Ilka Chase

Hollywood Stars : Ilka Chase

Born Name: Ilka Chase Birthday: 1900-04-08 (Year-Month-Day) Website: Spouse(s): Louis Calhern (m. 1926–1927) «start: (1926)–end+1: (1928)»"Marriage: Louis Calhern to Ilka Chase" Location: (linkback:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilka_Chase) William Murray (m. 1935–1946) «start: (1935)–end+1: (1947)»"Marriage: William Murray to Ilka Chase" Location: (linkback:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilka_Chase) Dr. Norton Sager Brown (m. 1946–1978) «start: (1946)–end+1: (1979)»"Marriage: Dr. Norton Sager Brown to Ilka Chase" Location: (linkback:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilka_Chase) Children: Medium: Actress/Novelist

Ilka Chase, Ilka Chase (April 8, 1900 – February 15, 1978) was an American actress and novelist.Born in New York City and educated at convent and boarding schools in the United States, England, and France, she was the only child of Edna Woolman Chase, the editor in chief of Vogue magazine, and her first husband, Francis Dane Chase.Chase made her society debut in 1923 and her Broadway debut a year later, in The Red Falcon. Her stage appearances included roles in Days Without End, Forsaking All Others, While Parents Sleep, On to Fortune, Tampico, Co-Respondent Unknown, Revenge With Music, Keep Off the Grass and In Bed We Cry, which was an adaptation of her novel of the same name. She was in the first Broadway cast of Clare Boothe Luces play The Women (1938) and subsequently appeared in Neil Simons Broadway hit Barefoot in the Park.Her films included Fast and Loose, Once a Sinner, The Animal Kingdom, The Big Knife, and Now, Voyager. For several years, she was host of a radio program, Luncheon at the Waldorf.In 1957, she performed the role of the Stepmother in the television production of Rodgers and Hammersteins Cinderella, which starred Julie Andrews. Her last motion picture appearance came in Oceans Eleven (1960) as the mother of the Peter Lawford character. Chase made a rare television sitcom appearance as Aunt Pauline on The Patty Duke Show.[edit] Personal lifeIlka Chase was married three times and divorced twice. She bore no children:Actor Louis Calhern, 1926–1927William B. Murray, a radio executive, 1935–1946Dr. Norton Sager Brown, 1946–1978Her autobiography, Past Imperfect (Vol I) Which said Those who never fail are those who never try. was published in 1942 and Free Admission (Vol II), published in 1948. She also wrote more than a dozen other books.Chase died in Mexico City, aged 77. Her epitaph reads: Ive finally gotten to the bottom of things.[edit] External linksWikimedia Commons has media related to: Ilka ChaseIlka Chase at the Internet Movie DatabaseIlka Chase at the Internet Broadway DatabasePersondataNameChase, IlkaAlternative namesShort descriptionactress, novelistDate of birthApril 8, 1900Place of birthNew York City, New York, U.S.Date of deathFebruary 15, 1978Place of deathMexico City, MexicoThis article about a United States film actor or actress born in the 1900s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.v В· d В· eThis article about an American theatre actor is a stub. 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