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. Chandler was a cousin of actor David Roya, who played the young villain Bernard Posner in Billy Jack. Chandler married actress Marjorie Hoshelle (1918-1989) in 1946. Jeff Chandler (1958) Biography. "Jeff Chandler Among Movie Visitors Here", Tinee, Mae. 1941. . He was widely liked and admired . How would a lez like Jane Russell know anything intimate about Jeff? A Motion Picture Exhibitor Poll listed him as the tenth most popular male star in the . 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. Family & Personal Life. by Anonymous: reply 18: January 29, 2012 6:15 AM: . But I am absolutely confident that Esther Williams stands head and shoulders above Mickey Rooney. 3 5 0. Esther Williams Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family . Esther Williams. Esther William's memoir is about as reliable as Mickey Rooney's and Shelley Winter'sie. 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. This was no joke. What I find so unbelievable about Esther's Jeff Chandler story is that he would expose his proclivity to her, of all people. Dressmakers, shopowners, whatever passed for a personal shopper in those days, other lovers, etc. by THOMAS M. PRYOR. [53] A Motion Picture Exhibitor Poll listed him as the tenth-most popular male star in the US in 1957. On May 17, in a seven-and-a-half-hour emergency operation following the original surgery, he was given 55 pints of blood. She lived an amazing life and has plenty of REAL dirt to sharewhy would she need to make things up? [quote]When Esther came out with the story, Jane insisted that it was untrue. I think I said the f-word. How dare they claim to be film buffs when they've not seen all three! The thread bumper is back. She was known for fucking extremely macho men like Fernando Lamas and Victor Mature. 'Indian' Chandler Changes Pace; He's Now Half Indian". I read the book a long time ago and thought Esther Williams came across as a great old broad. It was no secret that Jeff's real name was Ira Gosselman. She claims in her autobiography that . [43], In May, Chandler performed at the Riviera Hotel in Las Vegas. 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. After high school, he took a drama course and worked in stock companies for two years. Jeff Chandler was recognizeable to everyone during his time. That's like Newt Gingrich's claim that "none of our friends" agrees with his ex wife. Tony Curtis and Gerald Mohr were among the pallbearers at Chandler's funeral, attended by more than 1,500 people. 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The couple had two daughters, Jamie Tucker and Dana Grosse. 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. 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.' Anyone in the world with imagination and initiative can become a success. Jeff Chandler - From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jeff Chandler (born Ira Grossel; December 15, 1918 - June 17, 1961) was an. Jeff & Esther. 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. Chandler married actress Marjorie Hoshelle (1918-1989) in 1946. That was Fred Astaire, Cyd Charise and Janice Paige. 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 . [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. Something like that would cloud one's outlook on life in general. Im searching my own mind, asking Why did I attract this particular aberration? . 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. "Rock Hudson, Doris Day Top New Poll; U-I Gives Boost to Joanna Moore", Scheuer, Philip K., "GOLDWYN NAMED FOR MOVIE HONOR: Producers Guild to Give Him Milestone Award Jeff Chandler Gets Role" by THOMAS M. PRYOR. (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. He followed this by playing the role of Cochise in two sequels: The Battle at Apache Pass (1952) and Taza, Son of Cochise (1954). Esther Williams wrote in her 1999 autobiography that she broke off their relationship and that Chandler was a cross dresser. Jeff Chandler had an encounter with Eartha Kitt (1953). Then he made a funeral pyre of them and burned the pictures in my backyard. "Mom speaks her mind. Hello. "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. In 1994, Esther Williams walked down the aisle for a final time. He also drank and gambled away $10,000,000 of her money. When her second son, Kim, was seriously injured in a motorcycle crash, Lamas wouldn't even drive Williams to the hospital. Esther Williams Is All Wet, Say Friends of the Late Jeff Chandler ; Related stars. "Jeff Chandler was standing in the middle of the bedroom in a red wig, a flowered chiffon dress . Actor. Unless he was disguised as Fifi, the naughty French maid, R22. he had an affair with Esther . His other credits include Sword in the Desert (1948), Deported (1950), Female on the Beach (1955), and Away All Boats (1956). I walk into a restaurant and get a ringside table- but you remember I also have to leave the biggest tip. At the very least they should be aware of Joan Crawford and "Female on the Beach". Why has this not been mentioned? And there's never been another person to verify Esther's lie. Chandler appeared in Return to Peyton Place for Fox. He enjoyed that kind of thing. 