Chris Chase

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-fifties photographer Bert Stern, who had photographed her for this magazine, introduced her to film director Kubrick when he was looking for the female lead in Killer's Kiss. She took the professional name Irene Kane, and went on to appear in several Broadway productions.

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.[5] 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.[6] Chase and her husband were seriously injured in a car accident near Poughkeepsie, New York in April 1975.[7]

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 Name Dropping ISBN 0-684-83278-X. She co-authored a biography of Josephine Baker with Baker's son, Jean-Claude Baker.

She died of pancreatic cancer on October 31, 2013 at her home in New York City, aged 89. She was survived by her husband, siblings, and extended family.[8][9]

• The Great American Waistline, ISBN 978-0698110694
• Life Is A Banquet with Rosalind Russell, ISBN 978-0394421346
• Times of My Life with Betty Ford, ISBN 978-0-06-011298-1
• Betty: A Glad Awakening with Betty Ford, ISBN 978-0-385-23502-0
• How to Be a Movie Star, or A Terrible Beauty Is Born, ISBN 9780060107260, ISBN 978-0425041949
• Josephine: The Josephine Baker Story with Jean-Claude Baker, ISBN 978-1558504721
• Name Dropping with Alan King, ISBN 978-1439143438

• Chris Chase at the Internet Broadway Database
• Chris Chase at IMDb