Chevy Chase

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Lindsay Lohan in "Mean Girls: 20th Anniversary Limited Edition" and Chevy Chase in "Fletch: Special Edition," newly released to home theaters.

Chevy Chase is an American actor, comedian, writer, and producer. Born into a prominent New York family, he worked a plethora of strange jobs before moving into comedy and began acting with National Lampoon. He immediately became a key cast member in the debut season of Saturday Night Live, where his recurring Weekend Update segment soon became a staple of the show. Chase was born in Lower Manhattan, New York, and was raised in Woodstock, New York. His father, Edward Tinsley ‘Ned’ Chase, was a prominent Manhattan book editor and magazine writer. His mother, Cathalene Parker, a concert pianist and librettist, was the daughter of Admiral Miles Browning, who served a critical role at the Battle of Midway in World War II; she was adopted as a child by her stepfather, Cornelius Vanderbilt Crane, heir to The Crane Company, and took the name Cathalene Crane. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)

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Chevy Chase stars in 1983's "National Lampoon's Vacation," a comedy in which all sorts of things went haywire. (Image: Warner Bros.) ** FILE **

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Chevy Chase stars as Clark Griswold in the 1989 hit 'Christmas Vacation.'

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Actors Chevy Chase and Randy Quaid in the iconic 1989 Holiday movie National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation.

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Chevy Chase is departing the NBC comedy “Community,” capping a rocky stint during which the actor has expressed his unhappiness on the show. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** This Oct. 14, 2011, file photo shows actor Chevy Chase arriving at The Clinton Foundation Gala in Honor of “A Decade of Difference," at The Hollywood Palladium in Hollywood, Calif. (AP Photo/Kristian Dowling, file)

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Democratic candidate for Senate Tim Kaine, center, points in the direction of his house as he chats with voter advocate Cecily Baskir of Chevy Chase, Md., second from right, outside the polling entrance at Linwood Holton Elementary School on election day morning, Richmond, Va., Tuesday, November 6, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Democratic candidate for Senate Tim Kaine, center, points in the direction of his house as he chats with voter advocate Cecily Baskir of Chevy Chase, Md., second from right, outside the polling entrance at Linwood Holton Elementary School on election day morning, Richmond, Va., Tuesday, November 6, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Griffin Brown, 8, and Hudson Brown, 6, both from Chevy Chase Md., celebrate after racing their Lego cars during the Brickfair Lego Convention. (Raymond Thompson/The Washington Times)

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Nationals fans Pat Greaney, of Chevy Chase, Md., (left) Lary Lee (center) and her husband Blair Lee (right) of Silver Spring, Md., cheer during a brief moment of hope as the Washington Nationals host the New York Mets. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Chevy Chase

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The home at 5015 41st St. NW in the District's Chevy Chase neighborhood is on the market for $1,049,000. The Cape Cod-style home was built in 1923 and renovated and expanded in 2005.

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The home at 2910 Daniel Road in Chevy Chase's Ridgewood Village community is on the market for $935,000. The four-bedroom home was built in 1955 and renovated in 2010.

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Jack Campanella, 9, of Chevy Chase, Md., rides atop a float during the 45th annual Palisades July Fourth parade in Washington. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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The home at 2710 Daniel Road in Chevy Chase's Ridgewood Village community is on the market for $1,399,000. The home, built in 1969, has six bedrooms, four full baths and two half baths.

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ASSOCIATED PRESS In this image provided by HomeAway, Beverly D'Angelo, left, as Ellen Griswold, and Chevy Chase, as Clark Griswold, appear in an ad for vacation-rental Web site HomeAway. The ad for the 5-year-old company featuring the quirky traveling family from the movie "National Lampoon's Vacation" is scheduled to run during this year's Super Bowl.