<div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date'>1943</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>Chevy Chase is Born</div><div class='timeline-text'>On October 8, 1943, Chevy Chase was born in New York City. His mother was a concert pianist and his father was a book editor.</div></div></div><div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date'>1967</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>Joins the Cast of Saturday Night Live</div><div class='timeline-text'>Chase joined the cast of Saturday Night Live for its first season, quickly becoming one of the show's most popular players.</div></div></div><div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date'>1980</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>Releases Debut Film 'Caddyshack'</div><div class='timeline-text'>Chase starred in and co-wrote 'Caddyshack', which became an instant classic and launched his film career.</div></div></div><div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date'>1985</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>Lead Role in Fletch</div><div class='timeline-text'>Chase played the lead role in the 1985 film Fletch, which was a box office success.</div></div></div><div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date'>1993</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>Release of National Lampoon's Vacation</div><div class='timeline-text'>Chase reprises his role as Clark Griswold in National Lampoon's Vacation, which became a cult classic.</div></div></div><div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date'>2015</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>Appears on Netflix Series Community</div><div class='timeline-text'>Chase appears as Pierce Hawthorne on the NBC sitcom Community.</div></div></div><div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date'>2019</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>Honored by the Kennedy Center</div><div class='timeline-text'>Chase was honored with the Mark Twain Prize for Comedy at the Kennedy Center.</div></div></div>
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