
Fran Bennett
Actress
Born: August 14, 1937 (84 years old)
Died: September 12, 2021
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.
Filmography (50)
- Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy (2010, ★ 7.8)
- Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987, ★ 8.4)
- The Doctor (1991, ★ 6.5)
- Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994, ★ 6.5)
- Roots: The Gift (1988, ★ 6.8)
- Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons" (2019, ★ 6.6)
- 8MM (1999, ★ 6.5)
- Numb3rs (2005, ★ 7)
- Remington Steele (1982, ★ 7.1)
- L.A. Law (1986, ★ 7.1)
- Providence (1999, ★ 6.5)
- Early Edition (1996, ★ 7.3)
- Crossing Jordan (2001, ★ 7.2)
- Quantum Leap (1989, ★ 8)
- ER (1994, ★ 7.8)
- Boston Legal (2004, ★ 7.9)
- ALF (1986, ★ 7.6)
- Tour of Duty (1987, ★ 8.1)
- Diff'rent Strokes (1978, ★ 7.1)
- Community (2009, ★ 8)
- Cagney & Lacey (1982, ★ 7)
- The Fosters (2013, ★ 7.5)
- Scandal (2012, ★ 7.2)
- Matlock (1986, ★ 7.1)
- Highway to Heaven (1984, ★ 7.4)
- Murder, She Wrote (1984, ★ 7.5)
- Lou Grant (1977, ★ 7.3)
- NCIS (2003, ★ 7.6)
- The Twilight Zone (1985, ★ 7.8)
- Foxfire (1996, ★ 6)