Fran Bennett
Fran Bennett (August 14, 1937, in Malvern, Arkansas; † September 12, 2021, in Los Angeles, California) was an American actress known for her work in theater and television. She appeared in series such as Beauty and the Beast, Little House on the Prairie, Dallas, Falcon Crest, L.A. Law, ER, Boston Legal, and Scandal. Bennett had recurring roles in General Hospital and The Bold and the Beautiful and appeared in films like Promises in the Dark (1979), How I Got into College (1989), New Nightmare (1994), Foxfire (1996), and Jessabelle (2014). In addition to her acting career, she was the head of the acting program at the California Institute of the Arts from 1996 to 2003 and was inducted into the Arkansas Black Hall of Fame in 2005. She passed away at the age of 84.
69 acting credits
Acting · 69
NCIS
2003
ER
1994
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Falcon Crest
1981
Crossing Jordan
2001
Melrose Place
1992
Scandal
2012
Boston Legal
2004
Knots Landing
1979
Chicago Hope
1994
Numb3rs
2005
Quantum Leap
1989
Community
2009
L.A. Law
1986
St. Elsewhere
1982
Matlock
1986
The Twilight Zone
1985
Early Edition
1996
Simon & Simon
1981
The Fosters
2013
ALF
1986
Highway to Heaven
1984
Jake and the Fatman
1987
Cagney & Lacey
1982
Remington Steele
1982
Providence
1999
Lou Grant
1977
Sunset Beach
1997
Tour of Duty
1987
Arli$$
1996
Matt Houston
1982
ABC Afterschool Special
1972
Boomtown
2002
Capital News
1990
8MM
1999
Mancuso, F.B.I.
1989
A Year in the Life
1987
The Book of Daniel
2006
Wes Craven's New Nightmare
1994
Nasty Boys
1990
Shadow Chasers
1985
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
2010
Jessabelle
2014
Nightingales
1989
Diff'rent Strokes
1978
The Next Best Thing
2000
The Doctor
1991
Foxfire
1996
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"
2019
Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor
1994
How I Got Into College
1989
The Morning After
1986
The Manor
2021
Nightingales
1988
Romantic Comedy
1983
Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter
1984
The Sky is Falling
2001
Between Two Women
1986
Roots: The Gift
1988
The Violation of Sarah McDavid
1981
Friendships, Secrets and Lies
1979
Breaking the Silence
1992
Majority Rule
1992
Once in a Lifetime
1994
My Dad Can't Be Crazy... Can He?
1989
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
1984
Grave Misconduct
2008
The Knife and Gun Club
1990