Laurel Griggs
{{Short description|American child actress (2006–2019)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2022}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Laurel Griggs
| image =
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|2006|06|28}}
| birth_place = New York City, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2019|11|05|2006|06|28}}
| death_place = New York City, U.S.
| resting_place = New Montefiore Cemetery, West Babylon, New York, U.S.
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 2013–2019
}}
Laurel Griggs (June 28, 2006 – November 5, 2019){{Cite web|url=https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/new-york-ny/laurel-griggs-8917364|title=Laurel Griggs Obituary - New York, NY|website=Dignity Memorial}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/10/entertainment/laurel-griggs-broadway-actress-dead-obituary-trnd/index.html|title=Laurel Griggs, Broadway actress, dies at 13|first1=Elizabeth|last1=Wolfe|first2=Monica|last2=Haider|first3=Melissa|last3=Gray|website=CNN|date=November 10, 2019}}{{Cite web|last=Wild|first=Stephi|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Young-Broadway-Actress-Laurel-Griggs-Has-Passed-Away-20191109|title=Young Broadway Actress Laurel Griggs Has Passed Away|website=BroadwayWorld|date=November 9, 2010}}
Career
Griggs' first appearance on Broadway was at the age of six as Polly in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2013/legit/reviews/cat-on-a-hot-tin-roof-1117949007/|title=Legit Review: 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof'|first=Marilyn|last=Stasio|website=Variety|date=January 18, 2013}} She played Ivanka in the musical Once 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, Saturday Night Live, and Bubble Guppies.{{cite web |last=Todisco |first=Eric |title=Broadway Actress Laurel Griggs Dies at Age 13 |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/broadway-actress-laurel-griggs-dies-at-age-13/ar-BBWye8T |website=MSN |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191110180553/https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/broadway-actress-laurel-griggs-dies-at-age-13/ar-BBWye8T |archive-date=November 10, 2019 |date=November 10, 2019 |url-status=dead}}
Death
Griggs died of an undiagnosed massive asthma attack on November 5, 2019, at Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan.{{cite web|url=https://people.com/theater/laurel-griggs-cause-of-death/|title=13-Year-Old Broadway Star Laurel Griggs' Cause of Death Revealed|first=Eric|last=Todisco|website=People|date=November 10, 2019|access-date=November 18, 2019}} She was 13 years old. Griggs was Jewish.{{Cite news|last=Tercatin|first=Rosella|url=https://www.jpost.com/J-Spot/Broadway-mourns-13-year-old-Jewish-star-Laurel-Griggs-608190|title=Broadway mourns 13-year-old Jewish star Laurel Griggs|work=Jerusalem Post|date=November 10, 2019|access-date=November 18, 2019}} She is buried at New Montefiore Cemetery. Her mother, Elizabeth Rivlin, and her father, Andrew Griggs, are among her survivors.
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|7098219}}
- {{IBDB name|493961}}
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Category:American child actresses
Category:Place of birth missing
Category:American musical theatre actresses
Category:21st-century American actresses
Category:Jewish American actresses
Category:Burials at New Montefiore Cemetery
Category:Actresses from New York City
Category:21st-century American Jews
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