Barrie Chase
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Barrie Chase (born October 20 1933) is an American dancer and actress.
She made four television appearances as Fred Astaire's dance partner in his television specials between 1958 and 1968. She also appeared as the dancing, bikini-clad girlfriend of Dick Shawn's maniacal character in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963).
Barrie appeared as Farida in the 1965 movie, Flight of the Phoenix (starring Jimmy Stewart and Richard Attenborough), in a dream sequence. Chase retired from performing to devote herself to her husband and child in 1968. She is the daughter of writer Borden Chase.
Barrie also appeared in Bing Crosby's White Christmas (starring Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, and Vera-Elen) as the chorus girl who says multiple times, "Mutual, I'm sure."
