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Barry Chase and Fred Astaire Photo

Stage Name

Birth Name
Barrie Chase n/a

   Dancer and Actress who gained world wide fame at the age of 23 by dancing with Fred Astaire in his TV specials (Fred stated ' This Girl Can Really Dance'.) In 1958, the TV Show 'An Evening with Fred Astaire' with Barrie Chase as his partner won Nine Emmy Awards.

   Barrie started acting in movies in the early 1950s. In 1964, "TV Guide" featured Fred Astaire and Barry Chase dancing the "Watusi," Esquire Magazine with her doing the 'Maxixe' as well as a few of Fred's TV Shows.

   Barrie decided to retire from show business in 1968 and return to a family life with her husband and son.

 

Birth Place

Birth Date

Spouse

Offspring
New York City, NY b.10/20/1936 James Richard Kaufman Son
            Gene Shacove      
            Jan Malmsjö      
 

Dance Types

Dance Partners

Music Titles
Apache Fred Astaire Too Bad
Ballroom George Chakiris      
Maxixe George Raft      
Watusi        
 

Night Clubs

Theaters

Stage
n/a n/a 1964 - Think Pretty
                 
                 
                 
 

Films

Television

Publications
$ 1952 - Hans Christian Anderson 1958 - An Evening with Fred Astaire 4/1954 - Cover Girls Model Mag
1952 - Scaramouche 1959 - Another Eve w/ Fred Astaire 5/1954 - Focus Mag.
$ 1954 - White Christmas 1959 - Bonanza (TV) 12/13/1958 - TV Guide
$ 1955 - Daddy Long Legs $ 1959 - The Fred Astaire Show 10/31/1959 - TV Guide
$ 1956 - Opposite Sex 1960 - Astaire Time 9/1/1960 - Life Magazine
$ 1957 - Silk Stocking 9/27/1963 - Bob Hope Presents 6/1960 - Esquire Mag (maxixe)
1957 - Great Man, The 1957 - Lucy Takes a Cruise to Havana 7/1960 - Modern Screen Mag
$ 1957 - Les Girls [DVD] 2/8/1961 - Sunday News TV Wk
$ 1958 - Party Girl 2003 - Satin and Silk 12/18/1963 - Everybody Mag
1958 -The Fabulous Fred Astaire       8/29 - 9/4/1964 - TV Guide
1958 - Mardi Gras            
1961 - George Raft Story            
$ 1962 - Cape Fear [DVD] (photo)            
$ 1963 - It's A Mad Mad World [DVD]            
           
$1965 - Flight of the Phoenix [DVD] 1966 Manequin Dance w/ Fred Astaire Clip      
NOTE: Name sometimes spelled as Barry Chase.
January 2, 2010
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