CHEVY CHASE 1975-1976 Peaks: Three National Lampoon Vacation hits;Fletch (1985) Valleys: Costarred with Benji in Oh, Heavenly Dog! (1980); the dreadful Under the Rainbow (1981) Next: Memoirs of an Invisible Man, opening this week
DAN AYKROYD 1975-1979 Peaks: Ghostbusters (1984); his Oscar-nominated role in Driving Miss Daisy (1989) Valleys: Doctor Detroit (1983); Nothing but Trouble (1991), his unwatchable directing debut Nest: This Is My Life, now playing
JOHN BELUSHI 1975-1979 Died of a drug overdose, 1982 (see Encore on page 68) Peaks: The unforgettable National Lampoon's Animal House (1978) and The Blues Brothers (1980) Valleys: The forgettable 1941 (1979) and Neighbors (1981)
JANE CURTIN 1975-1980 Peaks: Two Emmys as best comedy actress for CBS' Kate & Allie Valleys: 1990's Working It Out didn't last the season on NBC Next: Seeking new projects
GARRETT MORRIS 1975-1980 Peak: A recurring role as a stool pigeon on NBC's Hunter Valley: A cruise on ABC's The Love Boat Next: Keeping his barstool warm on Fox's Roc
BILL MURRAY 1976-1980 Peaks: A nearly unbroken hot streak from Meatballs (1979) to Ghostbusters (1984) Valley: Got critical noogies for the drama The Razor's Edge (1984) Next: Mad Dog and Glory, with Robert De Niro, due this fall
LARAINE NEWMAN 1975-1980 Peak: An engagingly horny aerobics-studio chippy in Perfect Valley: A grotesquely evil would-be stepmom in Problem Child 2 (1991) Next: Raising her newborn daughter, Lena
GILDA RADNER 1975-1980 Died of ovarian cancer, 1989 Peak: Gilda Live From New York, her one-woman show on Broadway Valley: Haunted Honeymoon (1986), with her husband Gene Wilder
DENNY DILLON 1980-1981 Peak: A permanent secretarial position of HBO's sitcom Dream On Valley: A brief hitch on the Fox sitcom Women in Prison Next: Filming the third season of Dream On
GILBERT GOTTFRIED 1980-1981 Peak: An uproarious cameo as an accountant in Beverly Hills Cop II (1987) Valley: His masturbation monologue at the 1991 Emmys Next: Voice of a parrot in Disney's animated Aladdin, due by Christmas
GAIL MATTHIUS 1980-1981 Peak: Guest-starred on CBS' Simon & Simon Valley: Voice of Howie Mandel's Mom on the Fox cartoon Bobby's World Next: The voice of a loon on TV's Tiny Toon Adventures
ANN RISLEY 1980-1981 Peak: A school-teacher in Desert Bloom (1986) with Jon Voight Valley: Got shot ion an episode of ABC's The Young Riders
BRIAN DOYLE-MURRAY 1981-1982 Peak: As Jack Ruby in JFK (1991), shot Lee Harvey Oswald Valley: Chris Elliott's landlord on Fox's ratings cellar-dweller Get a Life
CHRISTINE EBERSOLE 1981-1982 Peak: Leading role in the underrated CBS sitcom The Cavanaughs Valley: Mom in the E.T. rip-off Mac and Me (1988) Next: Title role in CBS' medical comedy Rachel Gunn, R.N., due this spring
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