That would be sheer gossip.. Jeff Chandler is a member of Actor . 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. ", Susan, 45, lives in Marin County and works as a nonprofit administrator. I think some people just haven't done their homework, so quit whingeing! I read this on some obscure blog but haven't heard anything official. However, Chandler intended to continue to make films for Universal under a multipicture contract. Chandler played villains. She married singer/actor Ben Gage on November 25, 1945; they had . 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Rhonda Fleming, Maureen O'Hara, Kim Novak, Jane Russell, Esther Williams, and his Brooklyn friend Susan Hayward. You seem pretty dumb yourself. He was romantically linked with Esther Williams, who claimed in her 1999 autobiography Chandler was a cross dresser and she broke off the relationship. Esther Jane Williams (August 8, 1921 - June 6, 2013) was an American competitive swimmer and actress. for your pointless bitchery needs. He's also famous for dying on the operating table after an incompetent doctor cut an artery by mistake - he bled to death. Jeff Chandler was previously married to Marjorie Hoshelle (1946 - 1954). [2] He was raised by his mother after his parents separated when he was a child. . . Jeff Chandler, better known by the Family name Jeff Chandler, was a popular Athlete. A May 1955 review of a Chandler live performance in Variety said "it is in the realm of pure song" that Chandler "falters and shows weakness."[101]. 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. His next role was that of an officer in World War II. "Jolson to appear on C. B. S. radio, TV: Network Secures Entertainer's Services for 3-Year Period - Randolph in New Show", "MBS Stations Book Russell For Interview: The Radio Dialer and TV Guide". I can tell you that there was no conversation, joking or otherwise, about that kind of thing on the set.. 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. TO MAKE SPACE-TEST FILM: Feature to Depict Efforts of U.S. Scientists to Launch an Earth Satellite" by THOMAS M. PRYOR, Louella Parsons: "Linda Darnell Signs With Jeff Chandler", "Tuesday Proclaimed as L.A. Free Enterprise Day", "SYMBOLIC DRAMA WILL BE A MOVIE: 'A Passenger to Bali,' Which Ran Here in 1940, Bought by Security Pictures" by THOMAS M. PRYOR. Brand New 2K Master! 3 5 0. He was a sweet guy, definitely all man. He is most remembered for Broken Arrow. It was wonderful . "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 think Esther Williams later admitted she made it up to sell copies of her autobiography. Jeff Chandler (December 15, 1918 - June 17, 1961) . A casually racist remark from Russell's character, indignantly referring to . Chandler was a cousin of actor David Roya, who played the young villain Bernard Posner in Billy Jack. Esther Williams was NOT in "Silk Stockings" R65. They weren't too reticent to gossip about Kirk Douglas being a rapist or Rock Hudson being gay or Dorothy Lamour liking black men or the dozens of other people we've all heard about. 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. If they're familiar with old movies, then they know who Jeff Chandler was. Those who knew the actor say such posthumous Mommie Dearest stories are both unconscionable and immaterial. They all make up stories to sell books. When Esther Williams worked at MGM in the '40s and '50s in a series of swimming musicals, movie stars didn't reveal the truth about themselves or their co-stars. Jeff Chandler was born on the 15th of December, 1918. I'd quit work immediately if I had the money, and travel for a while. "He became so absorbed by his career that he spent all time when not actually working on a picture in his business office", said his wife. The couple had met and fallen in love on the set of Raw Wind in Eden in 1956. And why wouldn't he cross dress? "Jeff Chandler Is Dead; Blame Blood Poison: JEFF CHANDLER". Esther had a lot of strange stories. When her second son, Kim, was seriously injured in a motorcycle crash, Lamas wouldn't even drive Williams to the hospital. He followed this with two films for Universal, The Lady Takes a Flyer with Lana Turner, and Raw Wind in Eden with Esther Williams. "Looking at Hollywood: Movie Studio Plans Remake of 'The Magnificent Obsession'" Hopper, Hedda. 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. R2, what did Jeff do about the extra room in the shoulders? [10] He went on to appear in episodes of anthology drama series such as Escape and Academy Award Theater, and became well known for playing the lead in Michael Shayne. ", Williams knew that some people would resent her dredging up the past. 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. January 2000 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. What good does it do to speak ill of the dead? says writer Norman Corwin, who knew Chandler from a 1960 Pasadena Playhouse production of his drama The Rivalry. I think its crass.. Jeff was hot. In 1952, exhibitors voted Chandler the 22nd-most popular star in the US. According to Williams, who began a love affair with Chandler during the shooting of Raw Wind in Eden in 1956, Chandler was happy and secure only in womens clothing. Cross-dressing, she writes, gave the actor a sexual thrill. "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. Companion. "[21] The movie was shot on location in Italy, although Chandler's radio commitments meant some of it had to be filmed in Hollywood. She didnt. 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 . 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. But it was more than sex that drew her in, she says. Then he made a funeral pyre of them and burned the pictures in my backyard. "Blood Infection Caused Death of Jeff Chandler". Jeff Chandler's agent was Doovid Barskin of The Barskin Agency in the late 50s. Hardly anyone today knows who Jeff Chandler is. Whether you believe Esther or not, her bio Million Dollar Mermaid is a great dishy read. Take a look at If he had guy pals who shared his fetish, obviously they wouldn't be coming forth to verify Esther's story. Shortly after his arrival, he was involved in a serious car accident on the way to a screen test, which resulted in a large scar on his forehead.[9]. And there's never been another person to verify Esther's lie. "Steigers Act Out Breakup of a Marriage: Breakup Acted Out by Steigers Loynd, Ray". Chandler was born Ira Grossel to a Jewish family in Brooklyn, the only child of Anna (ne Herman) and Phillip Grossel. Become a contributor - post when you want with no ads. Hello and thank you for being a DL contributor. Esther Williams married Leonarda Kovner on June 27, 1940, but they divorced . Chandler . American Actress Esther Williams was born Esther Jane . 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 . "Betty Grable speaks from the grave.". If it wasn't true, it came from one of her editors. 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. "Fernando dragged her down. "When he asked me that," Williams recalls, "I said, 'I could (retire) if you'd stop fooling around.' Why should she re-can't? He left to work on a movie after three and a half weeks. [Quote] They marry and Christine is a downright sexy newlywed on her honeymoon. 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