Profile
Chevy Chase
Comedian + Writer + Actor
Male
Born
Oct 8, 1943
Age
69
Hometown
New York City, Ne...
Genres
Physical comedy +...
Other Names
Cornelius Crane C...
Cornelius Crane "Chevy" Chase is an American comedian, writer, and television and film actor. Born into a prominent New York family, Chase worked a plethora of odd jobs before moving into comedy acting with National Lampoon. He quickly became a key cast… Read More
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Romance
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Jayni ChaseMarried 1982
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Jaynie LukeMarried 1982
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Jacqueline CarlinMarried 1976 - 1980
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Suzanne ChaseMarried 1973 - 1976
Family
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Chevy Chase
Age 69
parents
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Edward Tinsley ChaseFather
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Cathalene Parker BrowningFather
children
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Cydney Cathalene ChaseDaughter, Age 30
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Caley Leigh ChaseSon, Age 28
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Emily Evelyn ChaseDaughter, Age 24
News + Updates
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Cari Shane: 10 Ways To Downsize Without StressHuffington Post - Apr 24, 2013
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Neil Zevnik: A Yard Sale With Celebrities And HeartHuffington Post - Apr 23, 2013
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Briargrove Home For Sale At $849,000Houston Chronicle - Apr 18, 2013
Timeline
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CHILDHOOD
1943
Birth
Born on October 8, 1943.
TWENTIES
1967
23 Years Old
Chase was a member of an early underground comedy ensemble called Channel One which he co-founded in 1967.
1970
26 Years Old
He also wrote a one-page spoof on Mission: Impossible for Mad Magazine in 1970 and was a writer for the short-lived Smothers Brothers TV show comeback in the early 1970s.
1973
29 Years Old
Chase made the move to comedy as a full-time career by 1973, when he became a cast member of The National Lampoon Radio Hour, a syndicated satirical radio series.
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THIRTIES
Chase was one of the original cast members of Saturday Night Live (SNL), NBC's late-night comedy television show, beginning in October, 1975.
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1976
32 Years Old
Chase was the first member of the original SNL cast to leave the show in 1976.
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Chase followed Foul Play with the successful Harold Ramis comedy Caddyshack, in 1980.
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Chase continued his film career in 1983's National Lampoon's Vacation, directed by Ramis and written by John Hughes.
FORTIES
Chase joined SNL veterans Steve Martin and Martin Short in the Lorne Michaels-produced comedy ¡Three Amigos! in 1986, declaring in an interview that making ¡Three Amigos! was the most fun he had had on a film.
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1987
43 Years Old
Chase hosted the Academy Awards in 1987 and 1988, signing on to the proceedings in 1987 with the opener, "Good evening, Hollywood phonies!" Chase filmed a sequel to Vacation, 1985's National Lampoon's European Vacation and then a third, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, in 1989, which, thanks to its holiday theme, has become one of his more durable films, airing on NBC every December.
He played saxophone onstage at Simon's free concert at the Great Lawn in Central Park in the summer of 1991.
In September 1993, Chase hosted The Chevy Chase Show, a weeknight talk show, for the Fox Broadcasting Company.
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FIFTIES
1995
51 Years Old
After having starred with Farrah Fawcett in the relatively successful Man of the House in 1995, he received Harvard Lampoon's Lifetime Achievement Award in 1996.
LATE ADULTHOOD
Chase is an active environmentalist and charity fundraiser. He raised money and campaigned for Bill Clinton in the 1990s and John Kerry in the 2004 Presidential Election.
2005
61 Years Old
In 2005, Chase was the keynote speaker at Princeton University's Class Day, part of commencement activities.
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2006
62 Years Old
Chase guest-starred as an anti-Semitic murder suspect in "In Vino Veritas", the November 3, 2006 episode of Law & Order.
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2009
65 Years Old
In 2009, Chase and Dan Aykroyd provided voices for the Family Guy episode "Spies Reminiscent of Us".
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2010
66 Years Old
In 2010, he appeared in the film Hot Tub Time Machine, as well as a short online film featuring the Griswold Family, and in the Funny or Die original comedy sketch "Presidential Reunion", where he played President Ford alongside other current and former SNL president impersonators.
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2012
68 Years Old
On March 20, 2012, Dan Akyroyd announced through his Facebook page that he is currently working with Chase on a script for a new comedy that would star the two actors.
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