# Chris Chase > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Chris_Chase > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Chris_Chase.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Chase > Source revision: 1319797580 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American actor and author (1924–2013)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2025}} {{Infobox person | name = Chris Chase | image = Chase Killer's Kiss.png | caption = Chase in ''[Killer's Kiss](/source/Killer's_Kiss)'' (1955) | birth_name = Irene Greengard | birth_date = {{Birth date|1924|1|12}} | birth_place = [New York City](/source/New_York_City), U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|2013|10|31|1924|1|12}} | death_place = New York City, U.S. | other_names = Irene Kane | occupation = 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.{{cite news |title=Writing brings fame for Chris Chase |first=Betty Jean |last=Miller |date=April 1, 1975 |newspaper=[Evening Independent](/source/Evening_Independent) |location=[St. Petersburg, Florida](/source/St._Petersburg%2C_Florida) |volume=133 |department=Section B - Localife |page=1-B |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=H0MvAAAAIBAJ&sjid=N1gDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4815%2C127269 |access-date=February 21, 2023 |via=[Google News Archive](/source/Google_News_Archive)}} Her best-known role was in ''[Killer's Kiss](/source/Killer's_Kiss)''. She later wrote advice books and co-authored several celebrity autobiographies.{{cite news |title=Chris Chase, Actress and Writer, Is Dead |first=Paul |last=Vitello |date=November 5, 2013 |newspaper=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/06/books/chris-chase-actress-and-writer-is-dead.html?hpw&rref=obituaries |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220315203109/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/06/books/chris-chase-actress-and-writer-is-dead.html?hpw&rref=obituaries |archive-date=March 15, 2022}} She was the sister of [Nobel Prize](/source/Nobel_Prize)-winning neuroscientist [Paul Greengard](/source/Paul_Greengard).[http://www.ancestry.com/1940-census/usa/New-York/Irene-Greengard_8p8px Irene Greengard in the 1940 Census] ==Early life and career== Born to Pearl (née Meister) and Benjamin Greengard in New York City in 1924, Irene Greengard was a model for ''[Vogue](/source/Vogue_(magazine))''.{{cite book |editor-first=Barbara |editor-last=Nykoruk |title=Authors in the News |chapter=Chris's Star Trek |first=Judy (reprint of her October 13, 1974, article in ''[Washington Star-News](/source/The_Washington_Star)'') |last=Flander |year=1976 |volume=1 |page=101 |publisher=[Gale Research Company](/source/Gale_(publisher)) |location=Detroit |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/authorsinnews0001unse/page/101/mode/2up |access-date=February 21, 2023 |isbn=97-80810-300-43-9 |via=[Internet Archive text collection](/source/Internet_Archive) |chapter-url-access=limited }} In the mid-1950s, photographer [Bert Stern](/source/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](/source/Killer's_Kiss)''. She took the professional name Irene Kane, and went on to appear in other films as well as [Broadway theatre](/source/Broadway_theatre) productions. As Chris Chase, she moved into journalism, working at ''[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)'', and writing advice books on weight loss and getting into film acting.{{cite magazine |title=Writer Chris Chase Measures the Girth of the Nation and Finds Food for Thought |first=Bonnie |last=Johnson |date=February 23, 1981 |magazine=[People](/source/People_(magazine)) |volume=15 |number=7 |url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20078678,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110110123039/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20078678,00.html |archive-date=January 10, 2011}} After a short stint at ''[CBS Morning News](/source/CBS_Morning_News)'', Chase joined [CNN](/source/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](/source/Rosalind_Russell), [Betty Ford](/source/Betty_Ford), and [Alan King](/source/Alan_King_(comedian)), and co-authored a biography of [Josephine Baker](/source/Josephine_Baker) with Baker's adopted son [Jean-Claude](/source/Jean-Claude_Baker). ==Marriage== On June 3, 1961, Kane married Michael Chase (born 1932), an educational television producer, and the son of playwright [Mary Chase](/source/Mary_Chase_(playwright)). She took her husband's surname professionally as well as legally.