Laurie Beechman

Cats Credits
US Tour 1 - 12/1983 - 02/1984 - Grizabella Broadway - 09/04/1984 - 09/1988 - Grizabella

Broadway - 10/1991 - Grizabella

(Left by 12/1991)

Broadway - 06/1992 - Grizabella

(Left by 08/1992)

Broadway - 01/1993 - Grizabella

(Left by 05/1993)

Broadway - 16/05/1997 - 14/09/1997 - Grizabella

Biography (1987)
Laurie Beechman (Grizabella) received Tony and Drama Desk nominations and won the 1982 Theatre World Award for her role as the Narrator in the Broadway production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. She made her Broadway debut in Annie creating five different roles, and appeared in the film Hair. Her recordings include "Laurie and the Sighs" for Atlantic Records and "After the Fall" on Epic Records.

She died at age 44 after a long battle with cancer.