Faith Dane (born October 3, 1923), 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 ("Once I was a schlepper, now I'm Miss 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. In the general election, she received 1,476 votes. She is running for Mayor again in 2014, winning the Statehood Green primary with 47%, again with only write-in opposition. She was an unsuccessful candidate for the Statehood Green nomination for Shadow Representative in 1992, receiving 34% of the vote to Paul McCallister's 52%, and was an Independent candidate for Delegate to Congress from the District of Columbia in 1996, receiving 2,119 votes.
For the sixth time, was a candidate for mayor of Washington, D.C. [August 2002]
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Faith claimed to have created much of the direction and stage business for her character "Miss Mazeppa" in the original Broadway production of Gypsy in 1959. She subsequently sued producer David Merrick to receive credit and financial compensation for doing so. This led Broadway producers to insert a clause in actors' contracts indicating that any stage business created by the actor in the course of production became the sole property of the production. This is know as the "Faith Dane clause" and to this day is generally included in all actors' contracts for Broadway shows.
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Legally changed name to single word "Faith".
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
Gypsy
1962
Mazeppa
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Gypsy
1962
performer: "You Gotta Have a Gimmick" 1959 - uncredited
$1 Million
