Kammala wannan jumla: Laura Hope Crews ita ce 'yar wasan kwaikwayo na wasan kwaikwayo Angelena Lockwood da kuma masanin zane-zane John Thomas Crews. Tana da manyan 'yan'uwa uku. Crews ya fara wasan kwaikwayo yana da shekaru hudu. Fitowarta ta farko ita ce a Woodward's Gardens. Ta daina yin wasan kwaikwayo don kammala makaranta sannan ta dawo yin wasan kwaikwayo a 1898. Kamar yadda ta kasance 'yar asalin San Franciscan, bayanan da suka shafi rayuwarta ta farko sun lalace a cikin
girgizar ƙasa da wuta na 1906.