Beth Grant

Beth Grant

Known for
Acting
Born
September 18, 1949 (age 77)
Birthplace
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.

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Filmography

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The Long Home

The Long Home

Movie · as Mrs. Winer

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The Dybbuk

The Dybbuk

Movie · as Frayda

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What Now? poster

What Now?

Movie

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Fonk

Fonk

Movie

2026
Remarkably Bright Creatures poster

Remarkably Bright Creatures

Movie · as Barb Vanderhoof

2025
The Bondsman poster

The Bondsman

TV · as Kitty Halloran · 8 eps

2025
Unconventional poster

Unconventional

TV · as Charlene Baker · 1 ep

2024
Sweet Dreams poster

Sweet Dreams

Movie · as Sandra

2024
Doc of Chucky poster

Doc of Chucky

Movie · as Self

2023
Maximum Truth poster

Maximum Truth

Movie · as Mary Jo Nackserson

2023
Carol & the End of the World poster

Carol & the End of the World

TV · as Pauline (voice) · 4 eps

2023
Mayfair Witches poster

Mayfair Witches

TV · as Carlotta Mayfair · 5 eps

2023
Digman! poster

Digman!

TV · as Laverne Dawson (voice) · 1 ep

2022
Amsterdam poster

Amsterdam

Movie · as Mrs. Dillenbeck

2022
Better Call Saul Presents: Slippin' Jimmy poster

Better Call Saul Presents: Slippin' Jimmy

TV · as Mrs. Brockfrater (voice), Ms. Retch (voice) · 1 ep

2021
Grave Intentions poster

Grave Intentions

Movie · as Mattie Whalen (segment "The Bridge Partner")

2021
Willy's Wonderland poster

Willy's Wonderland

Movie · as Sheriff Eloise Lund

2020
Wander Darkly poster

Wander Darkly

Movie · as Patty

2020
Fully Realized Humans poster

Fully Realized Humans

Movie · as Tipper

2020
La Sirena poster

La Sirena

Movie · as Penny

2020
Sordid Lives poster

Sordid Lives

Movie

2020
Words on Bathroom Walls poster

Words on Bathroom Walls

Movie · as Sister Catherine

2020
Beef House poster

Beef House

TV · as Eric's Mom · 1 ep

2020
Teenage Bounty Hunters poster

Teenage Bounty Hunters

TV · as Church Lady · 1 ep

2019
Hold On poster

Hold On

Movie · as Shelly

2019
William poster

William

Movie · as Dr. Thomas

2019
Dollface poster

Dollface

TV · as Cat Lady · 18 eps

2018
The Adventures of Thomasina Sawyer poster

The Adventures of Thomasina Sawyer

Movie · as Ms. Dobbins

2018
Andover poster

Andover

Movie · as Rebecca

2018
Mississippi Requiem poster

Mississippi Requiem

Movie

2018
Nostalgia poster

Nostalgia

Movie · as Anna O'Bryan

2018
Hover poster

Hover

Movie · as Joanna

2018
Wake the Riderless Horse poster

Wake the Riderless Horse

Movie · as Brenda

2017
Domain poster

Domain

Movie · as Nadine

2017
Actors Anonymous poster

Actors Anonymous

Movie

2017
Lucky poster

Lucky

Movie · as Elaine

2017
Tenn poster

Tenn

Movie · as Edwina Williams

2017
I Do... Until I Don't poster

I Do... Until I Don't

Movie · as Phyllis

2017
Tiny Mammals poster

Tiny Mammals

Movie · as Narrator

2017
American Gods poster

American Gods

TV · as Jack · 1 ep

2017
A Series of Unfortunate Events poster

A Series of Unfortunate Events

TV · as Woman with Hair But No Beard · 3 eps

2016
Band of Robbers poster

Band of Robbers

Movie · as Widow Douglas

2016
Great Plains poster

Great Plains

Movie · as Tess

2016
Jackie poster

Jackie

Movie · as Lady Bird Johnson

2016
The Labyrinth poster

The Labyrinth

Movie · as Betsy

2016
Heartland poster

Heartland

Movie · as Crystal

2016
In Dubious Battle poster

In Dubious Battle

Movie · as Ethel

2016
Tond poster

Tond

Movie · as Janice

2016
Boys on Film 14: Worlds Collide poster

Boys on Film 14: Worlds Collide

Movie · as Linda Heim (segment "The Violation")

