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.Miller, Betty Jean. (April 1, 1975). "Writing brings fame for Chris Chase." ''

The Evening Independent The ''Evening Independent'' was St. Petersburg, Florida's first daily newspaper. The sister evening newspaper of the ''St. Petersburg Times'', it was launched as a weekly newspaper in March 1906 under the ownership of Willis B. Powell. In Novem ...

'' Her best-known role was in ''

Killer's Kiss ''Killer's Kiss'' is a 1955 American crime film noir directed by Stanley Kubrick and written by Kubrick and Howard Sackler. It is the second feature film directed by Kubrick, following his 1953 debut feature '' Fear and Desire''. The film stars ...

''. She later wrote advice books and co-authored several celebrity autobiographies. Her younger brother was a

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-winning neuroscientist

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Life and career

Born to Pearl (née Meister) and Benjamin Greengard in New York City in 1924, Irene Greengard was a model for ''

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''.Nykoruk, Barbara (1976). ''Authors in the news'', Volume 1, p. 101. Gale Research Co. In the mid-fifties photographer

Bert Stern Bertram Stern (October 3, 1929 – June 26, 2013) was an American commercial photographer. Biography Stern was the son of Jewish immigrants and grew up in Brooklyn. His father worked as a children's portrait photographer. After dropping out of h ...

, who had photographed her for this magazine, introduced her to film director Kubrick when he was looking for the female lead in ''

''. She took the professional name Irene Kane, and went on to appear in several Broadway productions.

Marriage

On June 3, 1962, 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.

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(1962). ''Films in Review'', Volume 13, p. 118 As Chris Chase, she moved into journalism, working at ''

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'', and writing advice books on weight loss and getting into film acting.Johnson, Bonnie. (February 23, 1981)
"Writer Chris Chase Measures the Girth of the Nation and Finds Food for Thought"
''

People A person (plural, : people) is a being that has certain capacities or attributes such as reason, morality, consciousness or self-consciousness, and being a part of a culturally established form of social relations such as kinship, ownership of pr ...

'' Chase and her husband were seriously injured in a car accident near

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, in April 1975.Staff report (April 7, 1975). "Author Chris Chase is injured", ''The Evening Independent''. After a short stint at ''

CBS Morning News The ''CBS Morning News'' is an American early-morning news broadcast presented weekdays on the CBS television network. The program features late-breaking news stories, national weather forecasts and sports highlights. Since 2013, it has been an ...

'', Chase joined

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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 Catherine Rosalind Russell (June 4, 1907November 28, 1976) was an American actress, comedienne, screenwriter, and singer,Obituary ''Variety'', December 1, 1976, p. 79. known for her role as fast-talking newspaper reporter Hildy Johnson in the H ...

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, and

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. She co-authored a biography of

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with Baker's adopted son

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Death

Chase died of

pancreatic cancer Pancreatic cancer arises when cell (biology), cells in the pancreas, a glandular organ behind the stomach, begin to multiply out of control and form a Neoplasm, mass. These cancerous cells have the malignant, ability to invade other parts of t ...

on October 31, 2013, at her home in New York City, aged 89. She was survived by her husband, siblings, and extended family.Notice of death of Chris Chase
BBC.co.uk; accessed December 26, 2013.

Acting

Films and television

*''

'' (1955) *''

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'' (1962–65) *'' Naked City'' (1958, 1963) *'' All That Jazz'' (1979; as Chris Chase) *'' Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures'' (2001; as Chris Chase)

Stage

*'' Tenderloin'' (1960) *''

The Ponder Heart ''The Ponder Heart'' is a novella written by Eudora Welty and illustrated by Joe Krush, originally published in ''The New Yorker'' in 1953, and republished by Harcourt Brace in 1954. The plot of ''The Ponder Heart'' follows Daniel Ponder, a wealthy ...

'' (1956) *''

Threepenny Opera ''The Threepenny Opera'' ( ) is a "play with music" by Bertolt Brecht, adapted from a translation by Elisabeth Hauptmann of John Gay's 18th-century English ballad opera, ''The Beggar's Opera'', and four ballads by François Villon, with music b ...

'' (1955)

Books

*''The Great American Waistline'', *''Life Is a Banquet'' with

, *''Times of My Life'' with

, *'' Betty: A Glad Awakening'' with

, *''How to Be a Movie Star, or A Terrible Beauty Is Born'', , *''Josephine: The Josephine Baker Story'' with

Jean-Claude Baker Jean-Claude Julien Léon Tronville, more commonly known as Jean-Claude Baker (April 18, 1943 – January 15, 2015) was a French-American restaurateur. Biography He was born Jean-Claude Julien Leon Tronville in 1943 in Dijon to Lucien Rouzaud and C ...

, *''Name Dropping'' with

References

External links

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