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Ilka Chase

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Ilka Chase
  • Date of Birth:
    April 8, 1900
  • Zodiac Sign:
    Aries
  • Place of Birth:
    New York City, U.S.
  • Place of Death:
    Mexico City, Mexico
  • Date of Death:
    February 15, 1978
  • Sex:
    Female
  • Nationality:
    American

Family

Ilka Chase
  • Father:
    Francis Dane Chase
  • Mother:
    Edna Woolman Chase

Career

Ilka Chase

Trivia

Ilka Chase
  • Chase also played the role of Aunt Pauline, an annoying house guest, in a television episode of the Patty Duke Show.
  • Her autobiography, Past Imperfect (Vol I) was published in 1942 and Free Admission (Vol II), published in 1948. She also wrote more than a dozen other books.
  • Her last motion picture appearance came in the Rat Pack caper film Ocean's Eleven (1960) as the mother of the Peter Lawford character.
  • In 1957, she performed the role of the Stepmother in the television production of Cinderella, which starred Julie Andrews.
  • 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.
  • She was in the first Broadway cast of The Women (1938) and subsequently appeared in Neil Simon's Broadway hit Barefoot in the Park.
  • Chase made her society debut in 1923 and her Broadway debut a year later, in The Red Falcon.
  • Was an American actress and novelist.

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Ilka Chase

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