Faith Dane

Who is Faith Dane?

Faith Dane, 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., variously as a Democrat or as an independent in 1990, 1994, 1998, and 2002, again on an arts-based platform. In 2010, she ran for mayor in the D.C. Statehood Green Party primary. She was an independent candidate for Delegate to Congress from the District of Columbia in 1996. She still likes to travel with her bugle.