Fran Bennett
Known For
Acting
Born
1937-08-14 in Malvern, Arkansas, USA
Died
2021-09-12
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.
Most Known For
NCIS
as Mary Elaine Smith
Star Trek: The Next Generation
as Fleet Admiral Shanthi
Murder, She Wrote
as Detective MacKenzie
ER
as Phyllis
ER
as Michelle
Scandal
as Louis
Community
as Nana
Quantum Leap
as Ada Simpson
Quantum Leap
as Marie Billings
Crossing Jordan
as Judge
Falcon Crest
as Nurse
Boston Legal
as Judge Diane Avent
Melrose Place
as Dr. Miller
The Twilight Zone
as UN Chairman (segment "A Small Talent for War")
Knots Landing
as Bev Tolner
Knots Landing
as Kimya Haman
Knots Landing
as Dr. Faulkner
The Fosters
as Iris
Numb3rs
as Estelle Brown
St. Elsewhere
as Nurse Julie Attucks