Ilka Chase - Personal Life

Personal Life

Ilka Chase was married three times and divorced twice. She bore no children:

  • Actor Louis Calhern, 1926–27
  • William B. Murray, a radio executive, 1935–46
  • Dr. Norton Sager Brown, 1946–78

Her autobiography Past Imperfect (Volume I), which said "Those who never fail are those who never try," was published in 1942, with Volume II, Free Admission, being published in 1948. She also wrote more than a dozen other books.

Chase died in Mexico City, aged 77. Her epitaph reads: "I've finally gotten to the bottom of things."

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