Fran Bennett
Acting
🎂 1937-08-14
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.
Cast credits(76)
Mary Elaine Smith
2003
Fleet Admiral Shanthi
1987
Judge
2001
Mrs. Johnson
1987
Sarah
1977
Chaney
1977
Estelle Brown
2005
Nana
2009
Iris
2013
Judge Diane Avent
2004
Nurse Etting
1972
Mrs. Watson
1986
Detective MacKenzie
1984
Ada Simpson
1989
Marie Billings
1989
Phyllis
1994
Michelle
1994
Bev Tolner
1979
Kimya Haman
1979
Dr. Faulkner
1979
Judge Hillary Miller Johnson
1986
UN Chairman (segment "A Small Talent for War")
1985
Thornton
1987
Judge (uncredited)
1987
1989
1997
Lucille
1982
Louis
2012
Wanda Tale
1981
Coroner
1982
Dr. Miller
1992
Nurse
1981
1982
Dr. Frolov
1985
Flora
1984
Betty Harding
1986
1994
Nurse Julie Attucks
1982
Chairwoman
1999
Judge A. Harding Joseph
1996
1989
Amelia Halimon
1996
Mrs. Caldwell
1987
Nun
1999
Dr. Christine Heffner
1994
Beatrice Rahming
2002
Self
2010
Lorraine
2006
1990
Mrs. Davis
2014
Head Nurse Lenore Ritt
1989
Ruth
2021
Judge Holifield
1996
Admissions Secretary
1991
1978
Judge Tracey Bennett
2000
Airline Clerk
1986
Mrs. Cook
1989
May
1988
Shanthi (archive footage)
1991
Mrs. Quinn
2001
Doctor #1
1983
Judge Donna Andrews
1994
Ms. Merriam
1981
Mrs. Crutch
2008
Mother Jefferson
2019
Nurse Mary Falk
1990
Night Nurse
1986
Dr. Liz Wells
1994
1984
Clarissa
1979
Judge Virginia Richards
1992
Miss Deal
1984
Jane
1992
Nurse Ritt
1988
Nurse Etting
1989