Beth Grant
Born: 1949-09-18 in Gadsden, Alabama, USA
Known For: Acting
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
2025
- The Bondsman as Kitty Halloran
- Unconventional as Charlene Baker
2024
- Sweet Dreams as Sandra
- Wildcat ... (Co-Executive Producer)
- Doc of Chucky as Self
2023
- Mayfair Witches as Carlotta Mayfair
- Maximum Truth as Mary Jo Nackserson
- Carol & the End of the World as Pauline (voice)
- Digman! as Laverne (voice)
2022
- Amsterdam as Mrs. Dillenbeck
- Better Call Saul Presents: Slippin' Jimmy as Ms. Retch (voice)
2021
- Grave Intentions as Mattie Whalen (segment "The Bridge Partner")
- Willy's Wonderland as Sheriff Eloise Lund
2020
- Wander Darkly as Patty
- Words on Bathroom Walls as Sister Catherine
- Teenage Bounty Hunters as Church Lady
- Fully Realized Humans as Tipper
- Sordid Lives
- Beef House as Eric's Mom
- La Sirena as Penny
2018
- Andover as Rebecca
- Hover as Joanna
- The Adventures of Thomasina Sawyer as Ms. Dobbins
- Nostalgia as Anna O'Bryan
- Mississippi Requiem
- Wake the Riderless Horse as Brenda
2017
- American Gods as Jack
- A Series of Unfortunate Events as Woman with Hair But No Beard
- Domain as Nadine
- Actors Anonymous
- I Do... Until I Don't as Phyllis
- Tenn as Edwina Williams
- Tiny Mammals as Narrator
- Lucky as Elaine
2016
- Goliath as Judge Meredith Caplan Reiss
- Great Plains as Tess
- Heartland as Crystal
- The Labyrinth as Betsy
- Six L.A. Love Stories as Meg Albright
- In Dubious Battle as Ethel
- Jackie as Lady Bird Johnson
- All In as Cynthia
- Boys on Film 14: Worlds Collide as Linda Heim (segment "The Violation")
- Band of Robbers as Widow Douglas
- Tond as Janice
2015
- Just Before I Go as Mrs. Lawrence
- Con Man as Susan
- Alex of Venice as Teacher
- Consumed as Kristin Kessler
- Addicted to Fresno as Tilda
- The Bridge Partner as Mattie Whalen
- The Midnight Swim as Amelia Brooks / Great Aunt
2014
- Faults as Evelyn
- I Didn't Do It as Judy Tanzer-Dinkins
- Odyssea as Woman
2013
- Bad Words as Bedazzled Judge
- The Millers as Myra
- Miss Dial as Mrs. Wojiechowski
- As I Lay Dying as Addie Bundren
- Out West as Tiffany Alcott
- The Violation as Linda Heim
2012
- The Mindy Project as Beverly
- Blues for Willadean as Willadeen Winkler
- La Classe américaine as Self
- Mockingbird Lane as Marie
- Mockingbird Lane as Marie
- The Perfect Fit ... (Director)
2011
- Rango as Bonnie (voice)
- The Artist as Peppy's Maid
- Sedona as Deb
- Valley of the Sun as Marva
- Mister Handsome as Emily's Mom
- Life of Lemon as Phyllis
- Girls! Girls! Girls! ... (Director)
- Hollywood to Dollywood as Self
2010
- Justified as Mother Truth
- Operation: Endgame as Susan
- Spork as Principal Tulip
- In My Sleep as Evelyn
2009
- Modern Family as Maxine
- Winged Creatures as Carla's Mom
- Extract as Mary
- Herpes Boy as Mom
- Crazy Heart as Jo Ann
- All About Steve as Mrs. Horowitz
- Dear Lemon Lima as Principal Applebomb
- Stolen as Older Edvena
- Extract: Mike Judge's Secret Recipe as Self
2008
- The Secret Life of the American Teenager as Victoria
- Polar Opposites as General Railen
- Hide as Candy
- Henry Poole Is Here as Josie
- Sordid Lives: The Series as Sissy Hickey
2007
- No Country for Old Men as Carla Jean's Mother
- The Ungodly as Emma Lemac
- Pushing Daisies as Marianne Marie Beattle
- Southland Tales as Dr. Inga Von Westphalen
- Drive as The Waitress
- Welcome to Paradise as Frances Loren
- The House of Usher as Mrs. Thatcher
