
Fran Bennett
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.
Acting (26 movies)

The Sky is Falling
2001

The Doctor
1991

New Nightmare
1994

Foxfire
1996

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
1984

Romantic Comedy
1983

Roots: The Gift
1988

Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter
1984

Once in a Lifetime
1994

Nightingales
1988

The Violation of Sarah McDavid
1981

Majority Rule
1992

Breaking the Silence
1992

My Dad Can't Be Crazy... Can He?
1989

How I Got Into College
1989

Jessabelle
2014

Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"
2019

The Morning After
1986

The Next Best Thing
2000

Friendships, Secrets and Lies
1979

Grave Misconduct
2008

Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor
1994

The Manor
2021

Between Two Women
1986

8MM
1999

Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
2010
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