Fran Bennett
- Acting
- August 14, 1937 · Malvern, Arkansas, USA
- September 12, 2021
Biography
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.
Known for
Filmography
- The Manor · Ruth
- Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons" · Mother Jefferson
- Jessabelle · Mrs. Davis
- The Fosters · Iris
- Scandal · Louis
- Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy · Self
- Community · Nana
- Grave Misconduct · Mrs. Crutch
- The Book of Daniel · Lorraine
- Numb3rs · Estelle Brown
- Boston Legal · Judge Diane Avent
- NCIS · Mary Elaine Smith
- Boomtown · Beatrice Rahming
- Crossing Jordan · Judge
- The Sky is Falling · Mrs. Quinn
- The Next Best Thing · Judge Tracey Bennett
- 8MM · Nun
- Providence · Chairwoman
- Sunset Beach
- Early Edition · Judge A. Harding Joseph
- Foxfire · Judge Holifield
- Arli$ · Amelia Halimon
- Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor · Judge Donna Andrews
- Wes Craven's New Nightmare · Dr. Christine Heffner
- Once in a Lifetime · Dr. Liz Wells
- ER · Phyllis, Michelle
- Chicago Hope · Andrea Porter, Odelia Wilkes
- Majority Rule · Jane
- Melrose Place · Dr. Miller
- Breaking the Silence · Judge Virginia Richards
- The Doctor · Admissions Secretary
- The Knife and Gun Club · Nurse Mary Falk
- Capital News
- Nasty Boys
- Mancuso, F.B.I.
- My Dad Can't Be Crazy... Can He? · Nurse Etting
- How I Got Into College · Mrs. Cook
- Quantum Leap · Ada Simpson, Marie Billings
- Nightingales · Head Nurse Lenore Ritt
- Roots: The Gift · May
- Nightingales · Nurse Ritt
- Star Trek: The Next Generation · Fleet Admiral Shanthi
- Jake and the Fatman · Thornton, Judge (uncredited)
- Tour of Duty · Mrs. Johnson
- A Year in the Life · Mrs. Caldwell
- The Morning After · Airline Clerk
- ALF · Mrs. Watson
- L.A. Law · Judge Hillary Miller Johnson
- Between Two Women · Night Nurse
- Matlock · Betty Harding
- Shadow Chasers · Dr. Frolov
- The Twilight Zone · UN Chairman (segment "A Small Talent for War")
- Murder, She Wrote · Detective MacKenzie
- Highway to Heaven · Flora
- Cat on a Hot Tin Roof · Sookey
- Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter · Miss Deal
- Romantic Comedy · Doctor #1
- St. Elsewhere · Nurse Julie Attucks
- Remington Steele · Coroner
- Matt Houston · Lucille
- Cagney & Lacey
- American Playhouse · Sookey
- Falcon Crest · Nurse
- Simon & Simon · Wanda Tale
- The Violation of Sarah McDavid · Ms. Merriam
- Knots Landing · Bev Tolner, Kimya Haman
- Friendships, Secrets and Lies · Clarissa
- Diff'rent Strokes
- Lou Grant · Sarah, Chaney
- ABC Afterschool Special · Nurse Etting