Sarah Mundell Crane

[1][2][3] She received her musical education in New York, her own mother had a fine voice and was for many years a soloist in a prominent church in Brooklyn.

[5] In April 1894 her pupils gave the operetta Coronation of the Rose, under Mrs. Crane's direction, at Hardman Hall, New York.

[7] Crane lived at the Carnegie Hall Apartments, Manhattan, where she had a music studio on the 11th floor for 15 years.

[7] She had one son, Harry Ogden Crane (September 1, 1873, Brooklyn, New York – May 14, 1940 in Hollywood, California), a minor silent film actor mostly known for his appearance in The Lost Freight Car (1911), The Grey Sisterhood (1916) and Her Five-Foot Highness (1920); Harry Ogden Crane married Grace Benham (June 25, 1876, Kansas – November 19, 1968, Pasadena, California), a silent film actress.

[4][8][9] She died suddenly on January 4, 1914, while visiting a friend, Marie Birdslee, at the Van Courtlandt Hotel, 142 West 49th Street.