Elizabeth Ann Crumb (May 25, 1950 – October 31, 2019)"Ann Crumb Passes Away from Ovarian Cancer"
broadwayworld.com, November 1, 2019 was an American actress and singer.

Career

The daughter of composer George Crumb and mother Elizabeth Crumb, pianist, and sister of composer

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, she made her

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debut in 1987 as a member of the original cast of ''

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''. Her other Broadway credits include ''

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'', ''

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'', for which she was nominated for the

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for Best Actress in a Musical in 1993, and ''

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'', as Rose Vibert, a role she originated in the West End. Crumb toured in the title role of '' Evita'' and appeared in numerous regional theatre productions staged by the Guthrie,

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, and Tennessee Repertory Theatre, among others. Her

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credits include the daytime

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'', ''

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'', and '' Another World'', and the primetime dramas '' Law & Order'' and ''

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''. She was in pre-production for a mini-series entitled ''The Road to Saint Lazarre'' in which she was to portray famed

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. Crumb's recordings include ''A Broadway Diva Swings'', a concert version of ''

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'' with

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and

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, and ''Unto the Hills'', in collaboration with her father.

Personal life

Crumb was committed to the cause of

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and adoption. In December, 2009, she co-ordinated a “doglift” of over 50 dogs, all slated for euthanasia at shelters in the Midwest to no-kill rescues in the Northeast where homes could be found for them. Crumb was born in Charleston, West Virginia. Crumb died on October 31, 2019, at her parents' home in Media, Pennsylvania from ovarian cancer, aged 69.

References

External links

Official website
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