Fran Bennett
Acting • Born 1937-08-14 – Died 2021-09-12
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
76 credits
The Sky is Falling
Movie • 2001
Mrs. Quinn
The Doctor
Movie • 1991
Admissions Secretary
Wes Craven's New Nightmare
Movie • 1994
Dr. Christine Heffner
Foxfire
Movie • 1996
Judge Holifield
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Movie • 1984
Romantic Comedy
Movie • 1983
Doctor #1
Roots: The Gift
Movie • 1988
May
Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter
Movie • 1984
Miss Deal
Once in a Lifetime
Movie • 1994
Dr. Liz Wells
Nightingales
Movie • 1988
Nurse Ritt
The Violation of Sarah McDavid
Movie • 1981
Ms. Merriam
Majority Rule
Movie • 1992
Jane
Breaking the Silence
Movie • 1992
Judge Virginia Richards
My Dad Can't Be Crazy... Can He?
Movie • 1989
Nurse Etting
How I Got Into College
Movie • 1989
Mrs. Cook
Jessabelle
Movie • 2014
Mrs. Davis
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"
Movie • 2019
Mother Jefferson
The Morning After
Movie • 1986
Airline Clerk
The Next Best Thing
Movie • 2000
Judge Tracey Bennett
Friendships, Secrets and Lies
Movie • 1979
Clarissa
Grave Misconduct
Movie • 2008
Mrs. Crutch
Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor
Movie • 1994
Judge Donna Andrews
The Manor
Movie • 2021
Ruth
The Knife and Gun Club
Movie • 1990
Nurse Mary Falk
Between Two Women
Movie • 1986
Night Nurse
8MM
Movie • 1999
Nun
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
Movie • 2010
Self
St. Elsewhere
TV • 1982
Nurse Julie Attucks
Falcon Crest
TV • 1981
Nurse
Numb3rs
TV • 2005
Estelle Brown
Remington Steele
TV • 1982
Coroner
Star Trek: The Next Generation
TV • 1987
Fleet Admiral Shanthi
Boomtown
TV • 2002
Beatrice Rahming
L.A. Law
TV • 1986
Judge Hillary Miller Johnson
Providence
TV • 1999
Chairwoman
Sunset Beach
TV • 1997
Early Edition
TV • 1996
Judge A. Harding Joseph
Simon & Simon
TV • 1981
Wanda Tale
Crossing Jordan
TV • 2001
Judge
Diff'rent Strokes
TV • 1978
The Book of Daniel
TV • 2006
Lorraine
Knots Landing
TV • 1979
Bev Tolner
Quantum Leap
TV • 1989
Ada Simpson
Mancuso, F.B.I.
TV • 1989
Cagney & Lacey
TV • 1982
Melrose Place
TV • 1992
Dr. Miller
Jake and the Fatman
TV • 1987
Thornton
Chicago Hope
TV • 1994
Andrea Porter
ER
TV • 1994
Phyllis
Boston Legal
TV • 2004
Judge Diane Avent
ALF
TV • 1986
Mrs. Watson
Tour of Duty
TV • 1987
Mrs. Johnson
Matt Houston
TV • 1982
Lucille
Nightingales
TV • 1989
Head Nurse Lenore Ritt
ABC Afterschool Special
TV • 1972
Nurse Etting
Community
TV • 2009
Nana
Nasty Boys
TV • 1989
The Fosters
TV • 2013
Iris
ER
TV • 1994
Michelle
Quantum Leap
TV • 1989
Marie Billings
A Year in the Life
TV • 1987
Mrs. Caldwell
Scandal
TV • 2012
Louis
Matlock
TV • 1986
Betty Harding
Highway to Heaven
TV • 1984
Flora
Shadow Chasers
TV • 1985
Dr. Frolov
Arli$$
TV • 1996
Amelia Halimon
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Detective MacKenzie
Knots Landing
TV • 1979
Dr. Faulkner
Knots Landing
TV • 1979
Kimya Haman
Lou Grant
TV • 1977
Sarah
Lou Grant
TV • 1977
Chaney
NCIS
TV • 2003
Mary Elaine Smith
Jake and the Fatman
TV • 1987
Judge (uncredited)
Capital News
TV • 1990
The Twilight Zone
TV • 1985
UN Chairman (segment "A Small Talent for War")
Chicago Hope
TV • 1994
Odelia Wilkes