[Quote] They marry and Christine is a downright sexy newlywed on her honeymoon. 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. Sultry actress Eartha Kitt and handsome actor Jeff Chandler, occupants of the booth, denied that the l . Even if he was a crossdresser, it would not change anything. Esther Williams wrote in her 1999 autobiography that she broke off their relationship and that Chandler was a cross dresser. . 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. The couple had two daughters, Jamie Tucker (1947-2003) and Dana Grossel (1949-2002), before separating in 1954. . 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 . He would never have been lost in a crowd, with that big, square, sculpted 20th century face and his prematurely grey wavy hair. The role, which he reprised in two other films, brought an Oscar nomination. Career And Professional Highlights Best Known For. He was 42. American Actress Esther Williams was born Esther Jane . . "Looking at Hollywood: Ann Sheridan, Jeff Chandler to Star in 'Vermilion O'Toole'", Hedda Hopper's Staff. That was Fred Astaire, Cyd Charise and Janice Paige. 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. [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. 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. According to the Los Angeles Times, many friends and colleagues of Chandler rejected her claims. He was married from 1946-52, and had two daughters. Or even fish-like. If she was going to make up a story she would make one up about a much bigger name. I wasn't there, so I don't know, but if Esther was bitter about the end of the relationship or felt ill-used in some way, she wouldn't have been the first person or the last to smear the reputation of an ex. Mrta Torn . You tell them off! Hello. 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.. Our Miss Brooks transferred to television, but Chandler was not permitted to do TV under his contract; his part was taken by Robert Rockwell. There's not going to be an Esther Williams autograph party on Saturday. He was romantically linked with Esther Williams, who claimed in her 1999 autobiography Chandler was a . The couple had two daughters, Jamie Tucker (1947-2003 . The couple had two daughters, Jamie Tucker (May 16, 1947-2003) and Dana Grossel (1949-2002). Chandler spoke of making Young Moses and a Western with friends Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh, but neither film was made. . He appeared regularly on radio drama and comedy. He tore out ev ery picture of my first husband, of Ben, of Jeff, of anybody that was in my life. He was a sweet guy, definitely all man. I can't go anywhere unnoticed. [7] When America entered World War II, Chandler enlisted in the army. 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. by Anonymous: reply 18: January 29, 2012 6:15 AM: . She was known for fucking extremely macho men like Fernando Lamas and Victor Mature. So yes, an estate can sue for libelous content in some circumstances. 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. Jeff Chandler was previously married to Marjorie Hoshelle (1946 - 1954). When Esther came out with the story, Jane insisted that it was untrue. I think the assertion that she is lying is motivated by homophobia - people see cross-dressing as "gay" (even though transvestism, by its very nature, is a fetish limited to straight men) and people don't want to admit that someone they like or admire might be "gay". Jeff Chandler was recognizeable to everyone during his time. Esther William's memoir is about as reliable as Mickey Rooney's and Shelley Winter'sie. 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.". r57 you talk about Jane Russell like she was some uninformed rube from the sticks. . Lamas was controlling and abusive. He was mostly cast in B Westerns and often played Native Americans with bad wigs and shaved chests. Esther Williams Is All Wet, Say Friends of the Late Jeff Chandler ; Related stars. "[21] The movie was shot on location in Italy, although Chandler's radio commitments meant some of it had to be filmed in Hollywood. Esther Williams dating history Relationships. Otherwise, you'll just have to find some other site Esther Williams Official Pinterest Page. He was romantically linked with Esther Williams, who claimed in her 1999 autobiography Chandler was a cross dresser and she broke off the relationship. "Jeff Chandler Sought for 'Angry River;' Wanger Plans Mounties Movie", Schallert, Edwin. He worked for two years in stock companies, including a performance of The Trojan Horse opposite famous singers and actors Gordon MacRae and his wife Sheila MacRae, who became his good friends. 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). 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. Esther gave Joan a gag gift that was nothing like the massive hearts and flowers everyone sent welcoming Crawford back to MGM, so there may have been some mutual resentment there. In his films, his leading ladies included Maureen O'Hara, Rhonda Fleming, Jane Russell, Joan Crawford, and June Allyson. Williams has been married four times. For 13 years, she lived in total submission to him, where she had to stop being "Esther Williams" and could not have her children live with her. He was a sweet guy, definitely all man. Esther Williams and Jeff Chandler separated i Jeff Chandler and Mamie Van Doren are separat Susan Hayward and Jeff Chandler are separated Julie Adams and Jeff Chandler are separated Jeff Chandler and Eartha Kitt are separated Mrta Torn and Jeff Chandler are separated Marjorie Hoshelle and Jeff Chandler were divo Marilyn Maxwell and Jeff Chandler are separat Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery, Culver City, Prematurely gray hair, scar over his left eye, Feagin School of Dramatic Art in New York, www.nndb.com/people/597/000101294/, www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=187, www.jewwatch.com/jew-entertainment-jeff-chandler.html, Tony Curtis (was a pallbearer at his funeral), Sammy Davis Jr, Susan Hayward (were childhood friends), Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion. 