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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
September 18, 1949
Place of Birth:
Gadsden, Alabama, USA
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Beth Grant
Biography
Beth Grant (born September 18, 1949) is an American actress. She is known for often playing characters who are conservatives, religious zealots or sticklers for rules.
She has appeared in dozens of films, including Rain Man, Speed; To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar; Love Field; Donnie Darko; A Time to Kill; Little Miss Sunshine; Child's Play 2; Daltry Calhoun; City Slickers 2; Don't Tell Her It's Me; Matchstick Men; Factory Girl; The Wizard; Sordid Lives; The Rookie; All About Steve; No Country for Old Men, Crazy Heart, and Rango.
Grant has also appeared in many TV shows, including Everwood; Delta; The Golden Girls; Malcolm in the Middle; The X-Files; Friends; CSI; Six Feet Under; Wonderfalls; My Name Is Earl; Yes, Dear; King of the Hill; The Office; Angel; Judging Amy; Jericho; Sordid Lives: The Series; Criminal Minds, Sabrina The Teenage Witch; True Blood; How I Met Your Mother; and The Mentalist.
Grant was born in Gadsden, Alabama, and is an alumna of East Carolina University. She is married to actor Michael Chieffo with whom she has one child.
Grant played the same character, Marianne Marie Beetle, in the short-lived show Wonderfalls and Pushing Daisies, both created by Bryan Fuller.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Sweet Dreams | Sandra |
| 2024 | Doc of Chucky | Self |
| 2023 | Maximum Truth | Mary Jo Nackserson |
| 2022 | Amsterdam | Mrs. Dillenbeck |
| 2021 | Grave Intentions | Mattie Whalen (segment "The Bridge Partner") |
| 2021 | Willy's Wonderland | Sheriff Eloise Lund |
| 2020 | Wander Darkly | Patty |
| 2020 | Fully Realized Humans | Tipper |
| 2020 | La Sirena | Penny |
| 2020 | Sordid Lives | |
| 2020 | Words on Bathroom Walls | Sister Catherine |
| 2019 | Hold On | Shelly |
| 2019 | William | Dr. Thomas |
| 2018 | The Adventures of Thomasina Sawyer | Ms. Dobbins |
| 2018 | Andover | Rebecca |
| 2018 | Mississippi Requiem | |
| 2018 | Nostalgia | Anna O'Bryan |
| 2018 | Hover | Joanna |
| 2018 | Wake the Riderless Horse | Brenda |
| 2017 | Domain | Nadine |
| 2017 | Actors Anonymous | |
| 2017 | Lucky | Elaine |
| 2017 | Tenn | Edwina Williams |
| 2017 | I Do... Until I Don't | Phyllis |
| 2017 | Tiny Mammals | Narrator |
| 2016 | Band of Robbers | Widow Douglas |
| 2016 | Great Plains | Tess |
| 2016 | Jackie | Lady Bird Johnson |
| 2016 | The Labyrinth | Betsy |
| 2016 | Heartland | Crystal |
| 2016 | In Dubious Battle | Ethel |
| 2016 | Tond | Janice |
| 2016 | Boys on Film 14: Worlds Collide | Linda Heim (segment "The Violation") |
| 2016 | Six L.A. Love Stories | Meg Albright |
| 2016 | All In | Cynthia |
| 2015 | The Midnight Swim | Amelia Brooks / Great Aunt |
| 2015 | Consumed | Kristin Kessler |
| 2015 | Addicted to Fresno | Tilda |
| 2015 | Just Before I Go | Mrs. Lawrence |
| 2015 | Alex of Venice | Teacher |
| 2015 | The Bridge Partner | Mattie Whalen |
| 2014 | Odyssea | Woman |
| 2014 | Faults | Evelyn |
| 2013 | As I Lay Dying | Addie Bundren |
| 2013 | Bad Words | Bedazzled Judge |
| 2013 | Miss Dial | Mrs. Wojiechowski |
| 2013 | Out West | Tiffany Alcott |
| 2013 | The Violation | Linda Heim |