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. The mind boggles. 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. [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? And, please don't even try to convince anyone that old Jane was sleeping with Jeff. The two lived on neighboring farms in Kansas and carried on . 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. Jeff Chandler is a member of the following lists: Actors from New York, American film actors and American singer-songwriters. Jane Russell was a friend of Esther's and a friend and co-star of Jeff's. Her single mom Anna was the local tramp until she married a deliveryman named Harry Hough. [10], Chandler reprised his role as Cochise in another Western, The Battle at Apache Pass, for Universal. "I loved the book and read it straight through," she says. 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. I think she took a cheap potshot. Because some stars, like Elvis and the Three Stooges have fame long after they died, and their relatives still cash in on it.". Chandler appeared in an expensive (for Universal) epic, playing the Emperor Marcian in Sign of the Pagan and co-starred with Jane Russell in Foxfire (1955), which he enjoyed because, "I don't have to be so darned monosyllabic in this one. Jeff was in a boxibg film called "Iron Man" (circa 1950) with Rock Hudson. None of it helped. Many have commented on it. His zodiac sign is Sagittarius. She was romantically linked with Jeff Chandler. "Doubt is the dogma that somebody taught you.". Jeff Chandler was previously married to Marjorie Hoshelle (1946 - 1954). [14], Chandler's performance in Our Miss Brooks brought him to the attention of executives at Universal, who were looking for someone to play an Israeli leader in Sword in the Desert (1949). The actor is only a small part of the performance. 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. . It didn't do too well, but it wasn't because he wasn't an adequate . I know plenty of film buffs who have never heard of him or seen his movies (most of which aren't very good). I've known since I was a kid. . He would never have been lost in a crowd, with that big, square, sculpted 20th century face and his prematurely grey wavy hair. Louella Parsons: "Jeff Chandler? "Nothing happens to you that you can't handle," she says. Chandler and Williams had a . [quote]Then they're not really much of an "old film buff" are they? You seem pretty dumb yourself. With Dan's wife right there - she fully supported her husband's fetish. He was romantically linked with Esther Williams, who claimed in her 1999 autobiography Chandler was a cross dresser and she . The couple had two daughters, Jamie Tucker (born 1947) and Dana Grossel (born 1949). He fucked Crawford on the beach and everywhere else. During Hollywood's heyday, big studios battled over the next box-office attraction. American Actress Esther Williams was born Esther Jane . Chandler married actress Marjorie Hoshelle (1918-1989) in 1946. That has been pretty much debunked. Chandler married actress Marjorie Hoshelle (1918-1989) in 1946. [17] As part of the arrangement, Chandler signed a deal with Fox to make a film a year with them for six years. But it's the Chandler revelation, excerpted by Vanity Fair in its September issue, that's gotten the most attention. Here I thought Esther was a goody two shoes and it turns out she was a big ol size queen. [quote]Betty Grable never confirmed Dan Dailey's cross dressing after Dailey died. ", Williams knew that some people would resent her dredging up the past. Chandler married actress Marjorie Hoshelle (1918-1989) in 1946. She was always competitive and didn't like to be one-upped. The cause was a blood infection complicated by pneumonia. We are changing the login scheme for contributors for simpler login and to better support using multiple devices. ", "I said, 'What did you do to my life's memories?' Even if he was a crossdresser, it would not change anything. Discover Jeff Chandler's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. He put together an act and we opened at the Riviera. He was reunited with Fox and Delmer Daves to play a Polynesian chief in Bird of Paradise (1951), which Chandler admitted was a variation of his performance as Cochise. Above all, he was impossibly handsome. --Queen who has read nearly every book mentioned in this thread. He most likely was a cross dresser. He had wanted Judy Garland (who didn't?) [58] Allied was so pleased with the film, they requested three more movies from August, but Chandler never got to make them.[57]. Hello and thank you for registering. Married in 1946; divorced in 1959; died in 1989 at age 71. . Chandler married actress Marjorie Hoshelle (1918-1989) in 1946. But it was more than sex that drew her in, she says. Why would she make up a story about Jeff Chandler to sell books? The company toured the Midwest with some success, presenting such plays as The Bad Man, Seventh Heaven, The New Minister, and Pigs. 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.". [75], On May 13, 1961, he entered a hospital in Culver City, California, and had surgery for a spinal disc herniation. 