Fran Bennett

Actor Aug 14 (died age 84) Malvern, Arkansas, USA 1972–2021 (49 year career)

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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 (1…

Known For

Film

8MM

Nun

Film

Wes Craven's New Nightmare

Dr. Christine Heffner

Film

Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy

Self

Film

Jessabelle

Mrs. Davis

Film

The Manor

Ruth

Film

Foxfire

Judge Holifield

Film

The Morning After

Airline Clerk

Film

The Doctor

Admissions Secretary

Filmography

Acting (69)

Movies (27)

The Manor

2021

as Ruth

5.5

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

as Mother Jefferson

Jessabelle

as Mrs. Davis

Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy

as Self

Grave Misconduct

as Mrs. Crutch

The Sky is Falling

as Mrs. Quinn

The Next Best Thing

as Judge Tracey Bennett

8MM

as Nun

Foxfire

as Judge Holifield

Wes Craven's New Nightmare

1994

as Dr. Christine Heffner

6.5

Once in a Lifetime

1994

as Dr. Liz Wells

4.4

Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor

1994

as Judge Donna Andrews

Majority Rule

as Jane

Breaking the Silence

as Judge Virginia Richards

The Doctor

1991

as Admissions Secretary

6.5

The Knife and Gun Club

1990

as Nurse Mary Falk

2.0

How I Got Into College

1989

as Mrs. Cook

5.9

My Dad Can't Be Crazy... Can He?

1989

as Nurse Etting

Nightingales

1988

as Nurse Ritt

Roots: The Gift

as May

The Morning After

as Airline Clerk

Between Two Women

as Night Nurse

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

1984

5.6

Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter

as Miss Deal

Romantic Comedy

as Doctor #1

The Violation of Sarah McDavid

1981

as Ms. Merriam

3.0

Friendships, Secrets and Lies

1979

as Clarissa

4.2

Television (42)

The Fosters

as Iris

Scandal

as Louis

Community

as Nana

The Book of Daniel

as Lorraine

Numb3rs

as Estelle Brown

Boston Legal

as Judge Diane Avent

NCIS

as Mary Elaine Smith

Boomtown

as Beatrice Rahming

Crossing Jordan

as Judge

Providence

as Chairwoman

Sunset Beach

Arli$$

as Amelia Halimon

Early Edition

as Judge A. Harding Joseph

as Phyllis

Chicago Hope

as Andrea Porter

Melrose Place

as Dr. Miller

Capital News

Quantum Leap

as Ada Simpson

Mancuso, F.B.I.

Nasty Boys

Nightingales

as Head Nurse Lenore Ritt

5.0

Star Trek: The Next Generation

1987

as Fleet Admiral Shanthi

Tour of Duty

as Mrs. Johnson

Jake and the Fatman

as Judge (uncredited)

A Year in the Life

as Mrs. Caldwell

L.A. Law

as Hillary Miller Johnson

Matlock

as Betty Harding

ALF

as Mrs. Watson

The Twilight Zone

as UN Chairman (segment "A Small Talent for War")

Shadow Chasers

as Dr. Frolov

Murder, She Wrote

as Detective MacKenzie

Highway to Heaven

as Flora

St. Elsewhere

as Nurse Julie Attucks

Cagney & Lacey

Matt Houston

as Lucille

Remington Steele

as Coroner

Simon & Simon

as Wanda Tale

Falcon Crest

as Nurse

Knots Landing

as Bev Tolner

Diff'rent Strokes

Lou Grant

as Sarah

ABC Afterschool Special

1972

as Nurse Etting

6.4