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. Above, Jeff Chandler and his lady friend, Esther Williams. It made my jaw drop, says actress Marsha Hunt of the accusations in Williams book. Hollywood stars reached into homes of people who never went out to a movie. "I froze at the bedroom door and started screaming," she writes when describing her first glimpse of Chandler in chiffon. [40] He said that "being a movie star isn't worth it": I can't go anywhere as an ordinary individual. Shortly after his last film Merrill's Marauders (1962), Jeff died, at 42, from blood poisoning after an operation for a slipped disc. He definitely had guts to open in Vegas. A Motion Picture Exhibitor Poll listed him as the tenth most popular male star in the . ), though I've never seen any of her movies. While Gene Kelly danced and Judy Garland sang, Esther Williams swam into the heart of America with her dazzling smile, stunning aquabatics, and whole-some appeal. I was too busy living it. But it was more than sex that drew her in, she says. [26] Young later said Chandler "was more of a personality than an actor a charming man."[27]. EXCEPT, R26, Esther never married Jeff. Our Miss Brooks transferred to television, but Chandler was not permitted to do TV under his contract; his part was taken by Robert Rockwell. Chandler married actress Marjorie Hoshelle (1918-1989) in 1946. ). I I think they sidestepped it. He was the first actor nominated for an Academy Award for portraying an American Indian. In 1960, Esther married her third husband, dashing actor Fernando Lamas, whose previous marriage to actress Arlene Dahl produced Lorenzo. He was married from 1946-52, and had two daughters. And why wouldn't he cross dress? She told him, "Jeff, you're too big for polka dots.". ", At one point Williams had decided to leave the Chandler bit out of the book. At a trial, Fred Otash said the detectives had followed them to get the story. His engagement to Esther Williams was broken off when she discovered his hobby. 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. That was the audience that was buying the book. Ten years younger, he is a large, friendly man who indulges his wife and seems amused by her candor. Jeff Chandler. 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. But who could confirm the story? Rose Marie wrote that Jeff Chandler was a great guy, but he was no singer. Chandler had a relationship with Gloria DeHaven that was exposed in Confidential magazine. The book also revealed Williams took LSD . The couple had two daughters, Jamie Tucker (born 1947) and Dana Grossel (born 1949). This was to take effect from August 1956 onwards, when Chandler's exclusive contract with Universal expired. She married Fernando Lamas. It must be the weekend. In his films, his leading ladies included Maureen O'Hara, Rhonda Fleming, Jane Russell, Joan Crawford, and June Allyson. It's NOT about who remembers him TODAY, Moron. 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. In case you're wondering, R71, she didn't write the book last week. Secrets were guarded, bodies stayed buried and studios paid off police when actors got out of line. Jeff's daughters were asked by Peter Graves about it during Jeff's "Biography" episode. )they must surely have read about him in all the info there is on Old Hollywood. "I'm sending much sympathy to Sandra, his family, and all who . He was one of Universal Pictures's more popular male stars of the 1950s. to add information, pictures and relationships, join in discussions and get credit for your contributions. "Nothing happens to you that you can't handle," she says. The couple had two daughters, Jamie Tucker (1947-2003 . "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. The thread bumper is back. The couple had two daughters, Jamie Tucker (May 16, 1947-2003) and Dana Grossel (1949-2002). What could he have been expecting or hoping her reaction to be? I make a point of answering all my mail, and when anyone asks me for an autograph, I'm not just flattered. Without checking into the story, network news magazines, including Dateline NBC and Entertainment Tonight!, aired segments that gave credence to the revelations. Jeff Chandler (December 15, 1918 - June 17, 1961) . [11][12] He tested for Columbia's The Loves of Carmen[13] but did not get the part. ", Susan, 45, lives in Marin County and works as a nonprofit administrator. He also drank and gambled away $10,000,000 of her money. Take a look at He came with a conductor, piano player, light man, press agent, and manager. An executive is a guy who thinks things up and has other people execute them. [53] A Motion Picture Exhibitor Poll listed him as the tenth-most popular male star in the US in 1957. If they're familiar with old movies, then they know who Jeff Chandler was. And let's face it, acting is the easiest way I know to make a buck. 