Meg Bennett, an award-winning soap opera actress and scriptwriter, died on April 11. She was 75.
屢獲殊榮的肥皂劇女演員兼編劇梅格·貝內(nèi)特于4月11日去世。她享年75歲。
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.
她的訃告于4月21日首次發(fā)表在《洛杉磯時(shí)報(bào)》上,突出了她作為演員和作家的職業(yè)生涯,她曾出演過(guò)《年輕和騷動(dòng)不安的一族 》、《綜合醫(yī)院》、《圣巴巴拉》等日間電視劇。
“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.”
“梅格在與癌癥的斗爭(zhēng)中失敗了,”訃告寫道。“直到生命的最后一刻,她都在全心全意地照顧孩子,寫作,與遠(yuǎn)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.
貝內(nèi)特原名海倫·瑪格麗特·貝內(nèi)特,1948年10月4日出生,后來(lái)藝名為梅格·貝內(nèi)特。1995年,她憑借《綜合醫(yī)院》獲得艾美獎(jiǎng)日間最佳編劇獎(jiǎng)。她還在1994年、1995年和1997年憑借同一部劇獲得了三次美國(guó)編劇協(xié)會(huì)獎(jiǎng),并在1991年和1992年憑借《圣巴巴拉》獲得了兩次獎(jiǎng)項(xiàng)。
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.
在電視界取得成功之前,貝內(nèi)特在加州帕薩迪納長(zhǎng)大,畢業(yè)于約翰·繆爾高中,并在西北大學(xué)主修戲劇,獲得了返校節(jié)女王的榮譽(yù)。
After graduating from Northwestern, Bennett moved to New York City in the 1970s to pursue acting.
從西北大學(xué)畢業(yè)后,貝內(nèi)特在20世紀(jì)70年代搬到紐約市從事演藝事業(yè)。
“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.”
“她得到了一份名為‘凱迪拉克埃爾多拉多敞篷車女孩’的模特工作,但她第一次真正的突破是在百老匯以外的音樂(lè)劇《Godspell》中擔(dān)任演員和歌手,”訃告說(shuō)。“從那時(shí)起,她去了百老匯的《油脂》,成為電視智力競(jìng)賽節(jié)目《三人競(jìng)賽》的冠軍,并于1974年開(kāi)始了她漫長(zhǎng)而成功的肥皂劇生涯,在《尋找明天》中飾演ingsamue Liza。”