Chris Chase
Chris Chase | |
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| File:Chase Killer's Kiss.png Chase in Killer's Kiss (1955) | |
| Born | Irene Greengard January 12, 1924 New York City, U.S. |
| Died | October 31, 2013 (aged 89) New York City, U.S. |
| Other names | Irene Kane |
| Occupations | Actress, model, writer, journalist |
Chris Chase (born Irene Greengard; January 12, 1924 – October 31, 2013), also known by the stage name Irene Kane, was an American model, film actress, writer, and journalist.[1] Her best-known role was in Killer's Kiss. She later wrote advice books and co-authored several celebrity autobiographies.[2] She was the sister of Nobel Prize-winning neuroscientist Paul Greengard.[3]
Early life and career
[edit | edit source]Born to Pearl (née Meister) and Benjamin Greengard in New York City in 1924, Irene Greengard was a model for Vogue.[4] In the mid-1950s, photographer Bert Stern, who had photographed her for that magazine, introduced her to film director Kubrick when he was looking for the female lead for Killer's Kiss. She took the professional name Irene Kane, and went on to appear in other films as well as Broadway theatre productions.
As Chris Chase, she moved into journalism, working at The New York Times, and writing advice books on weight loss and getting into film acting.[5]
After a short stint at CBS Morning News, Chase joined CNN in 1980 and stayed until 1986, serving as the first anchor of Media Watch in 1985. She co-authored several celebrity autobiographies, including books by Rosalind Russell, Betty Ford, and Alan King, and co-authored a biography of Josephine Baker with Baker's adopted son Jean-Claude.[6]
Marriage
[edit | edit source]On June 3, 1961, Kane married Michael Chase (born 1932), an educational television producer, and the son of playwright Mary Chase. She took her husband's surname professionally as well as legally.[7] Chase and her husband were seriously injured in a car accident near Poughkeepsie, New York, in March 1975.[8]
Death
[edit | edit source]Chase died of pancreatic cancer on October 31, 2013, at her home in New York City, aged 89.[6][9]
Acting
[edit | edit source]Films and television
[edit | edit source]- Killer's Kiss (1955)
- Naked City (1958, 1963)
- Love of Life (1962–65)
- All That Jazz (1979; as Chris Chase)
- Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures (2001; as Chris Chase)
Stage
[edit | edit source]- Threepenny Opera (1955)
- The Ponder Heart (1956)
- Tenderloin (1960)
Books
[edit | edit source]- How to Be a Movie Star, or A Terrible Beauty Is Born (1974), Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)., Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- Life Is a Banquet (1977) with Rosalind Russell, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- Times of My Life (1978) with Betty Ford, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- The Great American Waistline (1981), Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- Betty: A Glad Awakening (1987) with Betty Ford, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- Josephine: The Josephine Baker Story (1993) with Jean-Claude Baker, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- Name Dropping (1996) with Alan King, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Chris Chase at the Internet Broadway DatabaseLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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- 1924 births
- 2013 deaths
- Actresses from Queens, New York
- American film actresses
- American stage actresses
- American television journalists
- CNN people
- Deaths from pancreatic cancer in New York (state)
- Jewish American actresses
- Jews from New York (state)
- Journalists from Queens, New York
- American women television journalists
- 21st-century American Jews
- 21st-century American women