
Place of Birth:
Malvern, Arkansas, USA
Date of Birth:
8/14/1937
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.

The Sky is Falling

The Doctor

New Nightmare

Foxfire

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Romantic Comedy

Roots: The Gift

Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter

Once in a Lifetime

Nightingales

The Violation of Sarah McDavid

Majority Rule

Breaking the Silence

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

How I Got Into College

Jessabelle

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

The Morning After

The Next Best Thing

Friendships, Secrets and Lies

Grave Misconduct

Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor

The Manor
The Knife and Gun Club

Between Two Women

8MM

Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy