With John Travolta
Chasen pictured with Travolta, with whom she worked following his success on Welcome Back Kotter.
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With Morgan Freeman
Image Credit: Photo Credit: Vivan Mayer Chasen posed with Morgan Freeman. The two became friends when she worked on the awards campaign for Driving Miss Daisy, which yielded an Oscar for the film.
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With Djimon Hounsou
Image Credit: Photo Credit: Vivan Mayer The publicist pictured with actor Djimon Hounsou, who won a best supporting actor Oscar for In America, one of her film clients.
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With John Travolta
Image Credit: Photo Credit: Vivan Mayer An early photo of Chasen and Tavolta in the 1970s.
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With Oprah Winfrey
Image Credit: Photo Credit: Vivan Mayer Winfrey and Chasen pictured arm-in-arm.
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With Bono
Image Credit: Photo Credit: Vivan Mayer Chasen posed with U2 frontman Bono.
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With Danny Boyle
Image Credit: Photo Credit: Todd Williamson/WireImage Director Danny Boyle and Chasen attended the Fox Searchlight Oscar party in 2009 after Slumdog Millionaire, which Chasen repped, won best picture.
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‘Slumdog Millionaire’ Cast
Image Credit: Photo Credit: Timothy Norris/Getty Images Chasen pictured with Chasen & Co. partner Jeff Sanderson and Slumdog Millionaire co-stars Freida Pinto and Dev Patel at the Fox Searchlight Pictures' Golden Globe party in 2009. The film nabbed the award for best drama motion picture.
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ICG Publicists Awards
Image Credit: Photo Credit: Mathew Imaging/WireImage Publicists Peter Bloch and Chasen posed together at the 46th annual ICG Publicists Awards held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Feb.18, 2009.
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Early Years
Image Credit: Photo Credit: Vivan Mayer Professional photographs were taken of Chasen in the 1960s while she was pursuing her first Hollywood career path — acting. She kept them in a black leather portfolio until her death.
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Early Years
Image Credit: Photo Credit: Vivan Mayer Before moving to L.A. in the 1970s, Chasen, then an aspiring actress, had already appeared on Guiding Light and The Patty Duke Show.
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Early Years
Image Credit: Photo Credit: Vivan Mayer When Chasen died, clients of her boutique firm Chasen & Co. (which specialized in handling Oscar campaigns for studios) had netted at least 150 Academy Award nominations.
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Early Years
Image Credit: Photo Credit: Vivan Mayer Chasen was born in Kingston, N.Y., in 1946 as Veronica Cohen. She supposedly took her last name as a nod to the since-shuttered Hollywood hotspot Chasen's.
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Early Years
Image Credit: Photo Credit: Vivan Mayer Chasen worked at Rogers & Cowan and briefly served as head of publicity at MGM/UA. "She knew everyone, and everyone knew her," says publicist Vivian Mayer. "She had that rare encyclopedic knowledge of the industry. She could hold the whole equation in her head."