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Beth Grant
Beth Grant

Beth Grant

ActingBorn September 18, 1949 (age 76)Gadsden, Alabama, USA

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Beth Grant, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

2026
Remarkably Bright Creatures

as Barb Vanderhoof

Movie
2025
The Bondsman

as Kitty Halloran

TV
2025
Unconventional

as Charlene Baker

TV
2024Movie
2024
Sweet Dreams

as Sandra

Movie
2023TV
2023
Maximum Truth

as Mary Jo Nackserson

Movie
2023
Digman!

as Laverne Dawson (voice)

TV
2023
Mayfair Witches

as Carlotta Mayfair

TV
2022
Amsterdam

as Mrs. Dillenbeck

Movie
2022TV
2021
Grave Intentions

as Mattie Whalen (segment "The Bridge Partner")

Movie
2021
Willy's Wonderland

as Sheriff Eloise Lund

Movie
2020Movie
2020
Words on Bathroom Walls

as Sister Catherine

Movie
2020TV
2020Movie
2020Movie
2020
La Sirena

as Penny

Movie
2020
Beef House

as Eric's Mom

TV
2019
Hold On

as Shelly

Movie
2019
Dollface

as Cat Lady

TV
2019
William

as Dr. Thomas

Movie
2018Movie
2018
Hover

as Joanna

Movie
2018Movie
2018
Andover

as Rebecca

Movie
2018
Nostalgia

as Anna O'Bryan

Movie
2017
Tiny Mammals

as Narrator

Movie
2017
Lucky

as Elaine

Movie
2017Movie
2017TV
2017
Tenn

as Edwina Williams

Movie
2017
Domain

as Nadine

Movie
2017
A Series of Unfortunate Events

as Woman with Hair But No Beard

TV
2016Movie
2016
Jackie

as Lady Bird Johnson

Movie
2016
Goliath

as Judge Meredith Caplan Reiss

TV
2016Movie
2016
Heartland

as Crystal

Movie
2016
All In

as Cynthia

Movie
2016
Six L.A. Love Stories

as Meg Albright

Movie
2016
Tond

as Janice

Movie
2016Movie
2016
Boys on Film 14: Worlds Collide

as Linda Heim (segment "The Violation")

Movie
2016
Band of Robbers

as Widow Douglas

Movie
2015Movie
2015
Con Man

as Susan

TV
2015
The Midnight Swim

as Amelia Brooks / Great Aunt

Movie
2015
Consumed

as Kristin Kessler

Movie
2015
Just Before I Go

as Mrs. Lawrence

Movie
2015
Alex of Venice

as Teacher

Movie
2015
The Bridge Partner

as Mattie Whalen

Movie
2014
Faults

as Evelyn

Movie
2014
Odyssea

as Woman

Movie
2014
I Didn't Do It

as Judy Tanzer-Dinkins

TV
2013
As I Lay Dying

as Addie Bundren

Movie
2013TV
2013
Bad Words

as Bedazzled Judge

Movie
2013
Out West

as Tiffany Alcott

Movie
2013
The Violation

as Linda Heim

Movie
2013
Miss Dial

as Mrs. Wojiechowski

Movie
2012Movie
2012TV
2012
Blues for Willadean

as Willadean Winkler

Movie
2012Movie
2012TV
2011
Life of Lemon

as Phyllis

Movie
2011
The Artist

as Peppy's Maid

Movie
2011
Mister Handsome

as Emily's Mom

Movie
2011Movie
2011
Rango

as Bonnie (voice)