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 Chandler (born Ira Grossel; December 15, 1918 - June 17, . ", "I said, 'What did you do to my life's memories?' Did Jeff Hunter also favor chiffon? Chandler married actress Marjorie Hoshelle in 1946. In exchange for this, Chandler was to make two more films for Universal under his original contract with them, then enter into a new arrangement under which he would appear in two films a year over three years.[48]. She was always competitive and didn't like to be one-upped. not much. . He never made any comedies though he shows quite the flair for it in that What's My LIne? "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. Jeff Chandler (born Ira Grossel; . 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. She claims in her autiobiography Chandler was a cross dresser and she broke off the relationship. relationship with Jeff Chandler ended after he shared . Buys Rose TV Play" by THOMAS M. PRYOR, "R.K.O. They dicorced in 1944. He said, 'I don't want to think there was ever another man that touched you.' Sultry actress Eartha Kitt and handsome actor Jeff Chandler, occupants of the booth, denied that the l . Jeff Chandler - From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jeff Chandler (born Ira Grossel; December 15, 1918 - June 17, 1961) was an. She made her film debut with MGM in an "Andy Hardy" picture called . "[21] The movie was shot on location in Italy, although Chandler's radio commitments meant some of it had to be filmed in Hollywood. Chandler married actress Marjorie Hoshelle in 1946. His features were rugged and masculine. "Wife Divorces Jeff Chandler, Screen Actor", Divorce Planned but Called Off, Says Jeff Chandler. [16], In February 1953, I was making a second picture with Jeff Chandler, one called War Arrow. Here I thought Esther was a goody two shoes and it turns out she was a big ol size queen. Family & Personal Life Jeff Chandler married Marjorie Hoshelle, an actress, in 1946. Chandler, known for his rich baritone voice and prematurely gray hair, died in 1961 as the result of a botched operation for chronic back pain. "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", Again, it is really hilarious that some people think she would lie about someone as forgotten as Jeff Chandler in order to "sell books", There are lots of better ways to sell books than to lie about people the public does not care about. He lost his father when he was 1, and his mother when he was 4. ", Williams knew that some people would resent her dredging up the past. Please click here to get full access and no ads for $1.99 or less per month. The couple had two daughters, Jamie Tucker (1947-2003) and Dana Grossel (1949-2002), before separating in 1954. . [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]. Please click here to register for free. Jeff was hot. Jeff Chandler and Esther Williams. Actor. So I figured his two daughters knew, too. R26, any evidence of your fantasy "massive moster cock?" Chandler married actress Marjorie Hoshelle (1918-1989) in 1946. Jeff Chandler was a 6'4" gorgeous hunk of beefcake with thick curly silvery hair and he was often photographed to show off his massive hairy chest. Esther and Fernando had first met in 1953 during the filming of Dangerous When Wet. The couple had two daughters, Jamie Tucker (May 16, 1947-2003) and Dana Grossel (1949-2002). Jeff Chandler - Biography . He'd married in 1946, and had two daughters. Williams was born in Inglewood, California, on August 8, 1921. He was a sweet guy, definitely all man. He tore out ev ery picture of my first husband, of Ben, of Jeff, of anybody that was in my life. "That's the the Queen of Hearts, Jeff- on top". Esther Jane Williams was born on August 8, 1921 in Inglewood, California. Shirley Jones - Movie World Magazine Pictorial [United States] (December 1955). Family & Personal Life. Genealogy for Esther Jane Williams (1921 - 2013) family tree on Geni, with over 230 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives. Esther was raped by a family friend as a teenager. He went back to Fox for his second film for them, as an embittered Union cavalryman in Two Flags West for director Robert Wise. Jeff Chandler (born Ira Grossel; 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 an Oscar. What really galls the actors friends is that he cant defend himself against Williams charges. Chandler moved to Columbia and acted with Kim Novak in Jeanne Eagels. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his role as Cochise in Broken Arrow (1950). If I don't, I'm labeled the tightest guy in town. [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. Chandler and Williams had a . 