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Fran Bennett

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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Malvern, Arkansas, USA, 1937-08-14

Died: 2021-09-12

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1979	Friendships, Secrets and Lies	Clarissa	48
2	1981	The Violation of Sarah McDavid	Ms. Merriam	35
3	1983	Romantic Comedy	Doctor #1	52
4	1984	Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter	Miss Deal	10
5	1984	Cat on a Hot Tin Roof		55
6	1986	Between Two Women	Night Nurse	47
7	1986	The Morning After	Airline Clerk	59
8	1988	Nightingales	Nurse Ritt	0
9	1988	Roots: The Gift	May	68
10	1989	How I Got Into College	Mrs. Cook	59
11	1989	My Dad Can't Be Crazy... Can He?	Nurse Etting	0
12	1990	The Knife and Gun Club	Nurse Mary Falk	20
13	1991	The Doctor	Admissions Secretary	64
14	1991	Star Trek: The Next Generation - Redemption	Shanthi (archive footage)	64
15	1992	Breaking the Silence	Judge Virginia Richards	0
16	1992	Majority Rule	Jane	30
17	1994	Once in a Lifetime	Dr. Liz Wells	44
18	1994	New Nightmare	Dr. Christine Heffner	64
19	1994	Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor	Judge Donna Andrews	67
20	1996	Foxfire	Judge Holifield	60
21	1999	8MM	Nun	65
22	2000	The Next Best Thing	Judge Tracey Bennett	53
23	2001	The Sky is Falling	Mrs. Quinn	80
24	2008	Grave Misconduct	Mrs. Crutch	42
25	2010	Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy	Self	78
26	2014	Jessabelle	Mrs. Davis	54
27	2019	Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"	Mother Jefferson	66
28	2021	The Manor	Ruth	55

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1972	ABC Afterschool Special	Nurse Etting	64
2	1977	Lou Grant	Sarah	73
3	1977	Lou Grant	Chaney	73
4	1978	Diff'rent Strokes		70
5	1979	Knots Landing	Bev Tolner	69
6	1979	Knots Landing	Kimya Haman	69
7	1979	Knots Landing	Dr. Faulkner	69
8	1981	Simon & Simon	Wanda Tale	67
9	1981	Falcon Crest	Nurse	55
10	1982	Cagney & Lacey		69
11	1982	Matt Houston	Lucille	62
12	1982	Remington Steele	Coroner	71
13	1982	St. Elsewhere	Nurse Julie Attucks	55
14	1984	Highway to Heaven	Flora	74
15	1984	Murder, She Wrote	Detective MacKenzie	75
16	1985	The Twilight Zone	UN Chairman (segment "A Small Talent for War")	78
17	1985	Shadow Chasers	Dr. Frolov	65
18	1986	Matlock	Betty Harding	71
19	1986	L.A. Law	Judge Hillary Miller Johnson	71
20	1986	ALF	Mrs. Watson	77
21	1987	A Year in the Life	Mrs. Caldwell	68
22	1987	Tour of Duty	Mrs. Johnson	80
23	1987	Jake and the Fatman	Thornton	60
24	1987	Jake and the Fatman	Judge (uncredited)	60
25	1987	Star Trek: The Next Generation	Fleet Admiral Shanthi	84
26	1989	Nightingales	Head Nurse Lenore Ritt	50
27	1989	Quantum Leap	Ada Simpson	80
28	1989	Quantum Leap	Marie Billings	80
29	1989	Nasty Boys		55
30	1989	Mancuso, F.B.I.		60
31	1990	Capital News		60
32	1992	Melrose Place	Dr. Miller	59
33	1994	Chicago Hope		72
34	1994	ER	Phyllis	78
35	1994	ER	Michelle	78
36	1996	Arliss	Amelia Halimon	67
37	1996	Early Edition	Judge A. Harding Joseph	73
38	1997	Sunset Beach		61
39	1999	Providence	Chairwoman	65
40	2001	Crossing Jordan	Judge	72
41	2002	Boomtown	Beatrice Rahming	65
42	2003	NCIS	Mary Elaine Smith	76
43	2004	Boston Legal	Judge Diane Avent	79
44	2005	Numb3rs	Estelle Brown	71
45	2006	The Book of Daniel	Lorraine	71
46	2009	Community	Nana	80
47	2012	Scandal	Louis	71
48	2013	The Fosters	Iris	76