Fran Bennett
Acting
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.
Born: August 14, 1937
Place of Birth: Malvern, Arkansas, USA
Known For
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Follow the intergalactic adventures of Capt. Jean-Luc Picard and his loyal crew aboard the all-new USS Enterprise NCC-1701D, as they explore new worlds.
Tour of Duty
The trials of a U.S. Army platoon serving in the field during the Vietnam War.
Quantum Leap
Theorizing that one could time travel within his own lifetime, Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator and vanished... He woke to find himself trapped in the past, facing mirror images that were not his own and driven by an unknown force to change history for the better. His only guide on this journey is Al, an observer from his own time, who appears in the form of a hologram that only Sam can see and hear. And so Dr. Beckett finds himself leaping from life to life, striving to put right what once went wrong and hoping each time that his next leap will be the leap home.
Quantum Leap
Theorizing that one could time travel within his own lifetime, Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator and vanished... He woke to find himself trapped in the past, facing mirror images that were not his own and driven by an unknown force to change history for the better. His only guide on this journey is Al, an observer from his own time, who appears in the form of a hologram that only Sam can see and hear. And so Dr. Beckett finds himself leaping from life to life, striving to put right what once went wrong and hoping each time that his next leap will be the leap home.
The Sky is Falling
A young woman, struggling to become a novelist, has her life go into a tailspin. Her first novel is rejected, her non-committal boy friend decides to take a powder, her best friend moves to Mexico for an acting job, and her mother announces that her long presumed dead father is actually a hippie photographer who has come to town to meet her. Sinking into a depression at being a total failure at 28, she starts fantasizing about suicide. In her depths of despair she meets various eccentric characters including a chain-smoking Santa Claus and an obnoxious literary agent. But her belief in herself is only restored when she meets a patient in a hospital where she does volunteer work.
Community
Follow the lives of a group of students at what is possibly the world’s worst community college in the fictional locale of Greendale, Colorado.
Boston Legal
Alan Shore and Denny Crane lead a brigade of high-priced civil litigators in an upscale Boston law firm in a series focusing on the professional and personal lives of brilliant but often emotionally challenged attorneys. A spin-off of long-running series The Practice.
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
For decades, Freddy Krueger has slashed his way through the dreams of countless youngsters, scaring up over half a billion dollars at the box office across eight terrifying, spectacular films.
ER
ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by the dedicated physicians and staff of its overburdened emergency room.
ER
ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by the dedicated physicians and staff of its overburdened emergency room.
Filmography
as Ruth
as Mrs. Davis
as Iris
as Louis
as Nana
as Mrs. Crutch
as Lorraine
as Estelle Brown
as Judge Diane Avent
as Mary Elaine Smith
as Beatrice Rahming
as Judge
as Mrs. Quinn
as Judge Tracey Bennett
as Nun
as Chairwoman
as Judge A. Harding Joseph
as Judge Holifield
as Amelia Halimon
as Judge Donna Andrews
as Dr. Christine Heffner
as Dr. Liz Wells
as Phyllis
as Michelle
as Andrea Porter
as Odelia Wilkes
as Jane
as Dr. Miller
as Judge Virginia Richards
as Admissions Secretary
as Nurse Etting
as Mrs. Cook
as Ada Simpson
as Marie Billings
as Head Nurse Lenore Ritt
as May
as Nurse Ritt
as Fleet Admiral Shanthi
as Thornton
as Judge (uncredited)
as Mrs. Johnson
as Mrs. Caldwell
as Airline Clerk
as Mrs. Watson
as Judge Hillary Miller Johnson
as Night Nurse
as Betty Harding
as Dr. Frolov
as UN Chairman (segment "A Small Talent for War")
as Detective MacKenzie
as Flora
as Miss Deal
as Doctor #1
as Nurse Julie Attucks
as Coroner
as Lucille
as Nurse
as Wanda Tale
as Ms. Merriam
as Bev Tolner
as Kimya Haman
as Dr. Faulkner
as Clarissa
as Sarah
as Chaney
as Nurse Etting