Faith Dane, now Faith Crannitch, and frequently known simply as Faith, is an actress, musician, and artist. She is also a perennial candidate for elected office in Washington, D.C. Dane was born in 1923. Now a resident of Washington, D.C., she previously lived in New York City, and the United States Virgin Islands. She was married first to Attorney Russell Johnson and second, in 1983, to Jude Crannitch, an artist from New Zealand. Dane had a comedic role as the bugle-tooting Minsky stripper Mazeppa, which she played in both the original Broadway and film versions of Gypsy. Dane was a candidate for the Virgin Islands Legislature in 1964 on an arts support based platform. She raised funds for various school art programs there, including St. Dunstan's Episcopal High School. She was a candidate for Mayor of Washington, D.C., as an independent in 1990, 1994 and 1998, garnering 110, 423 and 430 votes, respectively. In 2002, she ran in the Democratic primary for Mayor, and received 1,084 votes. On each occasion, she ran on an arts-based platform. In 2010, she ran for Mayor in the D.C. Statehood Green Party primary, winning with 40% of the vote in the face of only write-in opposition. 

October 3rd, 1923 in   /  Died:   Apr 2020 - aged 96