As Chris Chase, she moved into journalism, working at The New York Times, and writing advice books on weight loss and getting into film acting.

[5] After a short stint at CBS Morning News, Chase joined CNN in 1980 and stayed until 1986, serving as the first anchor of Media Watch in 1985.

She co-authored several celebrity autobiographies, including books by Rosalind Russell, Betty Ford, and Alan King, and co-authored a biography of Josephine Baker with Baker's adopted son Jean-Claude.

[7] Chase and her husband were seriously injured in a car accident near Poughkeepsie, New York, in March 1975.

[8] Chase died of pancreatic cancer on October 31, 2013, at her home in New York City, aged 89.