell copies of her autobiography. Hello and thank you for registering. I went to college with his son in the (early!) Instead, he appeared in Yankee Pasha, and started singing in nightclubs. Jeff Chandler girlfriend, wife list. He left to work on a movie after three and a half weeks. Former champion swimmer Esther Williams and Jeff Chandler embrace during a scene from 1957's 'Raw Wind in Eden.' (JAMES PRINGLE/AP) But she did all the water work herself despite ongoing risks. In 1955 he became only the second star to play at the Riviera, after Liberace was the featured headliner. Why has this not been mentioned? She married singer/actor Ben Gage on November 25, 1945; they had . 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). And why wouldn't he cross dress? 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. Jeff Chandler - Biography . [10], Chandler reprised his role as Cochise in another Western, The Battle at Apache Pass, for Universal. . American actor Jeff Chandler , circa 1955. Edward Guthmann is a Bay Area freelance writer. 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. "Well, Jeff's been gone a long time," she says softly. Jeff just seemed like such an innocent guileless soulit doesn't seem fair to besmirch his reputation, true or not. Around this time, Chandler expressed his dissatisfaction with acting in film as opposed to radio: [Radio actors] have to make their roles come alive, and they only have their voices with which to do it, but in pictures, the technique is quite different. "I'm sending much sympathy to Sandra, his family, and all who . Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate. Her youth was spent as a teenage swimming champion and she won three United States National championships. 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. [34] Both The Robe and Magnificent Obsession became big hits. 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. 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, better known by the Family name Jeff Chandler, was a popular Athlete. That's Gay 101 or are every one of your old film buffs straight? "Looking at Hollywood: Ann Sheridan, Jeff Chandler to Star in 'Vermilion O'Toole'", Hedda Hopper's Staff. His next role was that of an officer in World War II. Rose Marie wrote that Jeff Chandler was a great guy, but he was no singer. Like so many Hollywood stars, Jeff was asked to cash in on his screen stardom by putting out a record. Shortly after his last film Merrill's Marauders (1962), Jeff died, at 42, from blood poisoning after an operation for a slipped disc. . This was no joke. relationship with Jeff Chandler ended after he shared . Off screen, Chandler was both a civil rights activist and die-hard baseball fan known to suit up with the Dodgers for spring training. for the film and had to settle for Esther. I know plenty of film buffs who have never heard of him or seen his movies (most of which aren't very good). For a number of years, film exhibitors voted Chandler among the top stars at the box office. [quote]Betty Grable never confirmed Dan Dailey's cross dressing after Dailey died. It was in the fifties that Jeff would become a star, making westerns and action pictures. "Steigers Act Out Breakup of a Marriage: Breakup Acted Out by Steigers Loynd, Ray". There was a time I could walk around Times Square in New York (my home town) and look into shop windows or go into a cafe and eat in peace. I like being recognized it's flattering. In 1954, Chandler was starting to recognize how heavy his workload was: You just can't call your time your own. And there's never been another person to verify Esther's lie. Biography. I want to eventually branch off into writing and directing. I'd like to do some writing. Everyone knows, the three films every film buff must see are Citizen Kane, The Godfather, and Female on the Beach! They look nothing alike. Esther Williams wrote in her 1999 autobiography that she broke off their relationship and that Chandler was a cross dresser. Back at Universal, he played a boxer in Iron Man (1951), a remake of an old Lew Ayres movie. Bret says Hough had a lust for very young girls and attempted to rape his stepdaughter. [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. Hello and thank you for being a DL contributor. . [quote]I get Jeff Chandler confused with Jeffrey Hunter. In 1957 he had an affair with Esther Williams while making a movie together and his wife filed for divorce at the end of the year. No love lost between Gene and Esther. I guess anything is possible, but it's very difficult to imagine him as a cross-dresser! "Jeff Chandler Wanted as Star for Movie on Huk Warfare", Hopper, Hedda. That was when I moved in with her and had my son, who is now 16. Their divorce was granted in 1959. They separated in 1952 and she . 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. "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. . Are you still working on that GED? His uber thick cock is the reason Esther Williams married him. That was the audience that was buying the book. If I don't, I'm labeled the tightest guy in town. [43], In May, Chandler performed at the Riviera Hotel in Las Vegas. [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. [16], In February 1953, I was making a second picture with Jeff Chandler, one called War Arrow. . Chandler had a MASSIVE monster cock that he used liberally. People here WANT to believe that Chandler loved to dress in drag. Discover Jeff Chandler's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. [4] Chandler was an active Democrat. I think she took a cheap potshot. "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. 