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After her fourth TV special with Fred Astaire in 1968, she made the decision to devote her time to her husband, Richard Kaufman, DDS, and their son, retiring from the performing world. In 2004 the Kaufmans moved from a large home in Beverly Hills to a smaller place on one of the canals in Venice, California. Her husband retired from the dental profession. In addition, all three members of the family are avid cyclists and returned from a nine-month cycling tour of Europe, which was a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

Barrie Chase hadn't had a film or television credit in 53 years from 1967 to 2020 and was basically retired until she was cast in Leave 'Em Laughing (2020).

She debuted her Las Vegas act in the Congo Room of the Sahara Hotel in April, 1963 (on a bill with John F. Kennedy impersonator Vaughn Meader). Her choreography was by Hermes Pan and her costumes were by Jean Louis.

She was originally set to play Claudine in the film Can-Can (1960), which made Gwen Verdon a star in the original Broadway show. However, when 20th Century-Fox gave her two dance numbers--an "Apache" dance and the "Garden of Eden" number--to star Shirley MacLaine, she walked off the picture and was replaced by 'Juliet Prowse. Barrie eventually bought out her Fox contract and left the studio that largely wasted her talents.

She guest-starred in the title role in the Bonanza (1959) episode, Bonanza: The Ballerina (1965), which was written by her brother, Frank Chase.

In the wake of the An Evening with Fred Astaire (1958) broadcast Barrie was given the opportunity by all three networks at the time to do her own special, and Ed Sullivan wanted to sign her for six appearances on his variety show. For various reasons she never did any of these things. After the Fred Astaire specials aired in Europe Barrie was inundated with offers to appear on television in various countries - Sweden, France, Germany and Italy. Having always wanted to travel this was the perfect opportunity to see Europe so she took them up on their offers, although these appearances would not be seen by US audiences and therefore wouldn't enhance her place in American entertainment. But Barrie loved the cultures and atmosphere she found there and in the sixties she lived for extended periods of time in Sweden.

Was a Jack Cole dancer, and worked as Cole's assistant choreographer on the MGM films Les Girls (1957) and Designing Woman (1957).

Barrie Chase was born on October 20, 1933 in New York City, New York, USA.