2006
- Dexter as Donna Randall
- Jericho as Gracie Leigh
- Little Miss Sunshine as Nancy Jenkins
- Flags of Our Fathers as Mother Gagnon
- Hard Scrambled as Alice
- Factory Girl as Julia Warhol
- Hot Tamale as Dori Woodriff
- Rocker as Mrs. Hill
2005
- Grey's Anatomy as Sheila Olsen
- Criminal Minds as Anita Weld Roycewood
- Bones as Lizbeth Harding
- The Office as Melvina
- American Dad! as (voice)
- Medium as Librarian
- My Name Is Earl as Lorraine Mariano
- Daltry Calhoun as Ciotka Dee
- Mystery Woman: Mystery Weekend as Angela
- Hard Pill as Mom
- Our Very Own as Virginia Kendal
- #1 Fan: A Darkomentary as Self
2004
- Wonderfalls as Marianne Marie Beattle
- A One Time Thing as Mom
- A Thief Of Time as Ranger Mildred Luna
2003
- Matchstick Men as Laundry Lady
- Evil Alien Conquerors as Sheila
- The Pitts as Nadine
2002
- Everwood as Miss Violet
- 8 Simple Rules as Mrs. Whitley
- The Rookie as Olline
- Boomtown as Landlady
- Desert Saints as Lou
- Birdseye as Ruth Betters
2001
- Six Feet Under as Dorothy Sheedy
- According to Jim as Mrs. Whitney
- Pearl Harbor as Motherly Secretary
- Rock Star as Mrs. Cole
- Donnie Darko as Kitty Farmer
- The Rising Place as Melvina Pou
- Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man as Louisa Ashland
2000
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Sally Roth
- Malcolm in the Middle as Dorene Hooper
- Sordid Lives as Sissy Hickey
1999
- Angel as Maude Pearson
- Judging Amy as Principal Mott
- Providence as Lillian Gerrish
- Blue Valley Songbird as Ruby
1998
- Doctor Dolittle as Woman
- Two Guys and a Girl as Tufts College Employee
- Dance with Me as Lovejoy
- Maximum Bob as Inez Crowe
- Making Sandwiches as Mrs Hellman
- Angelmaker as Mrs. Turcott
1997
- King of the Hill as Tilly Hill (voice)
- Lawn Dogs as Trent's Mother
- A Thousand Acres as Roberta
- Desert's Edge
- To Dance with Olivia
- Love Always as Stephanie
- Interruptions as Peggy, The Mistress
1996
- Sabrina, the Teenage Witch as Mrs. Popowski
- The Pretender as Mrs. Haring
- A Time to Kill as Cora Mae Cobb
- Profiler as Cook
- Norma Jean & Marilyn as Grace Goddard
- Goode Behavior as Pearl
1995
- Cybill as Waiter's Mother
- Safe as Becky (Auditorium Speaker)
- To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar as Loretta
- Lieberman in Love as Linda Baker
1994
- Friends as Lizzy
- Sister, Sister as Angie
- Speed as Helen
- City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold as Lois
1993
- The X-Files as Iris Finster
- Diagnosis: Murder as Penelope
- The Dark Half as Shayla Beaumont
- Bakersfield P.D. as Donna Stiles
1992
- Love Field as Hazel
- Delta as Thelma Wainwright
- White Sands as Roz Kincaid
- Overkill: The Aileen Wuornos Story as Pat McGinty
1991
- Switched at Birth as Sophie
1990
- The Image as Martha Packard
- Dream On as Farm Woman
- Flatliners as Housewife
- Child's Play 2 as Miss Kettlewell
- Don't Tell Her It's Me as Babette
- Eating as Carla
- Fall From Grace as Paulene
- Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael as Lillian Logerfield
- The Outsiders as Mrs. Jones
1989
- Coach as Martha
- The Wizard as Diner Manager
- I Know My First Name Is Steven as Mrs. Beta
1988
- Rain Man as Mother at Farm House
1987
- Deadly Care as Madge
- Under Cover as Miss Randolph
- Hooperman
1986
- Picnic as Irma Kronkite
1985
- The Golden Girls as Terry Franco
1984
- Murder, She Wrote as Meg Thomas
- Hunter as Dottie Pinder