Chevy Chase

In 1973, he married Suzanne Chase and the couple later got divorced. Three years later, he married Jacqueline Carlin, which also ended in a divorce.

He married Jayni Luke in 1982 - he presently lives in Bedford, New York with his wife, Jayni Luke and their three daughters; Cydney Cathalene, Caley Leigh, and Emily Evelyn.

Chase was also involved in fund raising campaigns during the presidential campaigns for Bill Clinton and John Kerry.

Cornelius Crane Chase, nicknamed Chevy Chase by his grandmother, was born to Edward Tinsley "Ned" Chase and Cathalene Parker. His father was a book editor and magazine writer in Manhattan while his mother was a concert pianist and librettist. The family hailed from Lower Manhattan, New York City.

According to a popular urban legend, Chase was expelled from school. However, he claimed in an interview that he had left school for academic reasons. He completed his pre-med and earned a B.A. in English from Bard College in 1967.

Instead of joining medical school, Chase and his classmates, Walter Becker and Donald Fagen, formed a jazz band called, ‘a bad jazz band’.

Before realising his true calling, he worked through a number of petty jobs to earn his livelihood.

In 1967, he cofounded ‘Channel One’, a comedy group.

He played the drums and the keyboard for ‘Chameleon Church’, an aspiring rock group. The band recorded just one album before dissolution in 1969.

After a brief tryst with music and writing a spoof on ‘Mission: Impossible’ for MAD magazine, he joined National Lampoon’s off-Broadway production of ‘Lemmings’ in 1973.

From 1973 to 1974, he worked as a cast member of ‘The National Lampoon Radio Hour’, which also featured John Belushi, Bill Murray and Gilda Radner.

In 1975, Chase got a year's contract as a writer of ‘Saturday Night Live’ (NBC). He went on to be a member of the main cast of the show.

‘Saturday Night Live’ was a big break and one of the major works of Chase. Initially hired as a writer for the show, Chase went on to become the most critical part of the permanent star cast.