Movie
2011
Sedona

as Deb

Movie
2011Movie
2010Movie
2010
Spork

as Principal Tulip

Movie
2010
In My Sleep

as Evelyn

Movie
2010
Justified

as Mother Truth

TV
2009
Crazy Heart

as Jo Ann

Movie
2009Movie
2009
Dear Lemon Lima

as Principal Applebomb

Movie
2009
Stolen

as Older Edvena

Movie
2009
Modern Family

as Maxine

TV
2009
Extract

as Mary

Movie
2009
All About Steve

as Mrs. Horowitz

Movie
2009
Winged Creatures

as Carla's Mom

Movie
2008
Hide

as Candy

Movie
2008Movie
2008TV
2008
Polar Opposites

as General Railen

Movie
2007
Southland Tales

as Dr. Inga Von Westphalen

Movie
2007
No Country for Old Men

as Carla Jean's Mother

Movie
2007
Pushing Daisies

as Marianne Marie Beattle

TV
2007
Welcome to Paradise

as Frances Loren

Movie
2007
The House of Usher

as Mrs. Thatcher

Movie
2007
Drive

as The Waitress

TV
2007
The Ungodly

as Emma Lemac

Movie
2006
Factory Girl

as Julia Warhol

Movie
2006
Flags of Our Fathers

as Mother Gagnon

Movie
2006Movie
2006
Dexter

as Donna Randall

TV
2006
Jericho

as Gracie Leigh

TV
2006
Little Miss Sunshine

as Nancy Jenkins

Movie
2006
Rocker

as Mrs. Hill

Movie
2006
Hot Tamale

as Dori Woodriff

Movie
2005
Daltry Calhoun

as Ciotka Dee

Movie
2005
Criminal Minds

as Anita Weld Roycewood

TV
2005
My Name Is Earl

as Lorraine Mariano

TV
2005
Bones

as Lizbeth Harding

TV
2005
Hard Pill

as Mom

Movie
2005
Our Very Own

as Virginia Kendal

Movie
2005
Grey's Anatomy

as Sheila Olsen

TV
2005
The Office

as Melvina

TV
2005Movie
2005
American Dad!

as (voice)

TV
2005
Medium

as Librarian

TV
2004Movie
2004
A Thief Of Time

as Ranger Mildred Luna

Movie
2004
Wonderfalls

as Marianne Marie Beattle

TV
2003Movie
2003
Matchstick Men

as Laundry Lady

Movie
2003
The Pitts

as Nadine

TV
2002
Boomtown

as Landlady

TV
2002
8 Simple Rules

as Mrs. Whitley

TV
2002
Everwood

as Miss Violet

TV
2002
Birdseye

as Ruth Betters

Movie
2002
The Rookie

as Olline

Movie
2002Movie
2001
According to Jim

as Mrs. Whitney

TV
2001
Rock Star

as Mrs. Cole

Movie
2001
Six Feet Under

as Dorothy Sheedy

TV
2001
Pearl Harbor

as Motherly Secretary

Movie
2001Movie
2001
The Rising Place

as Melvina Pou

Movie
2001
Donnie Darko

as Kitty Farmer

Movie
2000
Sordid Lives

as Sissy Hickey

Movie
2000
Malcolm in the Middle

as Dorene Hooper

TV
1999Movie
1999
Angel

as Maude Pearson

TV
1999
Judging Amy

as Principal Mott

TV
1999
Providence

as Lillian Gerrish

TV
1998
Making Sandwiches

as Mrs Hellman

Movie
1998
Dance with Me

as Lovejoy

Movie
1998
Maximum Bob

as Inez Crowe

TV
1998Movie
1998
Two Guys and a Girl

as Tufts College Employee

TV
1998
Angelmaker

as Mrs. Turcott

Movie
1997
Interruptions

as Peggy, The Mistress

Movie
1997
Lawn Dogs

as Trent's Mother

Movie
1997
Love Always

as Stephanie

Movie
1997Movie
1997Movie
1997
King of the Hill

as Tilly Hill (voice)

TV
1997
King of the Hill

as Nurse (voice)

TV
1997
King of the Hill

as Doris (voice)

TV
1997
King of the Hill

as Blanche (voice)

TV
1997
King of the Hill

as Nurse (voice) (uncredited)

TV
1997TV
1996TV
1996TV
1996
Profiler

as Cook

TV
1996
The Pretender

as Mrs. Haring

TV
1996TV
1996
A Time to Kill

as Cora Mae Cobb

Movie
1996
Norma Jean & Marilyn

as Grace Goddard

Movie
1995
Safe

as Becky (Auditorium Speaker)

Movie
1995
Cybill

as Waiter's Mother

TV
1995
Lieberman in Love

as Linda Baker

Movie
1994
Friends

as Lizzy

TV
1994
Speed

as Helen

Movie
1994TV
1993TV
1993
Bakersfield P.D.

as Donna Stiles

TV
1993
The X-Files

as Iris Finster

TV
1993
The Dark Half

as Shayla Beaumont

Movie
1992
Love Field

as Hazel

Movie
1992
Delta

as Thelma Wainwright

TV
1992
White Sands

as Roz Kincaid

Movie
1992Movie
1991TV
1990
Eating

as Carla

Movie
1990
Child's Play 2

as Miss Kettlewell

Movie
1990
Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael

as Lillian Logerfield

Movie
1990Movie
1990
Flatliners

as Housewife

Movie
1990
Dream On

as Farm Woman

TV
1990
Fall From Grace

as Paulene

Movie
1990
The Outsiders

as Mrs. Jones

TV
1990
The Image

as Martha Packard

Movie
1989
The Wizard

as Diner Manager

Movie
1989
Coach

as Martha

TV
1989
Coach

as Maid

TV
1988
Rain Man

as Mother at Farm House

Movie
1987
Under Cover

as Miss Randolph

Movie
1987TV
1987
Deadly Care

as Madge

Movie
1986
Picnic

as Irma Kronkite

Movie
1985
The Golden Girls

as Terry Franco

TV
1985TV
1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Meg Thomas

TV
1984
Hunter

as Dottie Pinder

TV
The Long Home

as Mrs. Winer

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdaySeptember 18, 1949
Place of BirthGadsden, Alabama, USA
Popularity1.7