| 2012 | Blues for Willadean | Willadeen Winkler |
| 2012 | Mockingbird Lane | Marie |
| 2012 | La Classe américaine | Self |
| 2011 | Life of Lemon | Phyllis |
| 2011 | The Artist | Peppy's Maid |
| 2011 | Valley of the Sun | Marva |
| 2011 | Hollywood to Dollywood | Self |
| 2011 | Sedona | Deb |
| 2011 | Rango | Bonnie (voice) |
| 2011 | Mister Handsome | Emily's Mom |
| 2010 | In My Sleep | Evelyn |
| 2010 | Operation: Endgame | Susan |
| 2010 | Spork | Principal Tulip |
| 2009 | All About Steve | Mrs. Horowitz |
| 2009 | Extract | Mary |
| 2009 | Winged Creatures | Carla's Mom |
| 2009 | Dear Lemon Lima | Principal Applebomb |
| 2009 | Herpes Boy | Mom |
| 2009 | Crazy Heart | Jo Ann |
| 2009 | Stolen | Older Edvena |
| 2009 | Extract: Mike Judge's Secret Recipe | Self |
| 2008 | Henry Poole Is Here | Josie |
| 2008 | Hide | Candy |
| 2008 | Polar Opposites | General Railen |
| 2007 | Southland Tales | Dr. Inga Von Westphalen |
| 2007 | The Ungodly | Emma Lemac |
| 2007 | No Country for Old Men | Carla Jean's Mother |
| 2007 | Welcome to Paradise | Frances Loren |
| 2007 | The House of Usher | Mrs. Thatcher |
| 2006 | Hot Tamale | Dori Woodriff |
| 2006 | Flags of Our Fathers | Mother Gagnon |
| 2006 | Factory Girl | Julia Warhol |
| 2006 | Hard Scrambled | Alice |
| 2006 | Rocker | Mrs. Hill |
| 2006 | Little Miss Sunshine | Nancy Jenkins |
| 2005 | Daltry Calhoun | Ciotka Dee |
| 2005 | Hard Pill | Mom |
| 2005 | Our Very Own | Virginia Kendal |
| 2005 | #1 Fan: A Darkomentary | Self |
| 2005 | Mystery Woman: Mystery Weekend | Angela |
| 2004 | A One Time Thing | Mom |
| 2004 | A Thief Of Time | Ranger Mildred Luna |
| 2004 | Donnie Darko: Production Diary | Self |
| 2003 | Evil Alien Conquerors | Sheila |
| 2003 | Matchstick Men | Laundry Lady |
| 2002 | Desert Saints | Lou |
| 2002 | The Rookie | Olline |
| 2002 | Birdseye | Ruth Betters |
| 2001 | Donnie Darko | Kitty Farmer |
| 2001 | The Rising Place | Melvina Pou |
| 2001 | Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man | Louisa Ashland |
| 2001 | Rock Star | Mrs. Cole |
| 2001 | Pearl Harbor | Motherly Secretary |
| 2000 | Sordid Lives | Sissy Hickey |
| 1999 | Blue Valley Songbird | Ruby |
| 1998 | Making Sandwiches | Mrs Hellman |
| 1998 | Dance with Me | Lovejoy |
| 1998 | Doctor Dolittle | Woman |
| 1998 | Angelmaker | Mrs. Turcott |
| 1997 | To Dance with Olivia | |
| 1997 | Love Always | Stephanie |
| 1997 | Interruptions | |
| 1997 | A Thousand Acres | Roberta |
| 1997 | Desert's Edge | |
| 1997 | Lawn Dogs | Trent's Mother |
| 1996 | A Time to Kill | Cora Mae Cobb |
| 1996 | Norma Jean & Marilyn | Grace Goddard |
| 1995 | Lieberman in Love | Linda Baker |
| 1995 | Safe | Becky (Auditorium Speaker) |
| 1995 | To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar | Loretta |
| 1994 | Speed | Helen |
| 1994 | City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold | Lois |
| 1993 | The Dark Half | Shayla Beaumont |
| 1992 | Love Field | Hazel |
| 1992 | White Sands | Roz Kincaid |
| 1992 | Overkill: The Aileen Wuornos Story | Pat McGinty |
| 1991 | Switched at Birth | Sophie |
| 1990 | Child's Play 2 | Miss Kettlewell |
| 1990 | The Image | Martha Packard |
| 1990 | Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael | Lillian Logerfield |
| 1990 | Flatliners | Housewife |
| 1990 | Fall From Grace | Paulene |
| 1990 | Don't Tell Her It's Me | Babette |
