Actor
Fran Bennett
August 14, 1937 · Malvern, Arkansas, USA
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.
Notable work
7.6NCIS (2003)
as Mary Elaine Smith
6.58MM (1999)
as Nun
8Community (2009)
as Nana
8.4Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)
as Fleet Admiral Shanthi
6.5Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994)
as Dr. Christine Heffner
7.6ALF (1986)
as Mrs. Watson
7.8ER (1994)
as Phyllis and as Michelle
5.4Jessabelle (2014)
as Mrs. Davis
8Quantum Leap (1989)
as Ada Simpson and as Marie Billings
7.2Scandal (2012)
as Louis
7.5Murder, She Wrote (1984)
as Detective MacKenzie
7Numb3rs (2005)
as Estelle Brown
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