
Fran Bennett
Biography
Fran Bennett (August 14, 1937 – September 12, 2021) was an American actress, best 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

Breaking the Silence
1992 · 10.0

Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987 · 8.4

The Sky is Falling
2001 · 8.3

Tour of Duty
1987 · 8.1

Quantum Leap
1989 · 8.0

My Dad Can't Be Crazy... Can He?
1989 · 8.0

Community
2009 · 8.0

Boston Legal
2004 · 7.9

ER
1994 · 7.8

The Twilight Zone
1985 · 7.7

Shadow Chasers
1985 · 7.7

ALF
1986 · 7.6

NCIS
2003 · 7.6

Murder, She Wrote
1984 · 7.5

The Fosters
2013 · 7.5

Nightingales
1989 · 7.5

Highway to Heaven
1984 · 7.4

Lou Grant
1977 · 7.4

Early Edition
1996 · 7.4

Roots: The Gift
1988 · 7.3

Chicago Hope
1994 · 7.2

Scandal
2012 · 7.2

Crossing Jordan
2001 · 7.2

A Year in the Life
1987 · 7.2

Diff'rent Strokes
1978 · 7.1

Remington Steele
1982 · 7.1

Numb3rs
2005 · 7.0

L.A. Law
1986 · 7.0

Matlock
1986 · 7.0

Cagney & Lacey
1982 · 7.0

The Book of Daniel
2006 · 7.0

Knots Landing
1979 · 6.9

Arli$$
1996 · 6.9

Simon & Simon
1981 · 6.7

Providence
1999 · 6.7

American Playhouse
1982 · 6.6

Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"
2019 · 6.6

8MM
1999 · 6.5

ABC Afterschool Special
1972 · 6.5

Boomtown
2002 · 6.5

Wes Craven's New Nightmare
1994 · 6.5

Mancuso, F.B.I.
1989 · 6.5

Capital News
1990 · 6.5

The Doctor
1991 · 6.5

Nasty Boys
1990 · 6.4

Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor
1994 · 6.4

Matt Houston
1982 · 6.3

Jake and the Fatman
1987 · 6.2

Sunset Beach
1997 · 6.1

Foxfire
1996 · 6.0

The Morning After
1986 · 6.0

How I Got Into College
1989 · 6.0

Melrose Place
1992 · 5.8

St. Elsewhere
1982 · 5.7

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
1984 · 5.7

Between Two Women
1986 · 5.6

Falcon Crest
1981 · 5.6

The Manor
2021 · 5.5

Jessabelle
2014 · 5.4

The Next Best Thing
2000 · 5.2

Romantic Comedy
1983 · 5.2

Friendships, Secrets and Lies
1979 · 5.0

The Violation of Sarah McDavid
1981 · 4.5

Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter
1984 · 4.5
The Knife and Gun Club
1990 · 4.3

Grave Misconduct
2008 · 4.2