Acting credits
68
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Fran Bennett
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 26Series: 42
TMDB ID: 1212018
IMDb ID: nm0071754
Known for: Acting
Born: August 14, 1937
Died: September 12, 2021
Age: 84
Place of birth: Malvern, Arkansas, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1972 - 2021
Years active: 50
Average TMDB rating: 6.82
Wikidata: Q5478104
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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Fran Bennett.
5.5
The Manor
as Ruth
2021 Movie
6.6
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"
as Mother Jefferson
2019 Movie
5.4
Jessabelle
as Mrs. Davis
2014 Movie
7.8
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
as Self
2010 Movie
4.2
Grave Misconduct
as Mrs. Crutch
2008 Movie
8.0
The Sky is Falling
as Mrs. Quinn
2001 Movie
5.3
The Next Best Thing
as Judge Tracey Bennett
2000 Movie
6.5
8MM
as Nun
1999 Movie
6.0
Foxfire
as Judge Holifield
1996 Movie
6.3
Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor
as Judge Donna Andrews
1994 Movie
6.5
New Nightmare
as Dr. Christine Heffner
1994 Movie
4.4
Once in a Lifetime
as Dr. Liz Wells
1994 Movie
3.0
Majority Rule
as Jane
1992 Movie
Breaking the Silence
as Judge Virginia Richards
1992 Movie
6.5
The Doctor
as Admissions Secretary
1991 Movie
My Dad Can't Be Crazy... Can He?
as Nurse Etting
1989 Movie
5.9
How I Got Into College
as Mrs. Cook
1989 Movie
6.8
Roots: The Gift
as May
1988 Movie
Nightingales
as Nurse Ritt
1988 Movie
5.9
The Morning After
as Airline Clerk
1986 Movie
4.9
Between Two Women
as Night Nurse
1986 Movie
5.6
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
1984 Movie
1.0
Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter
as Miss Deal
1984 Movie
4.9
Romantic Comedy
as Doctor #1
1983 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Fran Bennett.
7.5
The Fosters
as Iris • 2 eps
2013 Series
7.2
Scandal
as Louis • 1 eps
2012 Series
8.0
Community
as Nana • 1 eps
2009 Series
6.6
The Book of Daniel
as Lorraine • 4 eps
2006 Series
7.0
Numb3rs
as Estelle Brown • 1 eps
2005 Series
7.9
Boston Legal
as Judge Diane Avent • 1 eps
2004 Series
7.6
NCIS
as Mary Elaine Smith • 2 eps
2003 Series
6.2
Boomtown
as Beatrice Rahming • 1 eps
2002 Series
7.2
Crossing Jordan
as Judge • 1 eps
2001 Series
6.5
Providence
as Chairwoman • 1 eps
1999 Series
6.0
Sunset Beach
6 eps
1997 Series
7.3
Early Edition
as Judge A. Harding Joseph • 1 eps
1996 Series
6.7
Arli$$
as Amelia Halimon • 1 eps
1996 Series
7.8
ER
as Phyllis • 1 eps
1994 Series
7.2
Chicago Hope
as Andrea Porter • 1 eps
1994 Series
5.9
Melrose Place
as Dr. Miller • 1 eps
1992 Series
6.0
Capital News
1 eps
1990 Series
6.0
Mancuso, F.B.I.
1 eps
1989 Series
5.5
Nasty Boys
1 eps
1989 Series
8.0
Quantum Leap
as Ada Simpson • 2 eps
1989 Series
5.0
Nightingales
as Head Nurse Lenore Ritt • 13 eps
1989 Series
8.4
Star Trek: The Next Generation
as Fleet Admiral Shanthi • 2 eps
1987 Series
6.2
Jake and the Fatman
as Thornton • 1 eps
1987 Series
8.1
Tour of Duty
as Mrs. Johnson • 1 eps
1987 Series