Annazette Chase

{{short description|American actress|bot=PearBOT 5}}

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| birth_name = Annecetta Williams

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1943|5|20}}Bob McCann, [https://books.google.com/books?id=X7ZYsnTPIhwC&dq=annazette+chase&pg=PA78 Encyclopedia of African American Actresses in Film and Television], McFarland, 2009 page 78

| birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.{{cite magazine|title=KEEPING TABS ON CELEBS|date=27 December 1982|magazine=Jet|publisher=Johnson Publishing Company|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L7YDAAAAMBAJ&q=annazette+chase+london&pg=PA54|accessdate=24 April 2016}}

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| yearsactive = 1964–1984

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Annazette Chase (born May 20, 1943) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles in the films The Mack (1973) and Truck Turner (1974). She also portrayed Muhammad Ali's wife Belinda in The Greatest (1977), in which Ali played himself.{{cite web|last=Christner|first=Henry|title=Ali is dominant in 'Greatest'|date=25 June 1977|publisher=The Free Lance–Star|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1298&dat=19770625&id=8uRLAAAAIBAJ&pg=5793,3264797&hl=en|accessdate=25 April 2016}}{{cite news|last=Bennett|first=Colin|title=Not the greatest film, but Ali is irresistible|date=24 October 1977|newspaper=The Age|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1300&dat=19771024&id=be9hAAAAIBAJ&pg=6892,7259981&hl=en|accessdate=25 April 2016}}{{cite news|title='Greatest' Is Showcase For Ali|date=25 May 1977|newspaper=Sarasota Herald-Tribune|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1755&dat=19770525&id=MPwjAAAAIBAJ&pg=6790,3800271&hl=en|accessdate=25 April 2016}}{{cite news|last=Young|first=Larry|title=Ali wins again in 'Greatest'|date=23 May 1977|newspaper=The Spokesman-Review|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1314&dat=19770523&id=ZGEwAAAAIBAJ&pg=6851,3054051&hl=en|accessdate=25 April 2016}}{{cite news|last=Fanning|first=Win|title=Ali a Knockout as Ali|date=23 May 1977|newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1129&dat=19770523&id=mMlRAAAAIBAJ&pg=7001,2489078&hl=en|accessdate=25 April 2016}}{{cite news|newspaper=Evening Independent|last=Moorhead|first=Jim|title='The Greatest': Ali Is Best Thing About Picture|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=950&dat=19770521&id=11hQAAAAIBAJ&pg=6584,1441223&hl=en|accessdate=25 April 2016}}{{cite news|last=Canby|first=Vincent|title=Ali's Latest Victory Is 'The Greatest'|date=21 May 1977|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9F00E6D71331E034BC4951DFB366838C669EDE|accessdate=24 April 2016}} She began her career with uncredited bits in Chamber of Horrors (1966) and Hotel (1967). She was also in Part 2, Sounder (1976){{cite magazine|last=Lucas|first=Bob|title=Angry McKee Quits Greatest And Goes To Pryor Film|date=11 November 1976|magazine=Jet|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9kIDAAAAMBAJ&q=annazette+chase&pg=PA119|accessdate=24 April 2016}}{{cite news|last=Pearson|first=Howard|title='Sounder 2' to be in S.L. theaters in fall season|date=30 September 1976|newspaper=Deseret News|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=336&dat=19760930&id=wM5SAAAAIBAJ&pg=6729,7982330&hl=en|accessdate=25 April 2016}}{{cite news|last=Moorhead|first=Jim|title='Sounder 2' Reminder of First|date=30 October 1976|newspaper=Evening Independent|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=950&dat=19761030&id=-kVQAAAAIBAJ&pg=4123,3353489&hl=en|accessdate=25 April 2016}}{{cite news|last=Marzella|first=Michael|title=Surgery hurts sequel with delicate heart|date=1 November 1976|newspaper=St. Petersburg Times|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=888&dat=19761101&id=Wh4MAAAAIBAJ&pg=6562,362508&hl=en|accessdate=25 April 2016}} and Blume in Love (1973).{{cite news|last=Kleiner|first=Dick|title=Beauty a Handicap, Miss Raffin Finds|date=3 May 1977|newspaper=Pittsburgh Press|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1144&dat=19770503&id=wIAqAAAAIBAJ&pg=5651,2132347&hl=en|accessdate=25 April 2016}}

Her last film to date was The Toy (1982) with Richard Pryor and Jackie Gleason.{{cite news|last=Clark|first=Kenneth R.|title=TV World|date=4 May 1982|newspaper=The Bryan Times|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=799&dat=19820504&id=VqVPAAAAIBAJ&pg=5428,3059103&hl=en|accessdate=25 April 2016}} Chase was picked by Pryor to be in The Toy after they collaborated in The Mack.

Chase was in four episodes of Burke's Law with Gene Barry and two episodes of Ben Casey, as well as guest starring on Perry Mason, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Dragnet (1967 TV series), Get Smart and The White Shadow. She made a guest appearance on Saturday Night Live on December 13, 1975, in a sketch with Dan Aykroyd. In 1971, Chase appeared in the 1971 television movie, Marriage: Year One. In 1979, she appeared the television movies Goldie and the Boxer and 11th Victim.Kathleen Fearn-Banks, [https://books.google.com/books?id=zVFgqEAMcngC&dq=annazette+chase&pg=PA75 Historical Dictionary of African-American Television], Scarecrow Press, 2005 page 75

Chase was raised in San Luis Obispo, where her father ran a soul food restaurant, Sister's Inn. She used to help out in the restaurant and learned cooking there. According to Jet, Chase has resided in London as of 1982.{{cite magazine|title=KEEPING TABS ON CELEBS|date=1 November 1982|magazine=Jet|publisher=Johnson Publishing Company|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pEEDAAAAMBAJ&q=annazette+chase&pg=PA54|accessdate=24 April 2016}}