# Norma Crane > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Norma_Crane > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Norma_Crane.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norma_Crane > Source revision: 1357082425 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|American stage, film and television actress (1928 - 1973)}} {{Infobox person | name = | image = Norma Crane in Penelope.jpg | caption = Crane in 1966 | birth_name = Norma Anna Bella Zuckerman | birth_date = {{Birth date|1928|11|10}} | birth_place = [New York City](/source/New_York_City), New York, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|1973|9|28|1928|11|10}} | death_place = [Los Angeles](/source/Los_Angeles), California, U.S. | resting_place = [Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery](/source/Westwood_Village_Memorial_Park_Cemetery), Los Angeles | occupation = Actress | spouse = [Herb Sargent](/source/Herb_Sargent)
({{abbr|m.|married}} 1961; {{abbr|div.|divorced}} 19??) | years_active = 1951–1973 }} [[File:1984 Norma Crane Eddie Albert Studio One 1953.jpg|thumb|On the set of the CBS anthology TV series ''[Studio One](/source/Westinghouse_Studio_One)''{{'}}s presentation of George Orwell's "[1984](/source/1984_(Westinghouse_Studio_One))". L-R: scenic designer Kim Swados, Norma Crane, [Eddie Albert](/source/Eddie_Albert), and director [Paul Nickell](/source/Paul_Nickell)]] '''Norma Crane''' (born '''Norma Anna Bella Zuckerman'''; November 10, 1928 — September 28, 1973) was an American actress of stage, film, and television best known for her role as Golde in the 1971 film adaptation of ''[Fiddler on the Roof](/source/Fiddler_on_the_Roof_(film))'', a role which earned her a nomination for a [Photoplay Award](/source/Photoplay). She also starred in ''[They Call Me Mister Tibbs!](/source/They_Call_Me_Mister_Tibbs!)'' and ''[Penelope](/source/Penelope_(1966_film))''. Crane was born in New York City, but raised in [El Paso, Texas](/source/El_Paso%2C_Texas).{{cite news|title=Norma Crane, Starred in 'Fiddler'| date=1973-09-29| url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=888&dat=19730929&id=oepRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_nIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7108,3087641| newspaper=[St. Petersburg Times](/source/St._Petersburg_Times)| page=11-B|access-date=2012-12-10}} ==Biography== Born to a [Jewish](/source/American_Jews) family in New York City and raised in El Paso, Crane studied drama at [Texas State College for Women](/source/Texas_State_College_for_Women) in [Denton](/source/Denton%2C_Texas),{{cite news| title=New Carole Lombard| date=1961-09-03|url=https://www.newspapers.com/img/thumbnail/377722193/330/200/1820_2027_1733_1050/0/yes/2262_2500_849_105/2263_2682_218_31_1/2379_2771_102_33_1/1784_2818_171_33_1.jpg?cs=86400| newspaper=[The Baltimore Sun](/source/The_Baltimore_Sun)| page=A6|access-date=2012-12-10}} and was a member of [Elia Kazan](/source/Elia_Kazan)'s [Actors Studio](/source/Actors_Studio).{{cite book| first=David| last=Garfield| title=A Player's Place: The Story of The Actors Studio| url=https://archive.org/details/playersplacestor00garf| url-access=registration| year=1980| publisher=MacMillan| location=New York| isbn=978-0-0254-2650-4| page=[https://archive.org/details/playersplacestor00garf/page/280/mode/1up 280]| chapter=Appendix: Life Members of The Actors Studio as of January 1980}} She made her debut on [Broadway](/source/Broadway_(theatre)) in [Arthur Miller](/source/Arthur_Miller)'s play ''[The Crucible](/source/The_Crucible)''. Throughout the 1950s, she appeared on a variety of live television dramas, first gaining recognition in a televised adaptation of [George Orwell](/source/George_Orwell)'s ''[1984](/source/Nineteen_Eighty-Four_(1953_TV_program))''. She played Ellie Martin in [Vincente Minnelli](/source/Vincente_Minnelli)'s film version of ''[Tea and Sympathy](/source/Tea_and_Sympathy_(film))''. She appeared in the 1956 ''[Alfred Hitchcock Presents](/source/Alfred_Hitchcock_Presents)'' episode "There Was an Old Woman" the 1958 episode "The Equalizer" and the 1959 episode “Appointment at Eleven”. Also in 1959, she portrayed “Tilda” on the TV Western ''[Gunsmoke](/source/Gunsmoke)''. She guest-starred four times on the [CBS](/source/CBS) [western](/source/Western_(genre)) [television series](/source/television_series) ''[Have Gun – Will Travel](/source/Have_Gun_%E2%80%93_Will_Travel)'' with [Richard Boone](/source/Richard_Boone). She appeared on an episode of [ABC](/source/American_Broadcasting_Company)'s ''[The Untouchables](/source/The_Untouchables_(1959_TV_series))'' as Lily Dallas, a