Fran Bennett
Known for: Acting
Born: August 14, 1937
Died: September 12, 2021
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
27 movies · 43 TV shows, newest first
5.5
The Manor
2021
6.6
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"
2019
5.4
Jessabelle
2014
7.5
The Fosters
2013
7.2
Scandal
2012
7.8
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
2010
8.0
Community
2009
4.2
Grave Misconduct
2008
7.0
The Book of Daniel
2006
7.0
Numb3rs
2005
7.9
Boston Legal
2004
7.6
NCIS
2003
6.4
Boomtown
2002
7.2
Crossing Jordan
2001
8.3
The Sky is Falling
2001
5.2
The Next Best Thing
2000
6.5
8MM
1999
6.7
Providence
1999
6.1
Sunset Beach
1997
7.4
Early Edition
1996
6.0
Foxfire
1996
6.9
Arli$$
1996
6.4
Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor
1994
6.5
Wes Craven's New Nightmare
1994
5.0
Once in a Lifetime
1994
7.8
ER
1994
7.2
Chicago Hope
1994
6.0
Majority Rule
1992
5.8
Melrose Place
1992
10.0
Breaking the Silence
1992
6.5
The Doctor
19914.3
The Knife and Gun Club
1990
6.5
Capital News
1990
6.4
Nasty Boys
1990
6.5
Mancuso, F.B.I.
1989
NR
My Dad Can't Be Crazy... Can He?
1989
6.0
How I Got Into College
1989
8.0
Quantum Leap
1989
7.5
Nightingales
1989
7.3
Roots: The Gift
1988
NR
Nightingales
1988
8.4
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987
6.2
Jake and the Fatman
1987
8.1
Tour of Duty
1987
7.2
A Year in the Life
1987
6.0
The Morning After
1986
7.7
ALF
1986
7.1
L.A. Law
1986
5.6
Between Two Women
1986
7.1
Matlock
1986
7.7
Shadow Chasers
1985
7.7
The Twilight Zone
1985
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
1984
7.4
Highway to Heaven
1984
5.7
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
1984
4.5
Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter
1984
5.2
Romantic Comedy
1983
5.7
St. Elsewhere
1982
7.1
Remington Steele
1982
6.3
Matt Houston
1982
6.9
Cagney & Lacey
1982
6.6
American Playhouse
1982
5.5
Falcon Crest
1981
6.7
Simon & Simon
1981
4.5
The Violation of Sarah McDavid
1981
7.0
Knots Landing
1979
5.0
Friendships, Secrets and Lies
1979
7.1
Diff'rent Strokes
1978
7.4
Lou Grant
1977
6.5
ABC Afterschool Special
1972