Faith Dane

Faith Dane (October 3, 1923 – April 7, 2020), but legally simply Faith since 1983, was an American actress, musician, artist, and perennial candidate for elected office in Washington, D.C.

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. After moving to Washington in the 1980s, she was a candidate for mayor 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. she received about one percent of the vote.

She was still performing a few nights a year for friends and at small benefits at the age of 90. Dane died at a nursing home in Washington on April 7, 2020, aged 96.