2016
Six L.A. Love Stories poster

Six L.A. Love Stories

Movie · as Meg Albright

2016
All In

All In

Movie · as Cynthia

2016
Goliath poster

Goliath

TV · as Judge Meredith Caplan Reiss · 5 eps

2015
The Midnight Swim poster

The Midnight Swim

Movie · as Amelia Brooks / Great Aunt

2015
Consumed poster

Consumed

Movie · as Kristin Kessler

2015
Addicted to Fresno poster

Addicted to Fresno

Movie · as Tilda

2015
Alex of Venice poster

Alex of Venice

Movie · as Teacher

2015
Just Before I Go poster

Just Before I Go

Movie · as Mrs. Lawrence

2015
The Bridge Partner poster

The Bridge Partner

Movie · as Mattie Whalen

2015
Con Man poster

Con Man

TV · as Susan · 1 ep

2014
Bad Words poster

Bad Words

Movie · as Bedazzled Judge

2014
Odyssea poster

Odyssea

Movie · as Woman

2014
Faults poster

Faults

Movie · as Evelyn

2014
I Didn't Do It poster

I Didn't Do It

TV · as Judy Tanzer-Dinkins · 1 ep

2013
As I Lay Dying poster

As I Lay Dying

Movie · as Addie Bundren

2013
Miss Dial poster

Miss Dial

Movie · as Mrs. Wojiechowski

2013
Out West poster

Out West

Movie · as Tiffany Alcott

2013
The Violation poster

The Violation

Movie · as Linda Heim

2013
The Millers poster

The Millers

TV · as Myra · 1 ep

2012
Blues for Willadean poster

Blues for Willadean

Movie · as Willadean Winkler

2012
Mockingbird Lane poster

Mockingbird Lane

Movie · as Marie

2012
La Classe américaine poster

La Classe américaine

Movie · as Self

2012
The Mindy Project poster

The Mindy Project

TV · as Beverly · 104 eps

2012
Mockingbird Lane poster

Mockingbird Lane

TV · as Marie · 1 ep

2011
Life of Lemon poster

Life of Lemon

Movie · as Phyllis

2011
The Artist poster

The Artist

Movie · as Peppy's Maid

2011
Valley of the Sun poster

Valley of the Sun

Movie · as Marva

2011
Hollywood to Dollywood poster

Hollywood to Dollywood

Movie · as Self

2011
Sedona poster

Sedona

Movie · as Deb

2011
Rango poster

Rango

Movie · as Bonnie (voice)

