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
2026
- Remarkably Bright Creatures as Barb Vanderhoof
2025
- The Bondsman as Kitty Halloran
- Unconventional as Charlene Baker
2024
- Wildcat ... (Co-Executive Producer)
- Sweet Dreams as Sandra
- Doc of Chucky as Self
2023
- Mayfair Witches as Carlotta Mayfair
- Carol & the End of the World as Pauline (voice)
- Digman! as Laverne Dawson (voice)
- Maximum Truth as Mary Jo Nackserson
2022
- Amsterdam as Mrs. Dillenbeck
- Better Call Saul Presents: Slippin' Jimmy as Mrs. Brockfrater (voice)
2021
- Willy's Wonderland as Sheriff Eloise Lund
- Grave Intentions as Mattie Whalen (segment "The Bridge Partner")
2020
- Teenage Bounty Hunters as Church Lady
- Words on Bathroom Walls as Sister Catherine
- Beef House as Eric's Mom
- Wander Darkly as Patty
- La Sirena as Penny
- Fully Realized Humans as Tipper
- Sordid Lives
2018
- Nostalgia as Anna O'Bryan
- Hover as Joanna
- Wake the Riderless Horse as Brenda
- The Adventures of Thomasina Sawyer as Ms. Dobbins
- Andover as Rebecca
- Mississippi Requiem
2017
- American Gods as Jack
- A Series of Unfortunate Events as Woman with Hair But No Beard
- Lucky as Elaine
- I Do... Until I Don't as Phyllis
- Actors Anonymous
- Tiny Mammals as Narrator
- Domain as Nadine
- Tenn as Edwina Williams
2016
- Goliath as Judge Meredith Caplan Reiss
- In Dubious Battle as Ethel
- Jackie as Lady Bird Johnson
- Six L.A. Love Stories as Meg Albright
- Boys on Film 14: Worlds Collide as Linda Heim (segment "The Violation")
- Band of Robbers as Widow Douglas
- Heartland as Crystal
- The Labyrinth as Betsy
- Tond as Janice
- Great Plains as Tess
- All In as Cynthia
2015
- Con Man as Susan
- Just Before I Go as Mrs. Lawrence
- Alex of Venice as Teacher
- Consumed as Kristin Kessler
- Addicted to Fresno as Tilda
- The Midnight Swim as Amelia Brooks / Great Aunt
- The Bridge Partner as Mattie Whalen
2014
- I Didn't Do It as Judy Tanzer-Dinkins
- Bad Words as Bedazzled Judge
- Faults as Evelyn
- Odyssea as Woman
2013
- The Millers as Myra
- As I Lay Dying as Addie Bundren
- Out West as Tiffany Alcott
- Miss Dial as Mrs. Wojiechowski
- The Violation as Linda Heim
2012
- The Mindy Project as Beverly
- Mockingbird Lane as Marie
- La Classe américaine as Self
- Mockingbird Lane as Marie
- Blues for Willadean as Willadean Winkler
- The Perfect Fit ... (Director)
2011
- Rango as Bonnie (voice)
- The Artist as Peppy's Maid
- Valley of the Sun as Marva
- Life of Lemon as Phyllis
- Sedona as Deb
- Mister Handsome as Emily's Mom
- Hollywood to Dollywood as Self
- Girls! Girls! Girls! ... (Writer)
2010
- Justified as Mother Truth
- Operation: Endgame as Susan
- In My Sleep as Evelyn
- Spork as Principal Tulip
2009
- Modern Family as Maxine
- Crazy Heart as Jo Ann
- All About Steve as Mrs. Horowitz
- Winged Creatures as Carla's Mom
- Extract as Mary
- Stolen as Older Edvena
- Herpes Boy as Mom
- Extract: Mike Judge's Secret Recipe as Self
- Dear Lemon Lima as Principal Applebomb
2008
- The Secret Life of the American Teenager as Victoria
- Sordid Lives: The Series as Sissy Hickey
- Henry Poole Is Here as Josie
- Hide as Candy
- Polar Opposites as General Railen
2007
- No Country for Old Men as Carla Jean's Mother
