Jeff Chandler. A third operation followed on May 27, in which he received an additional 20 pints of blood. 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. The last of those was distributed by Paramount, which released Chandler's next film, another Western, The Jayhawkers! "Big Chief Cochise Set; Sidney to Direct 'Keys;' Trevor 'Package' Looms" Schallert, Edwin. A Motion Picture Exhibitor Poll listed him as the tenth most popular male star in the . If people know who she is then they're familiar with old movies. "He loved me so intently. There's not going to be an Esther Williams autograph party on Saturday. The couple had two daughters, Jamie Tucker (1947-2003) and Dana Grossel (1949-2002), before separating in 1954. . 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. Or everyone else is dead but Esther. I've only recently found out who Jeff Chandler was (his What's My Line? [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? An executive is a guy who thinks things up and has other people execute them. 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. "Looking at Hollywood: Orson Welles Will Star in and Direct 'Badge of Evil'", Hopper, Hedda. He was best known for being a Movie Actor. He enjoyed that kind of thing. Chandler initially struggled to find work in Hollywood, and had spent all his savings when he got his first job as a radio actor in May 1946. 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. Jeff Chandler (December 15, 1918 - June 17, 1961) . Yes indeed, we too use "cookies." Chandler married actress Marjorie Hoshelle (1918-1989) in 1946. [64], In his 1958 divorce proceedings, Chandler was revealed to be paying his wife an allowance of $1,500 per month. The couple had two daughters, Jamie Tucker (1947-2003 . . . He was a sweet guy, definitely all man.. he had an affair with Esther . It didn't do too well, but it wasn't because he wasn't an adequate . 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]. Know his, Estimated Net Worth, Age, Biography Wikipedia Wiki . --Queen who has read nearly every book mentioned in this thread. . is on youtube). He was cast in February 1949. 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. [quote]Because this is Datalounge, silly. Dressmakers, shopowners, whatever passed for a personal shopper in those days, other lovers, etc. This is the most DL thread ever. "Drama: Indie Setups Announced by Cummings, Chandler; Hello, Barry Fitzgerald" Scheuer, Philip K. "Dirk Bogarde favourite film actor" A Cinema Correspondent. Williams' revelations about Chandler angered many readers. "Pine-Thomas Tradition Lives On; Jeff Chandler Makes Debut in Vegas" Schallert, Edwin. "Fame Has Its Fee For Jeff Chandler" by Richard L. Coe. His uber thick cock is the reason Esther Williams married him. The couple had two daughters, Jamie Tucker (May 16, 1947-2003) and Dana Grossel (1949-2002). Jeff Chandler was recognizeable to everyone during his time. Anyone in the world with imagination and initiative can become a success. He never made any comedies though he shows quite the flair for it in that What's My LIne? Mrta Torn . He followed this with two films for Universal, The Lady Takes a Flyer with Lana Turner, and Raw Wind in Eden with Esther Williams. for the film and had to settle for Esther. Jeff dated a number of actresses while he was still married, and Jeff and Dane got divorced in 1959. People here WANT to believe that Chandler loved to dress in drag. They separated in 1951, and 1954, and actually divorced in 1954. 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 . But it was more than sex that drew her in, she says. Jeff Chandler (1958) Biography. He left to work on a movie after three and a half weeks. . Jeff was Jewish posing as WASP. Jane Russell was a friend of Esther's and a friend and co-star of Jeff's. "Blood Infection Caused Death of Jeff Chandler". "Jeff Chandler Heirs Settle for $233,358". PURCHASE A LICENSE. "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. 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. Jeff Chandler was romantically linked with Esther Williams, who claimed in her 1999 autobiography Chandler was a cross dresser and she broke off the . [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. That was Fred Astaire, Cyd Charise and Janice Paige. Complete with a pun that she never re-cunted her story! "Drama: Henry Fonda to Have Lee Cobb as Costar". Those who knew the actor say such posthumous Mommie Dearest stories are both unconscionable and immaterial. If they haven't seen any of his films (or think they haven't! 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. She hardly had the reputation, even back then, as being a sympathetic pushover. GIRLS, GARTERS, AND JEFF CHANDLER. Chandler married actress Marjorie Hoshelle in 1946. 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. American actor Jeff Chandler as Brigadier General Frank D. Merrill in a scene from the film 'Merrill's Marauders', 1962. Lots of leg, lots of chutzpah. In case you're wondering, R71, she didn't write the book last week. He most likely was a cross dresser. He also had to be written out of his radio shows Michael Shayne and Our Miss Brooks for several weeks.[12][18]. If she was going to make up a story she would make one up about a much bigger name. " So she delivered: "The Million Dollar Mermaid" doesn't pirouette around the truth but lays it down with amazing candor. 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. Esther's POINT was that he was too big (and burly, and testosterone-filled) for polka dots. 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. but didn't know Chandler. [8] . [53] A Motion Picture Exhibitor Poll listed him as the tenth-most popular male star in the US in 1957. They separated in 1951,[60] again in 1954,[61] and filed for divorce in 1954. I'd quit work immediately if I had the money, and travel for a while. That's all changed, and so has Williams. Rose Marie wrote that Jeff Chandler was a great guy, but he was no singer. She told him, "Jeff, you're too big for polka dots.". Biography. [4] Chandler was an active Democrat. Chandler's next two movies were made for a brand new company, Seven Arts: Ten Seconds to Hell, a drama with Jack Palance for director Robert Aldrich, and Thunder in the Sun, a Western with Susan Hayward. I'd like to do some writing. Our government still taxes the hell out of people; somebody ought to wake 'em up.