Meg Bennett(1948-2024)
- Writer
- Additional Crew
- Actress
The eldest daughter of a printing company executive and a psychologist,
Meg had a comfortable childhood in Pasadena, California. She majored in
drama at Northwestern, acting in summer stock between terms. Hired in
1971 as the "Cadillac Eldorado convertible girl" for a New York auto
show, she decided on Manhattan as home, which proved a fortuitous
choice. In an elevator, a man asked Meg if she wanted to be on a quiz
show. Thus was born a champion of NBC's Three on a Match, with winnings
that included complete furnishings for her new apartment. A part in the
original Broadway cast of "Grease" led to the role of the good girl,
Liza, on
Search for Tomorrow (1951).
Meg quickly beguiled the cast, which included Kevin Kline and Morgan
Fairchild, who had beaten out Meg for the show's vixen role nine months
earlier. In 1978 Meg left that soap and New York for acting
opportunities in California. But a bout of hepatitis interrupted those
plans. Meg's weight dropped to 95 pounds. While recovering, she was
approached about a part on
The Young and the Restless (1973).
A fragile character at first, Julia Newman then transformed into a
strong and mature character. Also because Meg's on-the-set script
doctoring had impressed the production staff, series creator
William J. Bell who then suggested her a
career alternative: Thus her script career began, leading her to soap
operas
General Hospital (1963) and
Sunset Beach (1997). Meg is
married to fellow writer
Robert Guza Jr..