| 1990 | Eating | Carla |
| 1989 | The Wizard | Diner Manager |
| 1988 | Rain Man | Mother at Farm House |
| 1987 | Deadly Care | Madge |
| 1987 | Under Cover | Miss Randolph |
| 1986 | Picnic | Irma Kronkite |
| The Long Home | Mrs. Winer | |
| Remarkably Bright Creatures |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | The Bondsman | Kitty |
| 2025 | Unconventional | Charlene Baker |
| 2023 | Carol & the End of the World | Pauline (voice) |
| 2023 | Mayfair Witches | Carlotta Mayfair |
| 2022 | Better Call Saul Presents: Slippin' Jimmy | Mrs. Brockfrater (voice) |
| 2022 | Better Call Saul Presents: Slippin' Jimmy | Ms. Retch (voice) |
| 2020 | Beef House | Eric's Mom |
| 2020 | Teenage Bounty Hunters | Church Lady |
| 2019 | Dollface | Cat Lady |
| 2017 | American Gods | Jack |
| 2017 | A Series of Unfortunate Events | Woman with Hair But No Beard |
| 2016 | Goliath | Judge Meredith Caplan Reiss |
| 2015 | Con Man | Susan |
| 2014 | I Didn't Do It | Judy Tanzer-Dinkins |
| 2013 | The Millers | Myra |
| 2012 | The Mindy Project | Beverly |
| 2012 | Mockingbird Lane | Marie |
| 2010 | Justified | Mother Truth |
| 2009 | Modern Family | Maxine |
| 2008 | Sordid Lives: The Series | Sissy Hickey |
| 2008 | The Secret Life of the American Teenager | Victoria |
| 2007 | Drive | The Waitress |
| 2007 | Pushing Daisies | Marianne Marie Beattle |
| 2006 | Jericho | Gracie Leigh |
| 2006 | Dexter | Donna Randall |
| 2005 | Medium | Librarian |
| 2005 | Bones | Lizbeth Harding |
| 2005 | My Name Is Earl | Lorraine Mariano |
| 2005 | Grey's Anatomy | Sheila Olsen |
| 2005 | American Dad! | (voice) |
| 2005 | The Office | Melvina |
| 2005 | Criminal Minds | Anita Weld Roycewood |
| 2004 | Wonderfalls | Marianne Marie Beattle |
| 2003 | The Pitts | Nadine |
| 2002 | Boomtown | Landlady |
| 2002 | Everwood | Miss Violet |
| 2002 | 8 Simple Rules | Mrs. Whitley |
| 2001 | Six Feet Under | Dorothy Sheedy |
| 2001 | According to Jim | Mrs. Whitney |
| 2000 | Malcolm in the Middle | Dorene Hooper |
| 2000 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Sally Roth |
| 1999 | Judging Amy | Principal Mott |
| 1999 | Providence | Lillian Gerrish |
| 1999 | Angel | Maude Pearson |
| 1998 | Two Guys and a Girl | Tufts College Employee |
| 1998 | Maximum Bob | Inez Crowe |
| 1997 | King of the Hill | Tilly Hill (voice) |
| 1997 | King of the Hill | Nurse (voice) |
| 1997 | King of the Hill | Doris (voice) |
| 1997 | King of the Hill | Blanche (voice) |
| 1997 | King of the Hill | Nurse (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1997 | King of the Hill | (voice) |
| 1996 | The Pretender | Mrs. Haring |
| 1996 | Goode Behavior | Pearl |
| 1996 | Sabrina, the Teenage Witch | Mrs. Popowski |
| 1996 | Sabrina, the Teenage Witch | Mrs. Grant |
| 1994 | Friends | Lizzy |
| 1994 | Sister, Sister | Angie |
| 1993 | The X-Files | Iris Finster |
| 1993 | Bakersfield P.D. | Donna Stiles |
| 1993 | Diagnosis: Murder | Penelope |
| 1992 | Delta | Thelma Wainwright |
| 1990 | Dream On | Farm Woman |
| 1990 | The Outsiders | Mrs. Jones |
| 1989 | I Know My First Name Is Steven | Mrs. Beta |
| 1989 | Coach | Martha |
| 1989 | Coach | Maid |
| 1987 | Hooperman | |
| 1985 | The Golden Girls | Terry Franco |
| 1985 | The Golden Girls | Louise |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Meg Thomas |
| 1984 | Hunter | Dottie Pinder |