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. [69] Chandler had nearly lost an eye and had been visibly scarred in an auto accident years earlier. Rhonda Fleming, Maureen O'Hara, Kim Novak, Jane Russell, Esther Williams, and his Brooklyn friend Susan Hayward. At the time Esther's book was released, Jeff Chandler was still well-known. [73], He represented the Screen Actors Guild during talks throughout the 1960 actors' strike. He teased her unmercifully. CENTER C: Chandler assists Esther Williams. . Silver-haired actor who portrayed Cochise in Broken Arrow. [33] He also missed out on the lead in the remake of Magnificent Obsession, for which he had been mooted; the part was taken by Rock Hudson, who had supported Chandler in Iron Man. They separated in 1951,[60] again in 1954,[61] and filed for divorce in 1954. "Ann Sheridan, Jeff Chandler to Co-Star in 'Steel Town': Looking at Hollywood", Hopper, Hedda, "FILM CHIEFS MEET UNION OFFICIALS: Studio Heads and Actors Guild Aides Bargain Over Strike Issues" by MURRAY SCHUMACH. I'd quit work immediately if I had the money, and travel for a while. She lived an amazing life and has plenty of REAL dirt to sharewhy would she need to make things up? He's also famous for dying on the operating table after an incompetent doctor cut an artery by mistake - he bled to death. EXCEPT, R26, Esther never married Jeff. The "Crawford crying on the set" took place on the soundstage of TORCH SONG, Joan's first Technicolor starring film (barring her cameo in IT'S A GREAT FEELING) and her return to MGM. If it were true, there should have been rumors long before Esther's book. Did Jeff Hunter also favor chiffon? )they must surely have read about him in all the info there is on Old Hollywood. . [64], In his 1958 divorce proceedings, Chandler was revealed to be paying his wife an allowance of $1,500 per month. [5][6], Chandler formed his own company, the Shady Lane Playhouse, in Illinois in the summer of 1941. 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 you can (libel the dead), family members have sued over things like this. Above all, he was impossibly handsome. Type. Louis was a sign painter and Bula was a psychologist. he had an affair with Esther . Esther clearly had a chip on her shoulder all those years as being typed as a novelty swimming star. "I don't know why I got it," Chandler joked at the time, "maybe it's because I'm saving them money. "Jeff Chandler was standing in the middle of the bedroom in a red wig, a flowered chiffon dress . Therefore, it's got to be true and if you question it, you'll die in a grease fire. Some features on this site require registration. The company toured the Midwest with some success, presenting such plays as The Bad Man, Seventh Heaven, The New Minister, and Pigs. If she wanted to make up a story about someone - why him? On May 17, in a seven-and-a-half-hour emergency operation following the original surgery, he was given 55 pints of blood. [58] Allied was so pleased with the film, they requested three more movies from August, but Chandler never got to make them.[57]. The man got around and apparently fucked a lot of women, but only one says he cross-dressed. Without checking into the story, network news magazines, including Dateline NBC and Entertainment Tonight!, aired segments that gave credence to the revelations. 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. Mrta Torn . . Gossip columnist Liz Smith scolded her in print for outing Chandler 38 years after his death and wrote, "You didn't have to do it, Esther. "[21] The movie was shot on location in Italy, although Chandler's radio commitments meant some of it had to be filmed in Hollywood. Why should she re-can't? --Queen who has read nearly every book mentioned in this thread. not much. The book also revealed Williams took LSD . I guess if Jeff showed himself off to other women, they are too discreet and/or kind to verify. How dare they claim to be film buffs when they've not seen all three! Unable to compete in the 1940 Summer Olympics because of the outbreak of World War II, she joined Billy Rose's Aquacade, where she took on the role vacated by Eleanor Holm after the show's . "State Will Investigate Jeff Chandler's Death: Bureau to Look Into Hospital Procedure in Actor's Case Due to Public Interest", "$1.5 Million Suit Filed in Jeff Chandler Death: Damages from Hospital and Physicians Asked on Behalf of Children and Estate". She married Fernando Lamas. "Blood Infection Caused Death of Jeff Chandler". for your pointless bitchery needs. Esther has a naughty side. She revealed this in her 1999 autobiography. [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. ", So why did she? 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. (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 . 