Beverly D'Angelo

Chevy Chase and Beverly D'Angelo have played a married couple in the "National Lampoon" movies for decades. Are they still friends today?

she continued about [Chase (who's been known to be a bit shady](https://www.nickiswift.com/155472/chevy-chase-just-gets-shadier-and-shadier/)). During the film, Chase and D'Angelo take a back seat as their son, Rusty Griswold (Ed Helms) embarks on his own family vacation, per [IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1524930/). [Fox News](https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/national-lampoon-star-beverly-dangelo-inherited-role-being-chevy-chase-whisperer). "Ellen and Clark [Griswold] are born out of the chemistry that Chevy and I have," shared D'Angelo with [possibly not final "National Lampoon" Vacation film](https://www.nickiswift.com/179064/johnny-galecki-is-working-on-a-new-national-lampoons-vacation-series/)), simply entitled "Vacation." [IMDb.](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085995/) The string of comedies followed the zany Griswold family as they embarked on various cross-country (and international) excursions. Chevy Shade and Beverly D'Angelo go way back so it's not all that surprising that they're friends. "Because not only is my friendship with Chevy Chase tried and true, and when I say tried, I mean tried," shared D'Angelo with "That shot on me and Beverly [watching their Cousin Eddie empty his RV's septic tank] wasn't in the script, but it turned out," shared Chase with [DailyNews.com](https://www.dailynews.com/2019/11/22/chevy-chase-looks-back-at-his-time-playing-clark-griswold-in-christmas-vacation-before-a-screening-in-la/). "I said 'Yeah, you checked our (toilets), honey?' That's one of my favorites right there." Griswold in the latest (though However, none have been more popular than the "National Lampoon's" Vacation films, the first of which premiered in 1983, per