Meg Bennett, an award-winning soap opera actress and scriptwriter, died on April 11. She was 75.
屡获殊荣的肥皂剧女演员兼编剧梅格·贝内特于4月11日去世。她享年75岁。
Her obituary, which was first published on April 21 in the Los Angeles Times, highlighted her career as an actress and a writer for The Young and the Restless, General Hospital, Santa Barbara and other daytime series.
她的讣告于4月21日首次发表在《洛杉矶时报》上，突出了她作为演员和作家的职业生涯，她曾出演过《年轻和骚动不安的一族 》、《综合医院》、《圣巴巴拉》等日间电视剧。
“Meg lost her battle with cancer,” the obituary read. “Until nearly the end she was devotedly working with children, writing and engaging with her far-flung family and friends.”
“梅格在与癌症的斗争中失败了，”讣告写道。“直到生命的最后一刻，她都在全心全意地照顾孩子，写作，与远方的家人和朋友交流。”
Bennett — born Helen Margaret Bennett on Oct. 4, 1948, before taking the stage name of Meg Bennett — won a Daytime Emmy for Best Writing for General Hospital in 1995. She also earned three Writers Guild of America Awards for the same show in 1994, 1995 and 1997, as well as two wins for Santa Barbara in 1991 and 1992.
贝内特原名海伦·玛格丽特·贝内特，1948年10月4日出生，后来艺名为梅格·贝内特。1995年，她凭借《综合医院》获得艾美奖日间最佳编剧奖。她还在1994年、1995年和1997年凭借同一部剧获得了三次美国编剧协会奖，并在1991年和1992年凭借《圣巴巴拉》获得了两次奖项。
Before finding success in the TV industry, Bennett grew up in Pasadena, Calif., graduated from John Muir High School and won homecoming queen at Northwestern University, where she majored in drama.
在电视界取得成功之前，贝内特在加州帕萨迪纳长大，毕业于约翰·缪尔高中，并在西北大学主修戏剧，获得了返校节女王的荣誉。
After graduating from Northwestern, Bennett moved to New York City in the 1970s to pursue acting.
从西北大学毕业后，贝内特在20世纪70年代搬到纽约市从事演艺事业。
“She got a modeling job as the ‘Cadillac Eldorado Convertible Girl,’ but her first real break was an acting and singing role in the off-Broadway musical Godspell,” the obituary said. “From there she went to Grease on Broadway, became a champion of the TV quiz show Three on a Match, and in 1974 began her long and successful soap opera career as the ingénue Liza on Search for Tomorrow.”
“她得到了一份名为‘凯迪拉克埃尔多拉多敞篷车女孩’的模特工作，但她第一次真正的突破是在百老汇以外的音乐剧《Godspell》中担任演员和歌手，”讣告说。“从那时起，她去了百老汇的《油脂》，成为电视智力竞赛节目《三人竞赛》的冠军，并于1974年开始了她漫长而成功的肥皂剧生涯，在《寻找明天》中饰演ingsamue Liza。”
