Fran Bennett
Biography
Fran Bennett was an American actress who worked in theater and on television. Born in Malvern, Arkansas, she started on the stage and made her first television appearance on the daytime soap opera Guiding Light. Guest roles followed on Lou Grant, Dallas, Falcon Crest, Knots Landing, L.A. Law and Dynasty, and she had a regular part in the NBC medical drama Nightingales in 1989. She had recurring roles in the soap operas Sunset Beach, General Hospital and The Bold and the Beautiful, and in prime time on Crisis Center, Quantum Leap and The Book of Daniel. Her films included Foxfire (1996), The Next Best Thing (2000) and Jessabelle (2014). From 1996 to 2003 she led the performance program at the California Institute of the Arts School of Theater, and in 2019 she played Mother Olivia Jefferson in Live in Front of a Studio Audience.
84years old at death
- Born Malvern
- Died Baldwin Hills
- Star sign: LeoThe sign runs July 23 to August 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 8
- Career span
- 38 years1983 to 2021
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First role
Bennett began her acting career in theater, and she first appeared on television in the daytime soap opera Guiding Light.
Fran Bennett movies on Netflix
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Worked with
Fran Bennett shares two films with Jack Betts, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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All films by Joel Schumacher
All films by Kevin Greutert
All films by John Schlesinger
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