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Home/People/Norma Crane
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Born
Nov 10, 1928Died: Sep 28, 1973
Lived 44 years
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, U.S
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female

Career Highlights

12
Movies
41
TV Shows
IMDb Profile

Norma Crane

Acting

Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Norma Crane (November 10, 1928 — September 28, 1973) was an actress of stage, film and television. Among her best known roles was that of Golde in the 1971 film adaptation of Fiddler on the Roof. She also starred in They Call Me MISTER Tibbs! and Penelope. Crane was born in New York City but raised in El Paso, Texas. Born as Norma Anna Bella Zuckerman, she was a member of Elia Kazan's Actors Studio and debuted on Broadway in Arthur Miller's play The Crucible. Throughout the 1950s, she appeared on a variety of live television dramas, first gaining recognition in a televised adaptation of George Orwell's 1984. Crane guest-starred in a 1959 episode of the TV series Have Gun – Will Travel as Eileen Tuttle ("Episode in Laredo"). Description above from the Wikipedia article Norma Crane, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Double Solitaire poster

Double Solitaire

as Sylvia
1974
Fiddler on the Roof poster

Fiddler on the Roof

as Golde
1971
They Call Me Mister Tibbs! poster

They Call Me Mister Tibbs!

as Marge Garfield
1970
The Movie Murderer poster

The Movie Murderer

as Ellen Farrington
1970
Night Gallery poster

Night Gallery

as Gretchen
1969
Shadow Game poster

Shadow Game

as Patti
1969
The Sweet Ride poster

The Sweet Ride

as Mrs. Cartwright
1968
Penelope poster

Penelope

as Mildred Halliday
1966
All in a Night's Work poster

All in a Night's Work

as Marge Coombs
1961
The Snows of Kilimanjaro poster

The Snows of Kilimanjaro

Cast
1960
Tea and Sympathy poster

Tea and Sympathy

as Ellie Martin
1956
1984 poster

1984

as Julia
1953