"When you need a professional"

Toni Crabtree – Theatrical Resume:

Experience

As an actress and professional dancer, Toni's training began at an early age with dance school and little theatre groups.  At thirteen, she began modeling for Seventeen Magazine, as well as performing at local USO shows and acting in commercials and films.  Ms. Crabtree also taught ballroom dancing in Washington, D.C.  When arriving in Miami, she formed her own dance troupe and performed at the Fontainebleau and Eden Roc Hotels in Miami Beach, as well as Las Vegas, Puerto Rico, and Hawaii.

  She and her partner were also featured in one of Dick Clark's Christmas shows on television, and she was credited for bringing the "Twist" to Miami Beach.  While acting in films and commercials, people would often comment on her beautiful speaking voice, and she added radio and television voiceovers, narrations and story telling to her credits.

She has performed in 18 films worldwide, and jokes about her "B" movie line ups.

Background

Born in Budapest, Hungary, Ms. Crabtree's diverse talents kept her busy with not just films and commercials, but led to communications, media production and news journalism with NBC Radio News.

She was News Anchor and News Director at several Miami radio stations, and she also won awards for her talk show called "Perspective".

As a model and spokesperson, Toni has traveled extensively throughout the United States and teamed up with the Budweiser group and  Ed McMahon.

Multi-talented, Ms. Crabtree is also an artist, and studied at the national Academy of Fine Arts.  She gained public notoriety for painting a mural on the bottom of her pool, and earned a living with her art during lean times.

She was elected Vice President of the Women's Florida Association of Broadcasters, and was twice voted Regional President of American Women In Radio and Television.

Ms. Crabtree has photographed a safari in Africa, an opium den in China, and traveled to England, Germany, Spain, Italy, Japan, and South America.

Currently

Ms. Crabtree maintains her voiceover work for clients from her own studio, which includes On-Hold Messaging nationwide, and works with all major advertising agencies and local recording studios.  She's a lecturer, an animal rights advocate, writes articles on health and fitness, and involves herself with various charities, including direct participation with the National Hypoglycemia Foundation.

She is currently working on a television documentary, a screenplay, and several articles, and is also planning to write an autobiography on her fascinating life.  She represents the prestigious PBS affiliate television station, WPBT in Miami, as their female "Signature" voice.

"Toni Crabtree is a true professional.  I am proud to endorse her work and am honored to include her as one of my dearest longtime friends."

Tom Vernon

Producer/President

Tom Vernon Productions and First Run Entertainment

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