Crystal Pate
- Actress
Crystal Pate was born in Nordersteadt Germany. The oldest daughter of
Swiss-German Actor Benedict Freitag (younger brother of British Actor
Oliver Tobias) Crystal spent her formative years in Europe being raised
mainly in Tuscany, Italy, and spending most summers in Zurich
Switzerland with Paternal Grandparents and renowned Stage actors Maria
Becker and Robert Freitag. Crystal studied Acting and
Opera(mezzo-soprano)in Florence.She moved to Texas, where her mother
Deborah Barrow's home town in her early 20's, Crystal still lives in
the Dallas area with husband Brent Stroessner, and returns to Europe
frequently.
