Norma Crane (born Norma Anna Bella Zuckerman; November 10, 1928 â€"
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. 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 to a Jewish family in New York City and raised
in El Paso, Crane studied drama at Texas State College for Women in
Denton, and was a member of Elia Kazan's Actors Studio. She made her
debut 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.
She played Ellie Martin in Vincente Minnelli's film version of Tea and
Sympathy. She appeared in the 1956 Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode
"There Was an Old Woman" the 1958 episode "The Equalizer" and the 1959
episode “Appointment at Eleven†. She guest-starred four times on
the CBS western television series Have Gun â€" Will Travel with
Richard Boone. She appeared on an episode of ABC's The Untouchables as
Lily Dallas, a ruthless gang leader, and she appeared in two other
episodes.[better source needed]In 1960, Crane appeared as Sarah
Prentice in the episode "River Champion" of the NBC western series
Riverboat starring Darren McGavin. A few weeks later, Crane was cast
as Sarah in the episode "Deadly Tomorrow" of the ABC adventure series
The Islanders, set in the South Pacific.
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. 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 to a Jewish family in New York City and raised
in El Paso, Crane studied drama at Texas State College for Women in
Denton, and was a member of Elia Kazan's Actors Studio. She made her
debut 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.
She played Ellie Martin in Vincente Minnelli's film version of Tea and
Sympathy. She appeared in the 1956 Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode
"There Was an Old Woman" the 1958 episode "The Equalizer" and the 1959
episode “Appointment at Eleven†. She guest-starred four times on
the CBS western television series Have Gun â€" Will Travel with
Richard Boone. She appeared on an episode of ABC's The Untouchables as
Lily Dallas, a ruthless gang leader, and she appeared in two other
episodes.[better source needed]In 1960, Crane appeared as Sarah
Prentice in the episode "River Champion" of the NBC western series
Riverboat starring Darren McGavin. A few weeks later, Crane was cast
as Sarah in the episode "Deadly Tomorrow" of the ABC adventure series
The Islanders, set in the South Pacific.
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