2011
Mister Handsome poster

Mister Handsome

Movie · as Emily's Mom

2010
In My Sleep poster

In My Sleep

Movie · as Evelyn

2010
Operation: Endgame poster

Operation: Endgame

Movie · as Susan

2010
Spork poster

Spork

Movie · as Principal Tulip

2010
Justified poster

Justified

TV · as Mother Truth · 1 ep

2009
All About Steve poster

All About Steve

Movie · as Mrs. Horowitz

2009
Extract poster

Extract

Movie · as Mary

2009
Winged Creatures poster

Winged Creatures

Movie · as Carla's Mom

2009
Dear Lemon Lima poster

Dear Lemon Lima

Movie · as Principal Applebomb

2009
Herpes Boy poster

Herpes Boy

Movie · as Mom

2009
Stolen poster

Stolen

Movie · as Older Edvena

2009
Crazy Heart poster

Crazy Heart

Movie · as Jo Ann

2009
Extract: Mike Judge's Secret Recipe poster

Extract: Mike Judge's Secret Recipe

Movie · as Self

2009
Modern Family poster

Modern Family

TV · as Maxine · 1 ep

2008
Henry Poole Is Here poster

Henry Poole Is Here

Movie · as Josie

2008
Hide poster

Hide

Movie · as Candy

2008
Polar Opposites poster

Polar Opposites

Movie · as General Railen

2008
Sordid Lives: The Series poster

Sordid Lives: The Series

TV · as Sissy Hickey · 12 eps

2008
The Secret Life of the American Teenager poster

The Secret Life of the American Teenager

TV · as Victoria, Kathleen's Mom · 1 ep

2007
Southland Tales poster

Southland Tales

Movie · as Dr. Inga Von Westphalen

2007
The Ungodly poster

The Ungodly

Movie · as Emma Lemac

2007
No Country for Old Men poster

No Country for Old Men

Movie · as Carla Jean's Mother

2007
Welcome to Paradise poster

Welcome to Paradise

Movie · as Frances Loren

2007
The House of Usher poster

The House of Usher

Movie · as Mrs. Thatcher

2007
Drive poster

Drive

TV · as The Waitress · 1 ep

2007
Pushing Daisies poster

Pushing Daisies

TV · as Marianne Marie Beattle · 1 ep

2006
Hot Tamale poster

Hot Tamale

Movie · as Dori Woodriff

2006
Flags of Our Fathers poster

Flags of Our Fathers

Movie · as Mother Gagnon

2006
Factory Girl poster

Factory Girl

Movie · as Julia Warhol

2006
Hard Scrambled poster

Hard Scrambled

Movie · as Alice

2006
Rocker poster

Rocker

Movie · as Mrs. Hill

2006
Little Miss Sunshine poster

Little Miss Sunshine

Movie · as Nancy Jenkins

2006
Jericho poster

Jericho

TV · as Gracie Leigh · 9 eps

2006
Dexter poster

Dexter

TV · as Donna Randall · 1 ep

2005
Daltry Calhoun poster

Daltry Calhoun

Movie · as Ciotka Dee

2005
Hard Pill poster

Hard Pill

Movie · as Mom

2005
Our Very Own poster

Our Very Own

Movie · as Virginia Kendal

2005
#1 Fan: A Darkomentary poster

#1 Fan: A Darkomentary

Movie · as Self

2005
Mystery Woman: Mystery Weekend poster

Mystery Woman: Mystery Weekend

Movie · as Angela

2005
Medium poster

Medium

TV · as Librarian · 1 ep

2005
Bones poster

Bones

TV · as Lizbeth Harding · 1 ep

2005
My Name Is Earl poster

My Name Is Earl

TV · as Lorraine Mariano · 1 ep

2005
Grey's Anatomy poster

Grey's Anatomy

TV · as Sheila Olsen · 1 ep

2005
American Dad! poster

American Dad!

