Barrie Chase

Barrie Chase
Chase performing on a Fred Astaire television special, 1961.
Born	(1933-10-20) October 20, 1933 (age 83) Kings Point, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Actress and dancer
Years active	1952-72
Spouse(s)	Gene Shacove (19??-19??; divorced) Jan Malmsjö (1966-1968; divorced) Dr. James Kaufman (present); 1 child

Barrie Chase (born October 20, 1933) is an American actress and dancer originally from Kings Point, New York.

When she was six, her father, writer Borden Chase, moved the family to California so he could begin a career as a screenwriter. She grew up in Encino and studied ballet. She abandoned her intention to become a ballerina in New York to stay in Los Angeles and help support her mother, pianist Lee Keith, after her parents' divorce. Her brother was screenwriter Frank Chase.

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. The two danced on Hollywood Palace in 1966. During this period, she dated Astaire, a widower.

She appeared on the syndicated talk show version of The Donald O'Connor Show. Chase worked in the chorus of many Hollywood musicals, including Hans Christian Andersen (1952), Call Me Madam (1953), Deep in My Heart (1954), Brigadoon (also 1954), Kismet (1955), Pal Joey (1957), Les Girls (also 1957), and two Fred Astaire films, Daddy Long Legs (1955) and (1957). She appeared in White Christmas (1954) as the chorus girl who speaks the line, "Mutual, I'm sure."