Fran Bennett
Acting
1937-08-14 · Malvern, Arkansas, USA
Fran Bennett (August 14, 1937 – September 12, 2021) was an American actress, best 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.
Filmography
The Manor
2021 · Movie
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"
2019 · Movie
Jessabelle
2014 · Movie
The Fosters
2013 · Series
Scandal
2012 · Series
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
2010 · Movie
Community
2009 · Series
Grave Misconduct
2008 · Movie
The Book of Daniel
2006 · Series
Numb3rs
2005 · Series
Boston Legal
2004 · Series
NCIS
2003 · Series
Boomtown
2002 · Series
Crossing Jordan
2001 · Series
The Sky is Falling
2001 · Movie
The Next Best Thing
2000 · Movie
8MM
1999 · Movie
Providence
1999 · Series
Sunset Beach
1997 · Series
Early Edition
1996 · Series
Foxfire
1996 · Movie
Arli$$
1996 · Series
Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor
1994 · Movie
Wes Craven's New Nightmare
1994 · Movie
Once in a Lifetime
1994 · Movie
ER
1994 · Series
Chicago Hope
1994 · Series
Majority Rule
1992 · Movie
Melrose Place
1992 · Series
Breaking the Silence
1992 · Movie
The Doctor
1991 · Movie
The Knife and Gun Club
1990 · Movie
Capital News
1990 · Series
Nasty Boys
1990 · Series
Mancuso, F.B.I.
1989 · Series
My Dad Can't Be Crazy... Can He?
1989 · Movie
How I Got Into College
1989 · Movie
Quantum Leap
1989 · Series
Nightingales
1989 · Series
Roots: The Gift
1988 · Movie
Nightingales
1988 · Movie
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987 · Series
Jake and the Fatman
1987 · Series
Tour of Duty
1987 · Series
A Year in the Life
1987 · Series
The Morning After
1986 · Movie
ALF
1986 · Series
L.A. Law
1986 · Series
Between Two Women
1986 · Movie
Matlock
1986 · Series
Shadow Chasers
1985 · Series
The Twilight Zone
1985 · Series
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · Series
Highway to Heaven
1984 · Series
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
1984 · Movie
Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter
1984 · Movie
Romantic Comedy
1983 · Movie
St. Elsewhere
1982 · Series
Remington Steele
1982 · Series
Matt Houston
1982 · Series
Cagney & Lacey
1982 · Series
American Playhouse
1982 · Series
Falcon Crest
1981 · Series
Simon & Simon
1981 · Series
The Violation of Sarah McDavid
1981 · Movie
Knots Landing
1979 · Series
Friendships, Secrets and Lies
1979 · Movie
Diff'rent Strokes
1978 · Series
Lou Grant
1977 · Series
ABC Afterschool Special
1972 · Series