Ann Crumb

American actress and singer (1950-2019)

Ann Crumb (May 25, 1950 – October 31, 2019)[1] was an American actress, animal rights activist and jazz singer. She was born in Charleston, West Virginia. Crumb was nominated for a Tony Award for her role in the 1992 Broadway production of Anna Karenina.

Bob DeFrank and Ann Crumb in a scene from Witkacy's The Madman and the Nun (ca. 1979)

Her father was Pulitzer Prize winning composer George Crumb. Crumb founded an animal organization for rescued animals.

Crumb died on October 31, 2019 at her parents home in Media, Pennsylvania from ovarian cancer, aged 69.[2]

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  1. "Ann Crumb Passes Away from Ovarian Cancer" broadwayworld.com, November 1, 2019
  2. "Tony-nominated actress Ann Crumb dead at 69". Fox News. November 1, 2019.