Norma Crane

• Birth Name — Norma Anna Bella Zuckerman • Born — 10 November 1928 • Birthplace — New York City, New York, U.S. • Died — 28 September 1973 • Place of death — Los Angeles, California, U.S. • Resting Place — Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery, Los Angeles • Occupation — Actress • Spouse — Herb Sargent (m. married 1961; div. divorced 19??) • Years Active — 1951–1973 • Illustration — On the set of the CBS anthology TV series Studio Ones presentation of George Orwell's "1984". L-R: scenic designer Kim Swados, Norma Crane, Eddie Albert, and director Paul Nickell

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”. Also in 1959, she portrayed “Tilda” on the TV Western Gunsmoke. She guest-starred four times on the CBS western television series Have Gun – 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. 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. In 1961, Crane guest-starred in the title role in the episode "The Return of Widow Brown" of the NBC Western The Deputy. Later that year she re-appeared on Gunsmoke in an episode entitled "Perce", as well as in an episode of The Asphalt Jungle. In 1965, Crane guest-starred as Mrs. Mavis Hull in The Fugitive episode "Masquerade" and a 1968 episode of The Flying Nun.

In 1961, she married writer-producer Herb Sargent; the marriage ended in divorce.

Crane died of breast cancer on September 28, 1973, at age 44 in Los Angeles, California, two years after the release of Fiddler on the Roof (1971), her last film.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1956 — Alfred Hitchcock Presents — Lorna Bramwell — Season 1 Episode 25: "There Was an Old Woman" • 1956 — Tea and Sympathy — Ellie Martin • 1958 — Have Gun – 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 — 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 — Blonde Lady in Bar — Season 5 Episode 3: "Appointment at Eleven" • 1961 — All in a Night's Work — Marge Coombs • 1961 — Have Gun – Will Travel — Martha Jane Conroy aka Calamity Jane — Season 4 Episode 35: "The Cure" • 1966 — Penelope — Mildred • 1966 — The Big Valley — Emilie — Season 2 Episode 12: "Last Stage To Salt Flats" • 1968 — The Sweet Ride — Mrs. Cartwright • 1970 — They Call Me Mister Tibbs! — Marge Garfield • 1970 — The Movie Murderer — Ellen Farrington — TV Movie • 1971 — Fiddler on the Roof — Golde