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). On May 17, in a seven-and-a-half-hour emergency operation following the original surgery, he was given 55 pints of blood. Without checking into the story, network news magazines, including Dateline NBC and Entertainment Tonight!, aired segments that gave credence to the revelations. None of these embarrassed people were in Esther's bedroom. "[71], He was also linked with Ann Sheridan. Jeff Chandler is a member of the following lists: Actors from New York, American film actors and American singer-songwriters. "It just opened a door for us to be together and rediscover each other. I said, 'Aren't you getting tired of these half-assed relationships?' 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! Her line of Esther Williams Swimsuits was very successful, and she was dubbed by Life Magazine as the 'Mermaid Tycoon'. 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. She told him, "Jeff, you're too big for polka dots.". Even her attire is borderline naughty. Hardly anyone today knows who Jeff Chandler is. Jeff Chandler (December 15, 1918 - June 17, 1961) was an American film actor and singer in the 1950s. [4] He served for four years, mostly in the Aleutians, finishing with the rank of lieutenant. I'd quit work immediately if I had the money, and travel for a while. by Anonymous: reply 26: January 29, 2012 4:00 PM: EXCEPT, R26, Esther never married Jeff. 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. Esther Williams was NOT in "Silk Stockings" R65. Above all, he was impossibly handsome. His features were rugged and masculine. Williams waves off the backlash to her book as naive. The so-called revelations about Chandlers fetish, she says, are common knowledge, dating to the 60s and a Chicago Tribune interview she gave to Gail Sheehy. 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. R52, nothing about Esther Williams was fishy. He was cast in February 1949. That's why I find being a movie actor not particularly gratifying. Dan Dailey's cross dressing is far from confirmed, FFS. "Big Chief! His role as Kurta in the 1949 film, Sword in the Desert, led to him accepting a long-term contract from Universal Studios. During Hollywood's heyday, big studios battled over the next box-office attraction. Their divorce was granted in 1959. It's on YouTube. Why should she re-can't? She was romantically linked with Jeff Chandler. None of it helped. Jeff Chandler was born in Brooklyn. Hello. Of all the things you could make up - why that? Ten years younger, he is a large, friendly man who indulges his wife and seems amused by her candor. Don't get me wrong I wanted fame and money when I decided to take up acting. Tbla. In 1994, Esther Williams walked down the aisle for a final time. for your pointless bitchery needs. In 1957, he became involved with actress Esther Williams, causing his wife to divorce him. Worse yet, Lamas refused to allow Williams' three children from her marriage to Gage into his life. 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. 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. "Jeff Chandler Will Star in 'Holy Grail'", Hopper, Hedda. SHE WAS. [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. He left to work on a movie after three and a half weeks. Chandler married actress Marjorie Hoshelle (1918-1989) in 1946. Jeff Chandler was a regular on "Our Miss Brooks" as Eve Arden's b/f Mr. Boynton. I think she took a cheap potshot. [8] . The couple had two daughters, Jamie Tucker (born 1947) and Dana Grossel (born 1949). Rose Marie wrote that Jeff Chandler was a great guy, but he was no singer. Who is Jeff Chandler dating? At a trial, Fred Otash said the detectives had followed them to get the story. Chandler had a relationship with Gloria DeHaven that was exposed in Confidential magazine. [26] Young later said Chandler "was more of a personality than an actor a charming man."[27]. 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. )they must surely have read about him in all the info there is on Old Hollywood. "Jeff Chandler Wanted as Star for Movie on Huk Warfare", Hopper, Hedda. Or everyone else is dead but Esther. I think Esther is all wet!! our privacy/terms or if you just want to see the damn The Los Angeles Times wrote that Chandler "is proving remarkable in performing singing duty, even though he is not exactly a singing type". His former lover Esther Williams, in her tell-all 1999 autobiography, put Chandler back in the headlines after . She claims in her autiobiography Chandler was a cross dresser and she broke off the relationship. Hunt co-starred with Chandler in The Plunderers (1960). "[45], Towards the end of the year, Chandler formed his own production company, Earlmar, with his agent Meyer Mishkin. Many have commented on it. [76] He died on June 17, 1961. Ever the bathing beauty, Williams is dressed for her interviews in the shortest of shorts and a sleeveless nylon jersey that says "Pro Spirit." Smart, zestful, uninhibited and wise, Williams is like a bawdy aunt who cuts clear to the bone, but never with malice. She repeated them in her autobiography as a means of introspection. Because some stars, like Elvis and the Three Stooges have fame long after they died, and their relatives still cash in on it.". He was a sweet guy, definitely all man.. A Motion Picture Exhibitor Poll listed him as the tenth most popular male star in the . Jeff Chandler (December 15, 1918 - June 17, 1961) was an . . WEHT Robert Rockwell? If she had, it would have made front page headlines all around the globe. "That's the the Queen of Hearts, Jeff- on top". If it wasn't true, it came from one of her editors. And throw in Jeffrey Lynn as well. "Chief Crazyhorse' Held Right for Jeff Chandler; Slate Signs Term Deal" Schallert, Edwin. None of it helped, and everybody raved about Jeff's singing, but let's face it: He really didn't sing very well. Dick Powell Professional Eve Arden Professional Esther Williams Girlfriend . (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 . She didnt. I guess if Jeff showed himself off to other women, they are too discreet and/or kind to verify. Council Opens Campaign to Halt Cheaper Production Abroad by U. S. Studios". No love lost between Gene and Esther. He teased her unmercifully. Chandler had a MASSIVE monster cock that he used liberally. Genealogy for Esther Jane Williams (1921 - 2013) family tree on Geni, with over 230 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives. . Oct. 27, 1999 12 AM PT. I was born to be an executive an idea man. He was widely liked and admired . . . [73], He represented the Screen Actors Guild during talks throughout the 1960 actors' strike. 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