Acting
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.
NCIS
2003 · TV
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987 · TV
ER
1994 · TV
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · TV
Scandal
2012 · TV
Crossing Jordan
2001 · TV
Community
2009 · TV
Boston Legal
2004 · TV
Quantum Leap
1989 · TV
Chicago Hope
1994 · TV
Knots Landing
1979 · TV
Melrose Place
1992 · TV
Falcon Crest
1981 · TV
Numb3rs
2005 · TV
Matlock
1986 · TV
Simon & Simon
1981 · TV
ALF
1986 · TV
L.A. Law
1986 · TV
St. Elsewhere
1982 · TV
The Twilight Zone
1985 · TV
Remington Steele
1982 · TV
Highway to Heaven
1984 · TV
Cagney & Lacey
1982 · TV
Sunset Beach
1997 · TV
The Fosters
2013 · TV
Lou Grant
1977 · TV
Early Edition
1996 · TV
Tour of Duty
1987 · TV
Arli$$
1996 · TV
Jake and the Fatman
1987 · TV
Providence
1999 · TV
ABC Afterschool Special
1972 · TV
Matt Houston
1982 · TV
Boomtown
2002 · TV
Wes Craven's New Nightmare
1994 · Movie
Capital News
1990 · TV
Nasty Boys
1990 · TV
8MM
1999 · Movie
Mancuso, F.B.I.
1989 · TV
A Year in the Life
1987 · TV
Shadow Chasers
1985 · TV
The Book of Daniel
2006 · TV
Jessabelle
2014 · Movie
Foxfire
1996 · Movie
Nightingales
1989 · TV
The Doctor
1991 · Movie
Diff'rent Strokes
1978 · TV
The Manor
2021 · Movie
The Next Best Thing
2000 · Movie
How I Got Into College
1989 · Movie
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
2010 · Movie
The Morning After
1986 · Movie
Roots: The Gift
1988 · Movie
Romantic Comedy
1983 · Movie
Majority Rule
1992 · Movie
Between Two Women
1986 · Movie
The Violation of Sarah McDavid
1981 · Movie
★ 6.6Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"
2019 · Movie
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
1984 · Movie
Once in a Lifetime
1994 · Movie
Nightingales
1988 · Movie
Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter
1984 · Movie
Grave Misconduct
2008 · Movie
Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor
1994 · Movie
The Sky is Falling
2001 · Movie
Friendships, Secrets and Lies
1979 · Movie
Breaking the Silence
1992 · Movie
My Dad Can't Be Crazy... Can He?
1989 · Movie
