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Daveigh Chase is best known for voicing Lilo in Disney’s 2002 animated film “Lilo & Stitch,” a performance that remains closely associated with the movie’s enduring popularity.
The film includes a memorable scene in which Lilo brings a peanut butter sandwich to Pudge the fish while coping with the loss of her parents, a moment that has long resonated with fans.
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Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois have previously spoken about casting Chase as Lilo, describing how her audition helped them realize they had found the right voice for the character.
“That was a very, very difficult voice to cast… And one day this girl came in, and her name was Daveigh Chase,” Sanders told Hawaii Public Radio in 2022. “She sat at the microphone, and she started doing her thing. Dean and I looked at each other, and we knew we had found her.”
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By the time she went to the hospital in the days before her death, she weighed as little as 75 pounds, TMZ reported.
Her manager, John Ryan, said that he tried to track down Chase as she battled addiction, but couldn’t locate her until it was too late.
“We were so close to finding her,” he told The Post. “Daveigh was the sweetest and brightest light in Hollywood. I can’t believe this is real. Her legacy and work will live on forever.”
Chase’s big break came in “Lilo & Stitch,” which spawned a franchise including a live-action remake of the original film released in 2025.
Chase also portrayed Samara Morgan in the hit 2002 movie “The Ring” and appeared in the HBO series “Big Love.” Her last roles came in 2016 in the thriller “American Romance” and the psychological horror film “Jack Goes Home.”