[57]. Her youth was spent as a teenage swimming champion and she won three United States National championships. When she made the book deal with Simon & Schuster, "they said, 'See if you can write a page-turner.' Chandler had a MASSIVE monster cock that he used liberally. Hollywood stars reached into homes of people who never went out to a movie. It pissed him off, perhaps making him think she was condescending to him. SPECIAL TO THE TIMES. It must be the weekend. But who could confirm the story? Jeff Chandler - Biography . "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. What I find so unbelievable about Esther's Jeff Chandler story is that he would expose his proclivity to her, of all people. Hello and thank you for registering. . [quote]Then they're not really much of an "old film buff" are they? . [65] The court ordered Chandler to continue paying $1,500 per month. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his role as Cochise in Broken Arrow (1950). Esther had a lot of strange stories. It was the only way I could do it and stay married to Fernando. youtube clip referenced above. [10], Chandler reprised his role as Cochise in another Western, The Battle at Apache Pass, for Universal. Everyone knows, the three films every film buff must see are Citizen Kane, The Godfather, and Female on the Beach! [73], He represented the Screen Actors Guild during talks throughout the 1960 actors' strike. ", His machismo was so out of hand, Williams says, that "he once went through my scrapbook without my knowing it. Once again, location work required him to regularly commute back and forth to Hollywood throughout the shoot. Hearn Role in 'The Naked and the Dead' for Norma Productions" by THOMAS F. BRADY. 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. In 1984, Esther Williams mentioned in an interview for the Chicago Tribune that Chandler been a . Excerpts from her 1999 autobiography in major American magazines revealed that her one-time lover, actor Jeff Chandler, was obsessed about dressing in women's clothing. She was known for fucking extremely macho men like Fernando Lamas and Victor Mature. She likes to nail people to the wall., Williams fires back: Why in the world would I tell Jane Russell about a personal problem as intimate as that? Jane Russell whom I did adore when she was a young star via Howard Hughesbecame a right wing Religious bitch in later lifeno wonder she would deny the JC storiestoo left wingy! A popular action star of the '50s ("Broken Arrow"), the 6- foot-5-inch Chandler was deeply in love with Williams -- and hoped that she would accept his passion for designer gowns, wigs and high heels. Williams was newly married to a medical student, Leonard Kovner - she would later have to buy him out of the marriage for $1,500 - and the priapic Weissmuller tried it on with her so often . His other credits include Sword in the Desert (1948), Deported (1950), Female on the Beach (1955), and Away All Boats (1956). Esther has a naughty side. "I froze at the bedroom door and started screaming," she writes when describing her first glimpse of Chandler in chiffon. Actor. Uh, why would she recant the story if the story is true? [17] As part of the arrangement, Chandler signed a deal with Fox to make a film a year with them for six years. That has been pretty much debunked. I can't go anywhere unnoticed. Who is Jeff Chandler dating? "That's the the Queen of Hearts, Jeff- on top". Chandler married actress Marjorie Hoshelle in 1946. 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. He then went on to make a war film, Red Ball Express, and a swashbuckler, Yankee Buccaneer. "Big Chief! ), though I've never seen any of her movies. . He also drank and gambled away $10,000,000 of her money. He said he earned $250,000 in 1957 from his acting and singing, but had a lot of expenses, with his personal manager, business manager, and agent taking 25% of his income. It's on YouTube. 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 . Jeff Chandler was a regular on "Our Miss Brooks" as Eve Arden's b/f Mr. Boynton. And throw in Jeffrey Lynn as well. Broken Arrow turned out to be a considerable hit, earning Chandler an Oscar nomination and establishing him as a star. He was to star opposite Tony Curtis in Operation Petticoat (1959), but fell ill and had to withdraw.[9][55]. Silver-haired actor who portrayed Cochise in Broken Arrow. [quote]No. This was no joke. When she defended Jeff, she had spent decades on film sets with all sorts of mengay, straight, effeminate, macho, etc. r68, 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? Unless he was disguised as Fifi, the naughty French maid, R22. 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). The Los Angeles Times wrote that Chandler "is proving remarkable in performing singing duty, even though he is not exactly a singing type". "It's no Indian story," said Chandler, "let Cochise rest in peace. Esther Williams. [10] Hollywood tended to cast him, though, in different nationalities. The Lady Takes a Flyer with Lana Turner and Raw Wind in Eden with Esther Williams. If you disagree, produce a link or two. None of it helped, and everybody raved about Jeff's singing, but let's face it: He really didn't sing very well. Williams' revelations about Chandler angered many readers. His next role was that of an officer in World War II. I marked two radio scripts and have finished synopses and five movie stories. A casually racist remark from Russell's character, indignantly referring to . "Jeff Chandler's Wife Gets Divorce, $100,000: She Says She Developed Ulcer Because He Was Too Absorbed in His Film Work", "'Spying' on Anita Told by Detective: Pejury Action Possible". 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