TV · as (voice) · 1 ep

2005
The Office poster

The Office

TV · as Melvina · 2 eps

2005
Criminal Minds poster

Criminal Minds

TV · as Anita Weld Roycewood · 1 ep

2004
A One Time Thing

A One Time Thing

Movie · as Mom

2004
A Thief Of Time poster

A Thief Of Time

Movie · as Ranger Mildred Luna

2004
Wonderfalls poster

Wonderfalls

TV · as Marianne Marie Beattle · 1 ep

2003
Evil Alien Conquerors poster

Evil Alien Conquerors

Movie · as Sheila

2003
Matchstick Men poster

Matchstick Men

Movie · as Laundry Lady

2003
The Pitts

The Pitts

TV · as Nadine · 1 ep

2002
Desert Saints poster

Desert Saints

Movie · as Lou

2002
The Rookie poster

The Rookie

Movie · as Olline

2002
Birdseye poster

Birdseye

Movie · as Ruth Betters

2002
Boomtown poster

Boomtown

TV · as Landlady · 1 ep

2002
Everwood poster

Everwood

TV · as Miss Violet · 3 eps

2002
8 Simple Rules poster

8 Simple Rules

TV · as Mrs. Whitley · 1 ep

2001
Donnie Darko poster

Donnie Darko

Movie · as Kitty Farmer

2001
The Rising Place poster

The Rising Place

Movie · as Melvina Pou

2001
Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man poster

Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man

Movie · as Louisa Ashland

2001
Rock Star poster

Rock Star

Movie · as Mrs. Cole

2001
Pearl Harbor poster

Pearl Harbor

Movie · as Motherly Secretary

2001
Six Feet Under poster

Six Feet Under

TV · as Dorothy Sheedy · 1 ep

2001
According to Jim poster

According to Jim

TV · as Mrs. Whitney · 1 ep

2000
Sordid Lives poster

Sordid Lives

Movie · as Sissy Hickey

2000
Malcolm in the Middle poster

Malcolm in the Middle

TV · as Dorene Hooper · 2 eps

2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation poster

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

TV · as Sally Roth · 1 ep

1999
Blue Valley Songbird poster

Blue Valley Songbird

Movie · as Ruby

1999
Judging Amy poster

Judging Amy

TV · as Principal Mott · 1 ep

1999
Providence poster

Providence

TV · as Lillian Gerrish · 1 ep

1999
Angel poster

Angel

TV · as Maude Pearson · 1 ep

1998
Dance with Me poster

Dance with Me

Movie · as Lovejoy

1998
Doctor Dolittle poster

Doctor Dolittle

Movie · as Woman

1998
Angelmaker poster

Angelmaker

Movie · as Mrs. Turcott

1998
Two Guys and a Girl poster

Two Guys and a Girl

TV · as Tufts College Employee · 1 ep

1998
Maximum Bob poster

Maximum Bob

TV · as Inez Crowe · 5 eps

1997
To Dance with Olivia poster

To Dance with Olivia

Movie

1997
Love Always poster

Love Always

Movie · as Stephanie

1997
Interruptions poster

Interruptions

Movie · as Peggy, The Mistress

1997
A Thousand Acres poster

A Thousand Acres

Movie · as Roberta

1997
Desert's Edge

Desert's Edge

Movie

1997
Lawn Dogs poster

Lawn Dogs

Movie · as Trent's Mother

1997
King of the Hill poster

King of the Hill

TV · as Tilly Hill (voice), Nurse (voice), Doris (voice), Blanche (voice), Nurse (voice) (uncredited) · 2 eps

1996
A Time to Kill poster

A Time to Kill

Movie · as Cora Mae Cobb

1996
Norma Jean & Marilyn poster

Norma Jean & Marilyn

Movie · as Grace Goddard

1996
The Pretender poster

The Pretender

TV · as Mrs. Haring · 1 ep

1996
Goode Behavior

Goode Behavior

TV · as Pearl · 1 ep

1996
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch poster

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

TV · as Mrs. Popowski, Mrs. Grant · 2 eps

1996
Profiler poster

Profiler

TV · as Cook · 1 ep

1995
Lieberman in Love poster

Lieberman in Love

Movie · as Linda Baker

1995
Safe poster

Safe

Movie · as Becky (Auditorium Speaker)

1995
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar poster

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar

Movie · as Loretta

1995
Cybill poster

Cybill

TV · as Waiter's Mother · 1 ep

1994
Speed poster

Speed

Movie · as Helen

1994
City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold poster

City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold

Movie · as Lois

1994
Friends poster

Friends

TV · as Lizzy · 1 ep

1994
Sister, Sister poster

Sister, Sister

TV · as Angie · 1 ep

1993
The Dark Half poster

The Dark Half

Movie · as Shayla Beaumont

1993
The X-Files poster

The X-Files

TV · as Iris Finster · 1 ep

1993
Bakersfield P.D. poster

Bakersfield P.D.

TV · as Donna Stiles · 2 eps

1993
Diagnosis: Murder poster

Diagnosis: Murder

TV · as Penelope · 1 ep

1992
Love Field poster

Love Field

Movie · as Hazel

1992
White Sands poster

White Sands

Movie · as Roz Kincaid

1992
Overkill: The Aileen Wuornos Story poster

Overkill: The Aileen Wuornos Story

Movie · as Pat McGinty

1992
Delta poster

Delta

TV · as Thelma Wainwright · 22 eps

1991
Switched at Birth poster

Switched at Birth

TV · as Sophie · 2 eps

1990
Child's Play 2 poster

Child's Play 2

Movie · as Miss Kettlewell

1990
The Image poster

The Image

Movie · as Martha Packard

1990
Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael poster

Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael

Movie · as Lillian Logerfield

1990
Flatliners poster

Flatliners

Movie · as Housewife

1990
Fall From Grace poster

Fall From Grace

Movie · as Paulene

1990
Don't Tell Her It's Me poster

Don't Tell Her It's Me

Movie · as Babette

1990
Eating poster

Eating

Movie · as Carla

1990
Dream On poster

Dream On

TV · as Farm Woman · 1 ep

1990
The Outsiders poster

The Outsiders

TV · as Mrs. Jones · 1 ep

1989
The Wizard poster

The Wizard

Movie · as Diner Manager

1989
I Know My First Name Is Steven poster

I Know My First Name Is Steven

TV · as Mrs. Beta · 2 eps

1989
Coach poster

Coach

TV · as Martha, Maid · 6 eps

1988
Rain Man poster

Rain Man

Movie · as Mother at Farm House

1987
Deadly Care poster

Deadly Care

Movie · as Madge

1987
Under Cover poster

Under Cover

Movie · as Miss Randolph

1987
Hooperman poster

Hooperman

TV · 1 ep

1986
Picnic poster

Picnic

Movie · as Irma Kronkite

1985
The Golden Girls poster

The Golden Girls

TV · as Terry Franco, Louise · 1 ep

1984
Murder, She Wrote poster

Murder, She Wrote

TV · as Meg Thomas · 1 ep

1984
Hunter poster

Hunter

TV · as Dottie Pinder · 2 eps