ruthless gang leader, and she appeared in two other episodes. In 1960, Crane appeared as Sarah Prentice in the episode "River Champion" of the [NBC](/source/NBC) Western series ''[Riverboat](/source/Riverboat_(TV_series))'' starring [Darren McGavin](/source/Darren_McGavin). A few weeks later, Crane was cast as Sarah in the episode "Deadly Tomorrow" of the ABC adventure series ''[The Islanders](/source/The_Islanders_(TV_series))'', set in the [South Pacific](/source/Oceania). In 1961, Crane guest-starred in the title role in the episode "The Return of Widow Brown" of the NBC Western ''[The Deputy](/source/The_Deputy_(TV_series))''. Later that year she re-appeared on ''[Gunsmoke](/source/Gunsmoke)'' in an episode entitled "Perce", as well as in an episode of ''[The Asphalt Jungle](/source/The_Asphalt_Jungle_(TV_series))''. In 1965, Crane guest-starred as Mrs. Mavis Hull in ''[The Fugitive](/source/The_Fugitive_(1963_TV_series))'' episode "Masquerade" and a 1968 episode of ''[The Flying Nun](/source/The_Flying_Nun)''. ==Personal life== In 1961, she married writer-producer [Herb Sargent](/source/Herb_Sargent); the marriage ended in divorce.{{cite book| last=Finstad| first=Suzanne| title=Natasha: The Biography of Natalie Wood| publisher=Three Rivers Press| page=308| url=https://archive.org/details/natashabiography0000fins/page/n7/mode/2up?q=%22norma+crane%22| year=2001| isbn=978-0-3074-2866-0| access-date=February 28, 2026}} ==Death== Crane died of [breast cancer](/source/breast_cancer) on September 28, 1973, at age 44 in [Los Angeles](/source/Los_Angeles), California, two years after the release of ''[Fiddler on the Roof](/source/Fiddler_on_the_Roof_(film))'' (1971), her last film.{{cite news| date=1973-09-29| title=Norma Crane Dead; Played Tevye's Wife| newspaper=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1973/09/29/archives/norma-crane-dead-played-tevyes-wife.html| access-date=2022-08-04| issn=0362-4331| url-access=subscription}} ==Partial filmography== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- |1956|| ''[Alfred Hitchcock Presents](/source/Alfred_Hitchcock_Presents)'' || Lorna Bramwell || Season 1 Episode 25: "There Was an Old Woman" |- |1956|| ''[Tea and Sympathy](/source/Tea_and_Sympathy_(film))'' || Ellie Martin || |- |1958|| ''[Have Gun – Will Travel](/source/Have_Gun_%E2%80%93_Will_Travel)'' || Ella West || Season 1 Episode 17: "Ella West" |- |1958|| ''Have Gun - Will Travel'' || Lucy Kellaway || Season 2 Episode 17: "The Taffeta Mayor" |- |1958|| ''[Alfred Hitchcock Presents](/source/Alfred_Hitchcock_Presents)'' || Louise Marsh || Season 3 Episode 19: "The Equalizer" |- |1959|| ''Have Gun – Will Travel'' || Mrs. Smith - Wife || Season 3 Episode 2: "Episode in Laredo" |- |1959|| ''[Alfred Hitchcock Presents](/source/Alfred_Hitchcock_Presents)'' || Blonde Lady in Bar || Season 5 Episode 3: "Appointment at Eleven" |- |1961|| ''[All in a Night's Work](/source/All_in_a_Night's_Work_(film))'' || Marge Coombs || |- |1961|| ''Have Gun – Will Travel'' ||Martha Jane Conroy aka Calamity Jane||Season 4 Episode 35: "The Cure" |- |1966|| ''[Penelope](/source/Penelope_(1966_film))'' || Mildred || |- |1966|| ''[The Big Valley](/source/The_Big_Valley)'' || Emilie || Season 2 Episode 12: "Last Stage To Salt Flats" |- |1968|| ''[The Sweet Ride](/source/The_Sweet_Ride)'' || Mrs. Cartwright || |- |1970|| ''[They Call Me Mister Tibbs!](/source/They_Call_Me_Mister_Tibbs!)'' || Marge Garfield || |- |1970|| ''The Movie Murderer'' || Ellen Farrington || TV Movie |- |1971|| ''[Fiddler on the Roof](/source/Fiddler_on_the_Roof_(film))'' || Golde || |} ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{Commons category-inline}} * {{IMDb name|0186408}} * {{IBDB name|100152}} * {{iobdb name|53873}} * {{TCMDb name|40741%7C118250}} * {{Rotten Tomatoes|celebrity/norma_crane}} * {{Find a Grave|9457}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Crane, Norma}} Category:1928 births Category:1973 deaths Category:Actresses from El Paso, Texas Category:American stage actresses Category:American film actresses Category:American television actresses Category:Deaths from breast cancer in California Category:Burials at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery Category:20th-century American actresses Category:Jewish American actresses Category:Texas Woman's University alumni Category:20th-century American Jews --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Norma Crane](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norma_Crane) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norma_Crane?action=history)). 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