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. Esther's POINT was that he was too big (and burly, and testosterone-filled) for polka dots. And Everybody raved about Jeffs singing, but lets face it: He really didnt sing very well. She told him, "Jeff, you're too big for polka dots.". "Jeff Chandler Must Pay Wife $1500 Monthly". ". In her autobiography Hold the Roses (2002), Rose Marie wrote that "Jeff Chandler was a great guy, but he was no singer. 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. .His leading ladies included June Allyson, Joan Crawford, Rhonda Fleming, Maureen O'Hara, Kim Novak, Jane Russell, Esther Williams, . Know his, Estimated Net Worth, Age, Biography Wikipedia Wiki . Hardly anyone today knows who Jeff Chandler is. . Buys Rose TV Play" by THOMAS M. PRYOR, "R.K.O. He never made any comedies though he shows quite the flair for it in that What's My LIne? [78] He was buried at Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery in Culver City. I I think they sidestepped it. "Film Unit Opposes Foreign Ventures: A.F.L. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate. 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. Rhonda Fleming, Maureen O'Hara, Kim Novak, Jane Russell, Esther Williams, and his Brooklyn friend Susan Hayward. It was the only way I could do it and stay married to Fernando. Jeff Chandler and Esther Williams. When I was a little girl I had a crush on Jeff Chandler.. still love him now forty some years later. If he was, I would guess he'd be doing it in private, so these testimonies from people like closet case religious freak Jane Russell are not valid. Get personalized pricing by telling us when, where, and how you want to use this asset. 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. His uber thick cock is the reason Esther Williams married him. He went back to Fox for his second film for them, as an embittered Union cavalryman in Two Flags West for director Robert Wise. SO WHAT if Esther Williams said Jeff Chandler was a cross dresser? Oh Jeff, you're just too big for polka dots! " So she delivered: "The Million Dollar Mermaid" doesn't pirouette around the truth but lays it down with amazing candor. "If they're familiar with old movies, then they know who Jeff Chandler was.". Jeff Chandler was a regular on "Our Miss Brooks" as Eve Arden's b/f Mr. Boynton. . Chandler's father was connected with the restaurant business and got his son a job as a restaurant cashier. [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. "Blood Infection Caused Death of Jeff Chandler". Williams' revelations about Chandler angered many readers. but didn't know Chandler. How could a strong, accomplished woman -- a national swimming champion and box-office star -- submit to a bully and allow her children to suffer her absence? What really galls the actors friends is that he cant defend himself against Williams charges. "[67], Chandler was involved in a will dispute concerning his stepfather in 1960.[68]. 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. Once again, location work required him to regularly commute back and forth to Hollywood throughout the shoot. [40] He said that "being a movie star isn't worth it": I can't go anywhere as an ordinary individual. I guess if Jeff showed himself off to other women, they are too discreet and/or kind to verify. Betty died in 1973, Dailey in 1978. He later reflected "I've tried heavies but audiences didn't seem to take to that. He was an asshole to her during the filming of Take Me Out to the Ballgame, though. for the film and had to settle for Esther. In 1957, he tangled with Orson Welles corrupt rancher in the B-movie thriller Man in the Shadow.. For that he had the requisite Jewishness (of which he was very proud) and he was not quite real. The second sentence is true, the first is not. An executive is a guy who thinks things up and has other people execute them. This was to take effect from August 1956 onwards, when Chandler's exclusive contract with Universal expired. I don't think Esther Williams was sufficiently imaginative to make it up. "Drama: Hayward Slates Picture; 20th Casts Chandler; 'Chaplains' Activated" Schallert, Edwin. Her youth was spent as a teenage swimming champion and she won three United States National championships. So I figured his two daughters knew, too. Jeff was a real sweetheart, but acting with him was like acting with a broomstick, - Maureen O'Hara on acting with Chandler in War Arrow (2004), Writer-director Delmer Daves was looking for an actor to play Cochise in Broken Arrow (1950) at 20th Century Fox. [80][83] His ex-wife sued his estate for $80,000 for money owed under their divorce settlement.[84]. He is most remembered for Broken Arrow. Chandler married actress Marjorie Hoshelle in 1946. 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. Shirley Jones - Movie World Magazine Pictorial [United States] (December 1955). Broken Arrow turned out to be a considerable hit, earning Chandler an Oscar nomination and establishing him as a star. January 2000 He said he was under contract to Universal to make two films a year at $60,000 per film for 1957 and $75,000 per film for 1958. Unlike that other famous Hollywood cross-dresser, Dan Dailey. 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. 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