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Norma Crane

Norma Crane

Born: 1928-11-10 • New York City, New York, U.S

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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").

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Filmography
Double Solitaire poster
Double Solitaire
1974 • Sylvia
Fiddler on the Roof poster
Fiddler on the Roof
1971 • Golde
They Call Me Mister Tibbs! poster
They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
1970 • Marge Garfield
The Movie Murderer poster
The Movie Murderer
1970 • Ellen Farrington
Night Gallery poster
Night Gallery
1969 • Gretchen
Shadow Game poster
Shadow Game
1969 • Patti
The Sweet Ride poster
The Sweet Ride
1968 • Mrs. Cartwright
Penelope poster
Penelope
1966 • Mildred Halliday
All in a Night's Work poster
All in a Night's Work
1961 • Marge Coombs
The Snows of Kilimanjaro poster
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
1960
Tea and Sympathy poster
Tea and Sympathy
1956 • Ellie Martin
1984 poster
1984
1953 • Julia