- Pushing Daisies as Marianne Marie Beattle
- Drive as The Waitress
- Southland Tales as Dr. Inga Von Westphalen
- The House of Usher as Mrs. Thatcher
- Welcome to Paradise as Frances Loren
- The Ungodly as Emma Lemac
2006
- Dexter as Donna Randall
- Jericho as Gracie Leigh
- Little Miss Sunshine as Nancy Jenkins
- Flags of Our Fathers as Mother Gagnon
- Factory Girl as Julia Warhol
- Hot Tamale as Dori Woodriff
- Rocker as Mrs. Hill
- Hard Scrambled as Alice
2005
- The Office as Melvina
- Criminal Minds as Anita Weld Roycewood
- Grey's Anatomy as Sheila Olsen
- American Dad! as (voice)
- Bones as Lizbeth Harding
- Medium as Librarian
- My Name Is Earl as Lorraine Mariano
- Mystery Woman: Mystery Weekend as Angela
- Our Very Own as Virginia Kendal
- Daltry Calhoun as Ciotka Dee
- Hard Pill as Mom
- #1 Fan: A Darkomentary as Self
2004
- Wonderfalls as Marianne Marie Beattle
- A Thief Of Time as Ranger Mildred Luna
- A One Time Thing as Mom
2003
- The Pitts as Nadine
- Matchstick Men as Laundry Lady
- Evil Alien Conquerors as Sheila
2002
- Everwood as Miss Violet
- 8 Simple Rules as Mrs. Whitley
- Boomtown as Landlady
- The Rookie as Olline
- Desert Saints as Lou
- Birdseye as Ruth Betters
2001
- Six Feet Under as Dorothy Sheedy
- According to Jim as Mrs. Whitney
- Donnie Darko as Kitty Farmer
- Pearl Harbor as Motherly Secretary
- Rock Star as Mrs. Cole
- Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man as Louisa Ashland
- The Rising Place as Melvina Pou
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
- Two Guys and a Girl as Tufts College Employee
- Doctor Dolittle as Woman
- Maximum Bob as Inez Crowe
- Dance with Me as Lovejoy
- Angelmaker as Mrs. Turcott
1997
- King of the Hill as Tilly Hill (voice)
- A Thousand Acres as Roberta
- Lawn Dogs as Trent's Mother
- Interruptions as Peggy, The Mistress
- To Dance with Olivia
- Love Always as Stephanie
- Desert's Edge
1996
- Sabrina, the Teenage Witch as Mrs. Popowski
- Profiler as Cook
- The Pretender as Mrs. Haring
- A Time to Kill as Cora Mae Cobb
- Goode Behavior as Pearl
- Norma Jean & Marilyn as Grace Goddard
1995
- Cybill as Waiter's Mother
- To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar as Loretta
- Safe as Becky (Auditorium Speaker)
- 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
- Bakersfield P.D. as Donna Stiles
- The Dark Half as Shayla Beaumont
1992
- Delta as Thelma Wainwright
- Love Field as Hazel
- White Sands as Roz Kincaid
- Overkill: The Aileen Wuornos Story as Pat McGinty
1991
- Switched at Birth as Sophie
1990
- Dream On as Farm Woman
- Child's Play 2 as Miss Kettlewell
- The Outsiders as Mrs. Jones
- Flatliners as Housewife
- Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael as Lillian Logerfield
- Don't Tell Her It's Me as Babette
- Fall From Grace as Paulene
- The Image as Martha Packard
- Eating as Carla
1989
- Coach as Martha
- I Know My First Name Is Steven as Mrs. Beta
- The Wizard as Diner Manager
1988
- Rain Man as Mother at Farm House
1987
- Hooperman
- Under Cover as Miss Randolph
- Deadly Care as Madge
1986
- Picnic as Irma Kronkite
1985
- The Golden Girls as Terry Franco
1984
- Murder, She Wrote as Meg Thomas
- Hunter as Dottie Pinder