Fran Bennett
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1937-08-14 – 2021-09-12
Place of birth: Malvern, Arkansas, USA
Biography
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.
Known for
The Sky is Falling
2001Mrs. Quinn
The Doctor
1991Admissions Secretary
Wes Craven's New Nightmare
1994Dr. Christine Heffner
Foxfire
1996Judge Holifield
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
1984
Romantic Comedy
1983Doctor #1
Roots: The Gift
1988May
Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter
1984Miss Deal
Once in a Lifetime
1994Dr. Liz Wells
Nightingales
1988Nurse Ritt
The Violation of Sarah McDavid
1981Ms. Merriam
Majority Rule
1992Jane
Breaking the Silence
1992Judge Virginia Richards
My Dad Can't Be Crazy... Can He?
1989Nurse Etting
How I Got Into College
1989Mrs. Cook
Jessabelle
2014Mrs. Davis
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"
2019Mother Jefferson
The Morning After
1986Airline Clerk
The Next Best Thing
2000Judge Tracey Bennett