'The Ring' star Daveigh Chase, who died at 35 while homeless, leaves behind six-figure estate

Former “The Ring” and “Lilo & Stitch” kid prima Daveigh Chase, who died portion stateless successful June aft years of battling cause addiction, leaves an property worthy astir fractional a cardinal dollars.

Probate documents filed July 8 successful Los Angeles County Superior Court accidental Chase — ineligible sanction Daveigh Elizabeth Schwallier — near down astir $400,000 successful idiosyncratic property. The precocious actor’s mother, Cathy Chase, submitted the documents and filed a petition to go the head of her daughter’s estate.

The tribunal filings besides enactment that Daveigh Chase died without a will, is lone survived by her parents, and corroborate that she was stateless astatine the clip of her death. The past known code for Chase appears to beryllium a location successful Chatsworth.

Chase died June 16 successful a infirmary astatine property 35. In archetypal reports, her father, John David Schwallier, and her fellow said the histrion died of complications from bacterial meningitis and a humor infection. But the aesculapian examiner’s study disclosed that Chase died of AIDS, which is caused by HIV, arsenic the superior origin of death. The study besides listed chronic polysubstance usage — utilizing much than 1 cause oregon substance astatine the aforesaid clip oregon wrong a abbreviated play — arsenic a “significant condition.”

Chase started her acting vocation successful the precocious 1990s with insignificant roles successful fashionable TV series, including “Sabrina the Teenage Witch,” “Charmed” and “ER,” and starred successful aggregate beloved movies astatine the crook of the century. In 2001 cult classical “Donnie Darko,” she was Samantha, the younger sister of Jake Gyllenhaal’s troubled Donnie Darko. She would reprise the relation 8 years aboriginal for the sequel, “S. Darko: A Donnie Darko Tale.”

In the aforesaid twelvemonth arsenic “Donnie Darko,” Chase lent her dependable to the American dub of Hayao Miyazaki’s tender “Spirited Away,” voicing its protagonist Chihiro. The movie won the animated diagnostic prize astatine the 2003 Academy Awards.

Chase was known for her versatility, demonstrated by her roles successful “Lilo & Stitch” and “The Ring” successful the aforesaid year. In the latter, she played shade miss Samara Morgan.

In the aughts, Chase besides appeared successful much than 20 episodes of the Fox sitcom “Oliver Beene” and much than 30 episodes of HBO’s Emmy-nominated Mormon household play “Big Love” arsenic cunning teen Rhonda Volmer. After the deed series, Chase’s vocation slowed and she appeared successful lower-profile projects. Her last recognition was a voice-acting relation successful the 2016 video crippled “Let It Die.”

A proceeding for Chase’s probate lawsuit is acceptable for Aug. 12.

Times editorial room manager Cary Shcneider and unit writer Hannah Fry contributed to this report.