Fran Bennett

Fran Bennett August 14 1937 September 12 2021 was an American actress best 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 LA 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