Laurel Griggs (June 28, 2006 – November 5, 2019) was an American child actress, primarily acting in
Broadway theatre, and also appearing in films and on television, including two appearances in ''
Saturday Night Live'' and a small part in the
Woody Allen film ''
Café Society''.
Career
Griggs' first appearance on
Broadway was at the age of six as Polly in ''
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
''Cat on a Hot Tin Roof'' is a three-act play written by Tennessee Williams. An adaptation of his 1952 short story "Three Players of a Summer Game", the play was written by him between 1953 and 1955. One of Williams's more famous works and his p ...
''.
She played Ivanka in the musical ''
Once
Once means a one-time occurrence.
Once may refer to:
Music
* ''Once'' (Pearl Jam song), a 1991 song from the album ''Ten''
* ''Once'' (Roy Harper album), a 1990 album by Roy Harper
* ''Once'' (The Tyde album), a 2001 debut album by The Tyd ...
'' for a record-setting 17-month stint between 2013 and 2015.
Her Broadway career was reported to have encompassed over a thousand performances.
She also appeared on episodes of the television series ''
Louie Louie may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* ''Louie'' (American TV series), by comedian Louis C.K.
* ''Louie'' (French TV series), animated series about a young rabbit who draws pictures which come to life
* "Louie" (song), by Blood Raw
* ''L ...
'', ''
Saturday Night Live'', and ''
Bubble Guppies''.
Death
Griggs died of an undiagnosed
massive asthma attack on November 5, 2019,
at
Mount Sinai Hospital in
Manhattan.
She was 13 years old. Griggs was
Jewish.
She is buried at
New Montefiore Cemetery.
[ Her mother, Elizabeth Rivlin, and her father, Andrew Griggs, are among her survivors.
]
References
External links
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2006 births
2019 deaths
American child actresses
Place of birth missing
American musical theatre actresses
Deaths from asthma
21st-century American actresses
Jewish American actresses
Burials at New Montefiore Cemetery
Actresses from New York City
21st-century American Jews
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