She lived an amazing life and has plenty of REAL dirt to sharewhy would she need to make things up? [56] In Ten Seconds to Hell and The Jayhawkers! Her son was 15 and she would drive over every night and make sure he ate and then she would go home to Lamas. [5][6], Chandler formed his own company, the Shady Lane Playhouse, in Illinois in the summer of 1941. "Drama: Indie Setups Announced by Cummings, Chandler; Hello, Barry Fitzgerald" Scheuer, Philip K. "Dirk Bogarde favourite film actor" A Cinema Correspondent. Those who knew the actor say such posthumous Mommie Dearest stories are both unconscionable and immaterial. I didn't, R18. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his role as Cochise in Broken Arrow (1950). In the 1950 western Broken Arrow, Chandler appeared opposite James Stewart as Cochise. At a trial, Fred Otash said the detectives had followed them to get the story. Chandler refused the role and was replaced again by George Nader, but this time, the dispute was not over money, but due to Chandler's overwork. . He spoke his mind, recalls Hunt, and paid the consequences (he was suspended by Universal for turning down assignments). And let's face it, acting is the easiest way I know to make a buck. The 15 best items in Disney's Valentine's Day collection, Your Privacy Choices (Opt Out of Sale/Targeted Ads). Something like that would cloud one's outlook on life in general. It made my jaw drop, says actress Marsha Hunt of the accusations in Williams book. Me? . Chandler said he always wanted to act, but courses for commercial art were cheaper, so he studied art for a year and worked as a layout artist for a mail-order catalogue at $18 a week. The company toured the Midwest with some success, presenting such plays as The Bad Man, Seventh Heaven, The New Minister, and Pigs. Jeff Chandler was born on the 15th of December, 1918. He tore out ev ery picture of my first husband, of Ben, of Jeff, of anybody that was in my life. 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. Unlike that other famous Hollywood cross-dresser, Dan Dailey. During Hollywood's heyday, big studios battled over the next box-office attraction. The Los Angeles Times wrote that Chandler "is proving remarkable in performing singing duty, even though he is not exactly a singing type". Of all the things you could make up - why that? 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. When Lamas died, Susan says, her mother was saddened but also free to enjoy her children in a way she hadn't. ", At one point Williams had decided to leave the Chandler bit out of the book. Esther was raped by a family friend as a teenager. "Jeff Chandler Among Movie Visitors Here", Tinee, Mae. [58] Allied was so pleased with the film, they requested three more movies from August, but Chandler never got to make them.[57]. Hello. "THEDA BARA MOVIE GOES TO COLUMBIA: De Sylva's 'The Great Vampire' Will Be Distributed by Studio 'Champion' Suit Ruling" by Thomas F. Brady. Does Esther make appearances any more, wet or otherwise? )they must surely have read about him in all the info there is on Old Hollywood. [43], In May, Chandler performed at the Riviera Hotel in Las Vegas. What I find so unbelievable about Esther's Jeff Chandler story is that he would expose his proclivity to her, of all people. His features were rugged and masculine. Esther has a naughty side. Uh, why would she recant the story if the story is true? Hunt co-starred with Chandler in The Plunderers (1960). One of the aspects of her book that I found fascinating was her talking about how she and other big female stars of the era dealt with working their pregnancies (and miscarriages and abortions) into their studio contracts and schedules. Married in 1946; divorced in 1959; died in 1989 at age 71. . Tbla. 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. . His uber thick cock is the reason Esther Williams married him. If there was anything going on [with cross-dressing], she would have told me then. Do editors really encourage libel lawsuits in order to sell books? The couple had two daughters, Jamie Tucker (1947-2003) and Dana Grossel (1949-2002 . Login Jeff was hot. When she defended Jeff, she had spent decades on film sets with all sorts of mengay, straight, effeminate, macho, etc. .His leading ladies included June Allyson, Joan Crawford, Rhonda Fleming, Maureen O'Hara, Kim Novak, Jane Russell, Esther Williams, . He definitely had guts to open in Vegas". Jeff was born in Brooklyn and attended Erasmus High School. With Dan's wife right there - she fully supported her husband's fetish. 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). She repeated them in her autobiography as a means of introspection. 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. If you really think about it, says the former MGM contract player famed for her swimming roles, the one who was the victim was I. . The couple had two daughters, Jamie Tucker (1947-2003) and Dana Grossel (1949-2002). . 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. . [3] Universal refused to lend him, though, as he was now one of their biggest stars. [66] Their divorce was granted in June 1959, with Chandler giving his wife $100,000 and over $2,166 per month in alimony plus $500 per month in child support. "Doubt is the dogma that somebody taught you.". 