{{cite magazine |title=1961's Marriages |publisher=[National Board of Review of Motion Pictures](/source/National_Board_of_Review_of_Motion_Pictures) |date=February 1962 |magazine=Films in Review |volume=XIII |issue=2 |page=118 |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_films-in-review_1962-02_13_2/page/118/mode/2up?q=chase |access-date=February 21, 2023 |via=[Internet Archive text collection](/source/Internet_Archive)}} Chase and her husband were seriously injured in a car accident near [Poughkeepsie, New York](/source/Poughkeepsie%2C_New_York), in March 1975.{{cite news |title=Author Chris Chase is injured |date=April 7, 1975 |volume=133 |page=11-A |newspaper=[Evening Independent](/source/Evening_Independent) |location=[St. Petersburg, Florida](/source/St._Petersburg%2C_Florida) |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=bOQLAAAAIBAJ&sjid=N1gDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6407%2C1864258 |access-date=February 21, 2023 |via=[Google News Archive](/source/Google_News_Archive)}} ==Death== Chase died of [pancreatic cancer](/source/pancreatic_cancer) on October 31, 2013, at her home in New York City, aged 89.{{cite news |title=Irene Kane, Star of Kubrick's 'Killer's Kiss,' Dies |first=Mike |last=Barnes |date=November 3, 2013 |work=[The Hollywood Reporter](/source/The_Hollywood_Reporter) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/irene-kane-kubrick-actress-chris-chase-652790 |access-date=December 26, 2013}}{{cite news |title=Irene Kane, star of Stanley Kubrick film Killer's Kiss, dies |date=November 4, 2013 |work=[BBC News](/source/BBC_News) |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-24802212 |access-date=December 26, 2013}} ==Acting== ===Films and television=== *''[Killer's Kiss](/source/Killer's_Kiss)'' (1955) *''[Naked City](/source/Naked_City_(TV_series))'' (1958, 1963) *''[Love of Life](/source/Love_of_Life)'' (1962–65) *''[All That Jazz](/source/All_That_Jazz_(film))'' (1979; as Chris Chase) *''[Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures](/source/Stanley_Kubrick%3A_A_Life_in_Pictures)'' (2001; as Chris Chase) ===Stage=== *''[Threepenny Opera](/source/The_Threepenny_Opera)'' (1955) *''[The Ponder Heart](/source/The_Ponder_Heart)'' (1956) *''[Tenderloin](/source/Tenderloin_(musical))'' (1960) ==Books== *''How to Be a Movie Star, or A Terrible Beauty Is Born'' (1974), {{isbn|9780060107260}}, {{isbn| 978-0425041949}} *''Life Is a Banquet'' (1977) with [Rosalind Russell](/source/Rosalind_Russell), {{isbn|978-0394421346}} *''Times of My Life'' (1978) with [Betty Ford](/source/Betty_Ford), {{isbn|978-0-06-011298-1}} *''The Great American Waistline'' (1981), {{isbn|978-0698110694}} *''[Betty: A Glad Awakening](/source/Betty%3A_A_Glad_Awakening)'' (1987) with [Betty Ford](/source/Betty_Ford), {{isbn|978-0-385-23502-0}} *''Josephine: The Josephine Baker Story'' (1993) with [Jean-Claude Baker](/source/Jean-Claude_Baker), {{isbn|978-1558504721}} *''Name Dropping'' (1996) with [Alan King](/source/Alan_King_(comedian)), {{isbn|978-1439143438}} ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *{{IBDB name}} *{{IMDb name}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Chase, Chris}} Category:1924 births Category:2013 deaths Category:Actresses from Queens, New York Category:American film actresses Category:American stage actresses Category:American television journalists Category:CNN people Category:Deaths from pancreatic cancer in New York (state) Category:Jewish American actresses Category:Jews from New York (state) Category:Journalists from Queens, New York Category:American women television journalists Category:21st-century American Jews Category:21st-century American women --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Chris Chase](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Chase) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Chase?action=history)). 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