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. " So she delivered: "The Million Dollar Mermaid" doesn't pirouette around the truth but lays it down with amazing candor. Robert Rockwell was Mr. Boynton on the Our Miss Brooks TV series but did Jeff Chandler play him on the earlier radio series? Rhonda Fleming, Maureen O'Hara, Kim Novak, Jane Russell, Esther Williams, and his Brooklyn friend Susan Hayward. [17] As part of the arrangement, Chandler signed a deal with Fox to make a film a year with them for six years. Dressmakers, shopowners, whatever passed for a personal shopper in those days, other lovers, etc. "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. If he had guy pals who shared his fetish, obviously they wouldn't be coming forth to verify Esther's story. "FILM UNIT OPPOSES FOREIGN VENTURES: A.F.L. Esther Williams dating history Relationships. Chandler spoke of making Young Moses and a Western with friends Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh, but neither film was made. "[67], Chandler was involved in a will dispute concerning his stepfather in 1960.[68]. I can tell you that there was no conversation, joking or otherwise, about that kind of thing on the set.. [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. 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. So Esther said "Just tuck a foot under your ass and you will sit up taller." Anyone serious about old films knows who Jeff Chandler was. But in all these years, for there never to have been any allusion to [cross-dressing] strikes me offhand as being extremely unlikely. No one said he was a convincing cross dresser. 1941. 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. 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. . [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. Jeff Chandler (December 15, 1918 - June 17, 1961) was an . 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.". Louella Parsons: "Jeff Chandler? He worked briefly in radio, then got a job in a stock company on Long Island as an actor and stage manager. "When he asked me that," Williams recalls, "I said, 'I could (retire) if you'd stop fooling around.' Jeff Chandler was in relationships with Esther Williams (1957 - 1960), Mamie Van Doren (1954), Susan Hayward (1954 - 1955), Julie Adams (1953 - 1954), Mrta Torn (1951) and Marilyn Maxwell. by Anonymous: reply 26: January 29, 2012 4:00 PM: EXCEPT, R26, Esther never married Jeff. "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. CENTER B: With Rossana Podesta. 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. Jeff Chandler was previously married to Marjorie Hoshelle (1946 - 1954). If they haven't seen any of his films (or think they haven't! Then he made a funeral pyre of them and burned the pictures in my backyard. [65] The court ordered Chandler to continue paying $1,500 per month. Complete with a pun that she never re-cunted her story! He also had to be written out of his radio shows Michael Shayne and Our Miss Brooks for several weeks.[12][18]. . "[6] Chandler's performance as a similar resistance leader-type in Sword of the Desert brought him to the studio's attention, and he was borrowed from Universal for the role in May 1949. "Drama: Hayward Slates Picture; 20th Casts Chandler; 'Chaplains' Activated" Schallert, Edwin. Ever the bathing beauty, Williams is dressed for her interviews in the shortest of shorts and a sleeveless nylon jersey that says "Pro Spirit." Once again, location work required him to regularly commute back and forth to Hollywood throughout the shoot. . Unlike that other famous Hollywood cross-dresser, Dan Dailey. . Jeff Chandler (Ira Grossel) was born on 15 December, 1918 in Brooklyn, New York, USA, is an Actor, Soundtrack, Producer. SHE WAS. He was meant to make Death on a Sidestreet[19] and The Lady Count[20] but neither ended up being made. R56 = Another pathetic self-hating creep trying to claim everyone on DL thinks alike. Esther William's memoir is about as reliable as Mickey Rooney's and Shelley Winter'sie. Smart, zestful, uninhibited and wise, Williams is like a bawdy aunt who cuts clear to the bone, but never with malice. The couple had two daughters, Jamie Tucker (1947-2003) and Dana . Hunt co-starred with Chandler in The Plunderers (1960). Jeff was born in Brooklyn and attended Erasmus High School. Chandler married actress Marjorie Hoshelle (1918-1989) in 1946. January 2000 Everyone knows, the three films every film buff must see are Citizen Kane, The Godfather, and Female on the Beach! [quote]Betty Grable never confirmed Dan Dailey's cross dressing after Dailey died. 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