Portrait of Beth Grant

Beth Grant

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.

Born: September 18, 1949

Place of Birth: Gadsden, Alabama, USA

Filmography

2025
The Bondsman

as Kitty Halloran

2025
Unconventional

as Charlene Baker

2024
2024
Sweet Dreams

as Sandra

2023
2023
Maximum Truth

as Mary Jo Nackserson

2023
Digman!

as Laverne

2023
Mayfair Witches

as Carlotta Mayfair

2022
Amsterdam

as Mrs. Dillenbeck

2022
2021
Grave Intentions

as Mattie Whalen (segment "The Bridge Partner")

2021
Willy's Wonderland

as Sheriff Eloise Lund

2020
2020
Words on Bathroom Walls

as Sister Catherine

2020
2020
La Sirena

as Penny

2020
Beef House

as Eric's Mom

2019
Hold On

as Shelly

2019
Dollface

as Cat Lady

2019
William

as Dr. Thomas

2018
Hover

as Joanna

2018
Andover

as Rebecca

2018
Nostalgia

as Anna O'Bryan

2017
Tiny Mammals

as Narrator

2017
Lucky

as Elaine

2017
2017
2017
Tenn

as Edwina Williams

2017
Domain

as Nadine

2017
A Series of Unfortunate Events

as Woman with Hair But No Beard

2016
2016
Jackie

as Lady Bird Johnson

2016
Goliath

as Judge Meredith Caplan Reiss

2016
2016
Heartland

as Crystal

2016
Six L.A. Love Stories

as Meg Albright

2016
Tond

as Janice

2016
2016
Boys on Film 14: Worlds Collide

as Linda Heim (segment "The Violation")

2016
Band of Robbers

as Widow Douglas

2015
2015
Con Man

as Susan

2015
The Midnight Swim

as Amelia Brooks / Great Aunt

2015
Consumed

as Kristin Kessler

2015
Just Before I Go

as Mrs. Lawrence

2015
Alex of Venice

as Teacher

2015
The Bridge Partner

as Mattie Whalen

2014
Faults

as Evelyn

2014
I Didn't Do It

as Judy Tanzer-Dinkins

2014
Odyssea

as Woman

2013
As I Lay Dying

as Addie Bundren

2013
2013
Bad Words

as Bedazzled Judge

2013
Out West

as Tiffany Alcott

2013
The Violation

as Linda Heim

2013
Miss Dial

as Mrs. Wojiechowski

2012
2012
2012
Blues for Willadean

as Willadeen Winkler

2012
2011
Life of Lemon

as Phyllis

2011
The Artist

as Peppy's Maid

2011
Mister Handsome

as Emily's Mom

2011
Rango

as Bonnie (voice)

2011
Sedona

as Deb

2011
2010
2010
Spork

as Principal Tulip

2010
In My Sleep

as Evelyn

2010
Justified

as Mother Truth

2009
Crazy Heart

as Jo Ann

2009
2009
Dear Lemon Lima

as Principal Applebomb

2009
Stolen

as Older Edvena

2009
Modern Family

as Maxine

2009
Extract

as Mary

2009
All About Steve

as Mrs. Horowitz

2009
Winged Creatures

as Carla's Mom

2008
Hide

as Candy

2008
2008
Polar Opposites

as General Railen

2007
Southland Tales

as Dr. Inga Von Westphalen

2007
No Country for Old Men

as Carla Jean's Mother

2007
Pushing Daisies

as Marianne Marie Beattle

2007
Welcome to Paradise

as Frances Loren

2007
The House of Usher

as Mrs. Thatcher

2007
Drive

as The Waitress

2007
The Ungodly

as Emma Lemac

2006
Factory Girl

as Julia Warhol

2006
Flags of Our Fathers

as Mother Gagnon

2006
2006
Dexter

as Donna Randall

2006
Jericho

as Gracie Leigh

2006
Little Miss Sunshine

as Nancy Jenkins

2006
Rocker

as Mrs. Hill

2006
Hot Tamale

as Dori Woodriff

2005
Daltry Calhoun

as Ciotka Dee

2005
Criminal Minds

as Anita Weld Roycewood

2005
My Name Is Earl

as Lorraine Mariano

2005
Bones

as Lizbeth Harding

2005
Hard Pill

as Mom

2005
Our Very Own

as Virginia Kendal

2005
Grey's Anatomy

as Sheila Olsen

2005
The Office

as Melvina

2005
American Dad!

as (voice)

2005
Medium

as Librarian

2004
A Thief Of Time

as Ranger Mildred Luna

2004
Wonderfalls

as Marianne Marie Beattle

2003
Matchstick Men

as Laundry Lady

2002
Boomtown

as Landlady

2002
8 Simple Rules

as Mrs. Whitley

2002
Everwood

as Miss Violet

2002
Birdseye

as Ruth Betters

2002
The Rookie

as Olline

2002
2001
According to Jim

as Mrs. Whitney

2001
Rock Star

as Mrs. Cole

2001
Six Feet Under

as Dorothy Sheedy

2001
Pearl Harbor

as Motherly Secretary

2001
The Rising Place

as Melvina Pou

2001
Donnie Darko

as Kitty Farmer

2000
Sordid Lives

as Sissy Hickey

2000
Malcolm in the Middle

as Dorene Hooper

1999
Angel

as Maude Pearson

1999
Judging Amy

as Principal Mott

1999
Providence

as Lillian Gerrish

1998
Dance with Me

as Lovejoy

1998
Maximum Bob

as Inez Crowe

1998
1998
Two Guys and a Girl

as Tufts College Employee

1998
Angelmaker

as Mrs. Turcott

1997
Lawn Dogs

as Trent's Mother

1997
Love Always

as Stephanie

1997
1997
King of the Hill

as Tilly Hill (voice)

1997
King of the Hill

as Nurse (voice)

1997
King of the Hill

as Doris (voice)

1997
King of the Hill

as Blanche (voice)

1997
King of the Hill

as Nurse (voice) (uncredited)

1997
1996
1996
The Pretender

as Mrs. Haring

1996
A Time to Kill

as Cora Mae Cobb

1996
Norma Jean & Marilyn

as Grace Goddard

1995
Safe

as Becky (Auditorium Speaker)

1995
Lieberman in Love

as Linda Baker

1994
Friends

as Lizzy

1994
Speed

as Helen

1994
1993
1993
Bakersfield P.D.

as Donna Stiles

1993
The X-Files

as Iris Finster

1993
The Dark Half

as Shayla Beaumont

1992
Love Field

as Hazel

1992
Delta

as Thelma Wainwright

1992
White Sands

as Roz Kincaid

1991
1990
Eating

as Carla

1990
Child's Play 2

as Miss Kettlewell

1990
Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael

as Lillian Logerfield

1990
Flatliners

as Housewife

1990
Dream On

as Farm Woman

1990
Fall From Grace

as Paulene

1990
The Outsiders

as Mrs. Jones

1990
The Image

as Martha Packard

1989
The Wizard

as Diner Manager

1989
Coach

as Martha

1989
Coach

as Maid

1988
Rain Man

as Mother at Farm House

1987
Under Cover

as Miss Randolph

1986
Picnic

as Irma Kronkite

1985
The Golden Girls

as Terry Franco

1985
1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Meg Thomas

1984
Hunter

as Dottie Pinder

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The Long Home

as Mrs. Winer