Laurie Beechman

 Laurie Hope Beechman  (04 April, 1953 - 08 March, 1998) was an American actress and singer.

 Birthplace:  Philadelphia, PA

 Deathplace:  New York City

 Playbill Bio 

LAURIE BEECHMAN (Narrator) from Westmont, N.J., made her Broadway debut in Annie as the original Star-To-Be singing N.Y.C. She appeared in the movie Hair in the number "Black Boys/White Boys." Laurie was guest soloist in concert with Martin Charnin and Cy Coleman. Last year, Laurie returned to Broadway in Pirates of Penzance after the release of her debut album on Atlantic Records, Laurie and the Sighs.

 Playbill Bio (Extended) 

LAURIE BEECHMAN (Narrator) first came to N.Y.C. from Westmont, N.J., as a scholarship student in the Acting Program as the N.Y. U. School of the Arts. Laurie made her Broadway debut in Annie as the original Star-To-Be singing N.Y.C. Most recently she appeared on Broadway in the New York Shakespeare Festival production of Pirates of Penzance. Wearing frizzy wig and hot pants, she appeared in the movie HAIR in the number "Black Boys/White Boys." Laurie was guest soloist in concert with Martin Charnin and Cy Coleman, and last year, recorded her first album, Laurie and the Sighs for Atlantic Records. This, Lauries's first Broadway appearance, is dedicated to her family of Beechwomen.

 What she does nowadays 

She has since tragically passed away of ovarian cancer and now resides in the Kingdom of Heaven.