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Friday 17 August 2012

Barrie Chase

Barrie Chase (born October 20, 1933) is an American actress and dancer originally fromLong Island, New York.When she was six, her father, writer Borden Chase, moved the family to California so he could start his screenwriting career. She grew up in Encino, and studied ballet. She abandoned her dream of being a ballerina in New York to stay in Los Angeles and help support her mother, pianist Lee Keith, after her parents' divorce.She danced on such live TV programs as The Colgate Comedy Hour and The Chrysler Shower of Stars. It was while she was working as Jack Cole's assistant choreographer at MGM that Fred Astaire asked her to be his dancing partner on An Evening with Fred Astaire. She made four television appearances as Astaire's partner in his television specials between 1958 and 1968.[1] Chase also danced alongside Astaire on the television program Hollywood Palace in 1966.[2] During this period, she also dated Astaire, who was a widower.[3] She appeared on the syndicated talk show version of The Donald O'Connor Show.