Chevy Chase's daughter has given fans a rare insight into the actor's home life, as Chevy – one of the greatest American comedians of all time – celebrated his 83rd birthday.
"Happy birthday Grandad!!!" his daughter Emily captioned the sweet post shared on Instagram. "Ivy and Rome are the luckiest to have you." The picture showed Chevy, who wore his recognizable beaming smile on his face, with his granddaughter in his lap and the pair sat in a garden.
© Emily ChaseIn a white tee and chinos, Chevy looked carefree and relaxed in the garden, with the picture, which appeared to be taken some time ago, showing a pool and greenhouse in the background, highlighting a very common household.
The special day arrived months after he was pictured in a wheelchair at the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival, where he was honored and premiered the CNN Films documentary, I'm Chevy Chase And You're Not.
© Getty ImagesOn Emily,'s post followers wished Chevy a happy birthday, with one follower commenting: "You look happy, Chevy. You deserve to have a smile. Thank you for the continuous laughs. You're my comedy G.O.A.T."
Chevy is dad to three daughters with his wife Jayni Luke: Cydney, born in 1983, is a singer-songwriter married to Ryan Bartell; Caley, born in 1985 and a musician and actress who has worked alongside her father; and Emily, born in 1988, who works with the National Audubon Society and has two children, Ivy, two, and Rome, born in March 2026.
© Getty Images for CNNChevy was the breakout cast member in the first season of Saturday Night Live in 1975, winning two Emmys the following year.
He went on to appear in some of the most famous comedies of all time, including the 1980 movie Caddyshack, five National Lampoon's Vacation films between 1983 to 2015, and the NBC sitcom Community from 2009 to 2014.
© NBCUniversal via Getty ImagesThe actor has embraced social media in his later years, and regularly posts across his grid and on Stories. He shared Emily's birthday post as well as birthday wishes from fan sites.
He has been married to Jayni since 1982 – they met in 1981 on the set of the film Under the Rainbow, where Jayni worked as a production coordinator – and in June Chevy shared a throwback to their wedding day to celebrate their 44th wedding anniversary.
© Penske Media via Getty ImagesHowever, things have not always been easy for the actor, with an often complicated journey in Hollywood. He quit Saturday Night Live midway through the second season as he began to get more movie opportunities.
Yet it was a move that he later regretted, acknowledging in a 2025 CNN Films documentary I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not, that walking away from the show at the height of its initial breakout success was a major misstep for his career.
© FilmMagicTwice during the 1980s he hosted the Oscars but he also struggled with what he later called a "low-level" addiction to prescription painkillers, and he sought treatment at the Betty Ford Center in 1986.
