Chevy Chase
Poor Chevy has not been able to match the success that had in the 80s with his “Vacation” and “Fletch” films. Since then he has been in various projects, none of which were outstanding. Some notable performances in “Nothing But Trouble” with Demi Moore and John Candy in 1991, and also in “Cops in Robbersons”. You may also remember he had a small part in “Orange County”. He also did a voice in one episode of “Family Guy” as, who else, Clark Griswold. His upcoming project is “Jack and the Beanstalk”.
Beverly D’Angelo
Unfortunately, Beverly D’Angelo hasn’t had much going for her since “Christmas Vacation” other than a role in an amazing movie, “American History X”. Other than that her resume has remained pretty unimpressive, other than being Al Pacino’s other half. She had roles in a film called “Summer Catch” and the hit HBO show “Entourage”. She also shared a part in that “Family Guy” episode that Chevy was in. Coming up for her is a part in “Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay”.
Doris Roberts
Her career has been comprised of televisions shows since “Christmas Vacation”, other than the Billy Crystal movie, “My Giant”. Some show include, “Murder She Wrote”, “Walker: Texas Ranger”, and “Step by Step”. She is best known for playing Ray Ramano’s mom in “Everybody Loves Raymond”. Her next project is called “Play the Game”.
She has actually had a pretty good film career post “Christmas Vacation”. She has starred in such films as, “Natural Born Killers”, “Cape Fear”, “From Dusk Til Dawn”, and “Kalifornia”, which starred then boyfriend Brad Pitt. After adding a few more pretty good movies to this list, she has taken a break from acting to pursue music. She is currentlytouring with her rock group.
Randy Quaid
The older brother of actor Dennis Quaid has managed to sneak himself into quite a few movies since “Christmas Vacation”, some good, some not so good. A few of those would be, “Hard Rain”, “Brokeback Mountain”, and “The Ice Harvest”. You also may remember him as a crazy fighter pilot in a little movie called, “Independence Day”. His upcoming project is called “Balls Out: The Gary Houseman Story”, costarring Sean William Scott.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Julia has been in a few television shows since this movie and made a few appearances in films, which have all been eclipsed by a tv giant known as “Seinfeld”. This forever made her known as “Elaine”. Since the show ended, she has managed to do something very rare in the television world, which is get another hit show called, “The New Adventures of Old Christine”. She is continuing her work on this program.
Johnny Galecki
Most people reading this may not even know who this guy is, and if you do, you’re probably saying, “Hey, that’s David from Roseanne”, and you’re right. His gig on “Roseanne” has been the peak of his career to this point. He has been in a couple of decent movies though, such as, “The Suicide Kings” and “Vanilla Sky”. His current work can be seen on the show, “The Big Bang Theory”.
