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. Jeff was in a boxibg film called "Iron Man" (circa 1950) with Rock Hudson. [75], On May 13, 1961, he entered a hospital in Culver City, California, and had surgery for a spinal disc herniation. And in Hollywood, if you're not working on a picture or getting ready for one, you have to keep studying. If people know who she is then they're familiar with old movies. His zodiac sign is Sagittarius. Get personalized pricing by telling us when, where, and how you want to use this asset. [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. "Steigers Act Out Breakup of a Marriage: Breakup Acted Out by Steigers Loynd, Ray". That's like Newt Gingrich's claim that "none of our friends" agrees with his ex wife. Sultry actress Eartha Kitt and handsome actor Jeff Chandler, occupants of the booth, denied that the l . [79], An investigation ensued into Chandler's death. He was a favorite of macho directors like Budd Boetticher (Red Ball Express) and Sam Fuller (Merrills Marauders.) His specialty: men of integrity who quietly endured the worst that the enemy or society could dish out. 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. [28] 20th Century-Fox was keen to use Chandler again and offered him roles in The Day the Earth Stood Still, Lydia Bailey, Les Misrables, and The Secret of Convict Lake. For 13 years, she lived in total submission to him, where she had to stop being "Esther Williams" and could not have her . EXCEPT, R26, Esther never married Jeff. He was one of Universal Pictures' more popular male stars of the 1950s. (31 December 1969 - 8 October 1982) (his death) She then married former lover, Argentine actor/director, Fernando Lamas on December 31, 1969. "He loved me so intently. 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. Brand New 2K Master! She is very frank and graphic about her sexual liaisons with Victor Mature, Fernando Lamas and Jeff Chandler and also tells some ribald stories of her encounters with Mickey Rooney, Gene Kelly, Johnny Weissmuller, Joan Crawford and Bette Davis. Chandler moved to Columbia and acted with Kim Novak in Jeanne Eagels. I marked two radio scripts and have finished synopses and five movie stories. "Fame Has Its Fee For Jeff Chandler" by Richard L. Coe. Therefore, it's got to be true and if you question it, you'll die in a grease fire. Genealogy for Esther Jane Williams (1921 - 2013) family tree on Geni, with over 230 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives. While his premature gray hair and tanned features served him well in his westerns and action pictures, the studio also put him into soaps and costume movies. "Jeff Chandler Is Dead; Blame Blood Poison: JEFF CHANDLER". There is absolutely NO proof that Jeff liked polka dots. Without checking into the story, network news magazines, including Dateline NBC and Entertainment Tonight!, aired segments that gave credence to the revelations. A Motion Picture Exhibitor Poll listed him as the tenth most popular male star in the . Chandler married actress Marjorie Hoshelle (1918-1989) in 1946. And there's never been another person to verify Esther's lie. : As an Indian, Jeff Chandler caused countless feminine hearts to flutter; now, in straight dramatic roles, he's a box office smash". . RIGHT: Again with Esther Williams. Esther had a lot of strange stories. Cross-dressing is the last thing I would expect of Jeff. Chandler played Cochise for the third time, a cameo in Taza, Son of Cochise, starring Hudson, who soon overtook Chandler as Universal's biggest male star. Perhaps the book's most explosive story is its account of how Jeff Chandler, the silver-haired macho star with whom Miss Williams had an affair in the late 1950's and who died in 1961, had a . Earlmar signed a six-picture deal with United Artists, under which Chandler was to appear in at least three of the films. And Jeff Chandler WAS macho. You want to hear scandalous, look at Eddie Fishers book about Liz Taylor and Debbie Reynolds. Then he made a funeral pyre of them and burned the pictures in my backyard. Whether you believe Esther or not, her bio Million Dollar Mermaid is a great dishy read. The part was proving tricky to cast; in Chandler's words, "Fox was looking for a guy big enough physically to play the role and unfamiliar enough to moviegoers to lend authenticity. [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. In 1952, exhibitors voted Chandler the 22nd-most popular star in the US. In 1955 he became only the second star to play at the Riviera, after Liberace was the featured headliner. [80][83] His ex-wife sued his estate for $80,000 for money owed under their divorce settlement.[84]. 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.. People here WANT to believe that Chandler loved to dress in drag. . His role as Kurta in the 1949 film, Sword in the Desert, led to him accepting a long-term contract from Universal Studios. She didnt. Jeff Chandler was previously married to Marjorie Hoshelle (1946 - 1954).
