Fran Bennett

Fran Bennett
BornAugust 14, 1937
Malvern, Arkansas, U.S.
DiedSeptember 12, 2021 (aged 84)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active1961–2021
Employers
  • CalArts School of Theater, 1996-2003
  • Antaeus Theatre Company
  • Los Angeles Women's Shakespeare Company
  • London Academy of Dramatic Art
Notable workLead in "King Lear", Center for New Theater, Los Angeles, 2002
Television
  • The Bold and the Beautiful
  • Diff'rent Strokes
  • Guiding Light
  • Quantum Leap
  • Roots: The Next Generations
  • Scandal
Honours
  • NAACP Theatre Award
  • AEA/AFTRA/SAG Diversity Award
  • Arkansas Black Hall of Fame, inducted 2005

Fran Bennett (August 14, 1937[citation needed] – September 12, 2021) was an American actress, known for her works in theater and on television. She portrayed the role of Mother Olivia Jefferson in a re-creation of the pilot episode of The Jeffersons in Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's All in the Family and The Jeffersons.