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). January 2000 When you're a single parent and you need a roof over your children's heads, you manage it and arrange it however you can. American actor Jeff Chandler as Brigadier General Frank D. Merrill in a scene from the film 'Merrill's Marauders', 1962. And of course, there are photos in Hollywood Babylon II of Dan in drag. . But I have a very happy, secure marriage now with somebody who's very intelligent and understands women as well as men.". If they're familiar with old movies, then they know who Jeff Chandler was. Take a look at Williams married four times. Earlmar signed a six-picture deal with United Artists, under which Chandler was to appear in at least three of the films. However, Chandler intended to continue to make films for Universal under a multipicture contract. [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". It didn't do too well, but it wasn't because he wasn't an adequate . [quote]No. 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 . 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. But suddenly there are not enough pictures being made here. .His leading ladies included June Allyson, Joan Crawford, Rhonda Fleming, Maureen O'Hara, Kim Novak, Jane Russell, Esther Williams, . . Because some stars, like Elvis and the Three Stooges have fame long after they died, and their relatives still cash in on it.". "Mom speaks her mind. Tinee, Mae. Chandler appeared in Return to Peyton Place for Fox. Shirley Jones - Movie World Magazine Pictorial [United States] (December 1955). The couple had two daughters, Jamie Tucker (1947-2003) and Dana Grossel (1949-2002), before separating in 1954. . 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. 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. Do editors really encourage libel lawsuits in order to sell books? 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. R26, any evidence of your fantasy "massive moster cock?" Chandler married actress Marjorie Hoshelle (1918-1989) in 1946. I walk into a restaurant and get a ringside table- but you remember I also have to leave the biggest tip. In 1984, Esther Williams mentioned in an interview for the Chicago Tribune that Chandler been a . She sees her book as "a positive force" and hopes to write a sequel, called "Continuum," that shares more of her philosophy and psychic beliefs, and offers solace to women. 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. Jeff Chandler was a regular on "Our Miss Brooks" as Eve Arden's b/f Mr. Boynton. [78] He was buried at Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery in Culver City. Chandler married actress Marjorie Hoshelle (1918-1989) in 1946. The couple had two daughters, Jamie Tucker and Dana Grosse. . [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. Jeff was in a boxibg film called "Iron Man" (circa 1950) with Rock Hudson. Actor. Become a contributor - post when you want with no ads. [7] When America entered World War II, Chandler enlisted in the army. Jeff Chandler was previously married to Marjorie Hoshelle (1946 - 1954). 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. It's the fact that he was well remembered WHEN SHE WROTE THE BOOK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Esther's tell-all book titled The Million Dollar Mermaid caused a furore when it was published in 1999, especially among the friends and acquaintances of her former fiance Jeff Chandler, after she wrote about his private penchant for dressing in women's clothing. Chandler married actress Marjorie Hoshelle (1918-1989) in 1946. 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. R2, what did Jeff do about the extra room in the shoulders? . Dressmakers, shopowners, whatever passed for a personal shopper in those days, other lovers, etc. The second sentence is true, the first is not. Complete with a pun that she never re-cunted her story! In the coloured stills and on posters his studio always showed his hair as blue, heightening the unreality. His zodiac sign is Sagittarius. It was followed by more adventure fare: East of Sumatra and War Arrow with Maureen O'Hara. He's almost totally forgotten. I've only recently found out who Jeff Chandler was (his What's My Line? I knew the MGM ladies, the musical men, and the biggies like Bogie, Jimmy Stewart, Spencer Tracy, etc. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his role as Cochise in Broken Arrow (1950). Those who knew the actor say such posthumous Mommie Dearest stories are both unconscionable and immaterial. 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. Whether Jeff cross-dressed or not we'll never know since no one has come forward to corroborate Esther's story. After Bill and Monica, I dont think anybody is shocked by anything, she says. She was romantically linked with Jeff Chandler. [2] He was raised by his mother after his parents separated when he was a child. They dicorced in 1944. What really galls the actors friends is that he cant defend himself against Williams charges. died in 1989 at age 71. Jeff Chandler (Ira Grossel) was born on 15 December, 1918 in Brooklyn, New York, USA, is an Actor, Soundtrack, Producer. (Original Caption) A star is born as actress Esther Williams gets a lift from the strong arms actor Jeff Chandler at the Pincio Terrace in the famed Borghese Gardens of Rome. And throw in Jeffrey Lynn as well. 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