Fran Bennett

Fran Bennett

Born: November 25, 1934
Died: January 21, 1999
in Forth Worth, Texas, USA

Movies for Fran Bennett...

Return to 'Giant'
Title: Return to 'Giant'
Character: Self
Released: September 21, 1996
Type: Movie
In the summer of 1955, an army of cameramen, lighting techs and movie stars descended on the small, west Texas town of Marfa to film what has become, "the national movie of Texas."
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The Woman Who Willed a Miracle
Title: The Woman Who Willed a Miracle
Character: Nurse Matthews
Released: February 9, 1983
Type: Movie
Based on the true story of May Lemke. Her adopted son Leslie was born with cerebral palsy. May teaches him basic survival skills through the years. In his teens, he suddenly manifests an ability to play classical music on the piano.
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Title: The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Character: Self
Released: October 1, 1962
Type: TV
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from 1962 to 1992. It originally aired during late-night. For its first ten years, Carson's Tonight Show was based in New York City with occasional trips to Burbank, California; in May 1972, the show moved permanently to Burbank, California. In 2002, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson was ranked #12 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.
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Giant
Title: Giant
Character: Judy Benedict
Released: November 8, 1956
Type: Movie
Wealthy rancher Bick Benedict and dirt-poor cowboy Jett Rink both woo Leslie Lynnton, a beautiful young woman from Maryland who is new to Texas. She marries Benedict, but she is shocked by the racial bigotry of the White Texans against the local people of Mexican descent. Rink discovers oil on a small plot of land, and while he uses his vast, new wealth to buy all the land surrounding the Benedict ranch, the Benedict's disagreement over prejudice fuels conflict that runs across generations.
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Title: Highway Patrol
Character: Dolly Parker
Released: October 3, 1955
Type: TV
Highway Patrol was a syndicated, fictional police action series produced from 1955 to 1959, concerning the activities of the highway patrol and their leader, Dan Matthews (who held no rank). Although filmed in and around the Los Angeles area, the state setting for the stories was never identified, and city and street names were fictionalized.
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King of the Carnival
Title: King of the Carnival
Character: June Edwards
Released: June 27, 1955
Type: Movie
Treasury agents go after a ring of counterfeiters operating out of a traveling carnival.
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An Annapolis Story
Title: An Annapolis Story
Character: Connie Warren
Released: April 10, 1955
Type: Movie
Two brothers, both cadets at Annapolis, fall in love with the same girl.
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Title: Buffalo Bill Jr.
Character: Rowena Greeley
Released: March 1, 1955
Type: TV
Buffalo Bill, Jr. is an American Western television series starring Dickie Jones that aired in syndication from March 1, 1955, until September 21, 1956.
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Title: The Millionaire
Character: Cindy Bowen
Released: January 19, 1955
Type: TV
An anthology series that explored the ways sudden and unexpected wealth changed life for better or for worse. It told the stories of people who were given one million dollars from a benefactor who insisted they never know him, with one exception.
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Title: Public Defender
Character: Barbara
Released: March 11, 1954
Type: TV
The Public Defender is a half-hour 69-episode television dramatic series starring Reed Hadley as Bart Matthews, an attorney for the indigent. The series aired on CBS from March 11, 1954 to June 23, 1955, a season and a half.
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Title: The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
Character: Marilyn
Released: October 12, 1950
Type: TV
Burns and Allen, an American comedy duo consisting of George Burns and his wife, Gracie Allen, worked together as a comedy team in vaudeville, films, radio and television and achieved great success over four decades.