Fran Bennett

Fran Bennett

Birthday: 1937-08-14

Place of Birth: Malvern, Arkansas, USA

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.

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The Sky is Falling
The Sky is Falling

A young woman, struggling to become a novelist, has her life go into a tailspin. Her first novel is ...

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The Doctor
The Doctor

Jack McKee is a doctor with it all: he's successful, he's rich, and he has no problems.... until he ...

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New Nightmare
New Nightmare

A demonic force has chosen Freddy Krueger as its portal to the real world. Can Heather Langenkamp pl...

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Foxfire
Foxfire

The story of five teenage girls who form an unlikely bond after beating up a teacher who has sexuall...

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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

An alcoholic ex-football player drinks his days away, having failed to come to terms with his sexual...

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Romantic Comedy
Romantic Comedy

Jason is in need of a collaborator to give him inspiration. Phoebe is a small-town English teacher w...

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Roots: The Gift
Roots: The Gift

On Christmas Eve 1770, a young African warrior, who three years prior had been captured and sold int...

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Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter
Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter

TV movie biopic depicting the life, career, and family of comedian Ernie Kovacs....

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Once in a Lifetime
Once in a Lifetime

After losing her husband and baby daughter to a fire, Daphne Fields raises her deaf son while beginn...

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Nightingales
Nightingales

"Nightingales" are eight student nurses living off campus in Southern California in this stylish Aar...

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The Violation of Sarah McDavid
The Violation of Sarah McDavid

Sarah McDavid, an idealistic young teacher, takes a job in a rough high school where she is eventual...

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Majority Rule
Majority Rule

A war heroine returns to the US to run for president and ends up facing enemies worse than those in ...

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Breaking the Silence
Breaking the Silence

Drama about an attorney who defends a teenage boy accused of murdering his abusive father and must c...

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

Teenage boy is unable to deal with his schizophrenic father....

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How I Got Into College
How I Got Into College

High school senior Marlon Bowne is smitten with overachieving classmate Jessica Kailo. But, if he wa...

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Jessabelle
Jessabelle

A young woman recuperating at her father's run-down home after a tragic accident soon encounters a t...

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

Celebrities re-create an original episode each from "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons."...

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The Morning After
The Morning After

Failed actress Alex Sternbergen wakes up hungover one morning in an apartment she does not recognize...

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The Next Best Thing
The Next Best Thing

A comedy-drama about best friends - one a straight woman, Abbie, the other a gay man, Robert - who d...

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Friendships, Secrets and Lies
Friendships, Secrets and Lies

Six former sorority sisters are suspected of murder when a baby's skeleton is found in the ruins of ...

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Grave Misconduct
Grave Misconduct

A fledgling mystery writer sees an opportunity to advance her career after the death of a novelist/f...

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Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor
Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor

The alleged suicide of a gubernatorial candidate triggers a series of mysterious deaths leading to t...

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The Manor
The Manor

After suffering a stroke, Judith moves into a historic nursing home, where she begins to suspect som...

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The Knife and Gun Club
The Knife and Gun Club

Failed drama series pilot about events at a trauma center run by two doctors struggling to keep the ...

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Between Two Women
Between Two Women

When shy school teacher Val and Harry, the son of an aged opera singer, get married, Val quickly dis...

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8MM
8MM

A small, seemingly innocuous plastic reel of film leads surveillance specialist Tom Welles down an i...

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Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy

For decades, Freddy Krueger has slashed his way through the dreams of countless youngsters, scaring ...

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