Fran Bennett

Fran Bennett (84)

1937-08-14 - 2021-09-12 | Malvern, Arkansas, USA

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.

On Movies

  • The Manor
  • Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"
  • Jessabelle
  • Grave Misconduct
  • The Sky is Falling
  • The Next Best Thing
  • 8MM
  • Foxfire
  • Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor
  • New Nightmare
  • Once in a Lifetime
  • Majority Rule
  • Breaking the Silence
  • The Doctor
  • The Knife and Gun Club
  • My Dad Can't Be Crazy... Can He?
  • How I Got Into College
  • Roots: The Gift
  • Nightingales
  • The Morning After
  • Between Two Women
  • Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
  • Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter
  • Romantic Comedy
  • The Violation of Sarah McDavid
  • Friendships, Secrets and Lies

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