Beth Grant
Acting • Born 1949-09-18
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
214 credits
Donnie Darko
Movie • 2001
Kitty Farmer
Rain Man
Movie • 1988
Mother at Farm House
Desert Saints
Movie • 2002
Lou
Speed
Movie • 1994
Helen
A Time to Kill
Movie • 1996
Cora Mae Cobb
Hot Tamale
Movie • 2006
Dori Woodriff
Flags of Our Fathers
Movie • 2006
Mother Gagnon
Grave Intentions
Movie • 2021
Mattie Whalen (segment "The Bridge Partner")
Southland Tales
Movie • 2007
Dr. Inga Von Westphalen
Child's Play 2
Movie • 1990
Miss Kettlewell
Daltry Calhoun
Movie • 2005
Ciotka Dee
The Ungodly
Movie • 2007
Emma Lemac
Evil Alien Conquerors
Movie • 2003
Sheila
No Country for Old Men
Movie • 2007
Carla Jean's Mother
All About Steve
Movie • 2009
Mrs. Horowitz
Matchstick Men
Movie • 2003
Laundry Lady
Factory Girl
Movie • 2006
Julia Warhol
Extract
Movie • 2009
Mary
Hard Pill
Movie • 2005
Mom
Henry Poole Is Here
Movie • 2008
Josie
In My Sleep
Movie • 2010
Evelyn
Operation: Endgame
Movie • 2010
Susan
The Rookie
Movie • 2002
Olline
Winged Creatures
Movie • 2009
Carla's Mom
Hide
Movie • 2008
Candy
Life of Lemon
Movie • 2011
Phyllis
Deadly Care
Movie • 1987
Madge
To Dance with Olivia
Movie • 1997
Love Always
Movie • 1997
Stephanie
Interruptions
Movie • 1997
Peggy, The Mistress
The Rising Place
Movie • 2001
Melvina Pou
Hard Scrambled
Movie • 2006
Alice
A Thousand Acres
Movie • 1997
Roberta
Love Field
Movie • 1992
Hazel
White Sands
Movie • 1992
Roz Kincaid
Sordid Lives
Movie • 2000
Sissy Hickey
Dear Lemon Lima
Movie • 2009
Principal Applebomb
Rocker
Movie • 2006
Mrs. Hill
Welcome to Paradise
Movie • 2007
Frances Loren
Our Very Own
Movie • 2005
Virginia Kendal
The House of Usher
Movie • 2007
Mrs. Thatcher
The Artist
Movie • 2011
Peppy's Maid
The Image
Movie • 1990
Martha Packard
Maximum Truth
Movie • 2023
Mary Jo Nackserson
Polar Opposites
Movie • 2008
General Railen
Valley of the Sun
Movie • 2011
Marva
As I Lay Dying
Movie • 2013
Addie Bundren
Hollywood to Dollywood
Movie • 2011
Self
Blue Valley Songbird
Movie • 1999
Ruby
Sedona
Movie • 2011
Deb
Bad Words
Movie • 2013
Bedazzled Judge
Herpes Boy
Movie • 2009
Mom
Miss Dial
Movie • 2013
Mrs. Wojiechowski
#1 Fan: A Darkomentary
Movie • 2005
Self
Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man
Movie • 2001
Louisa Ashland
Lieberman in Love
Movie • 1995
Linda Baker
Safe
Movie • 1995
Becky (Auditorium Speaker)
Blues for Willadean
Movie • 2012
Willadean Winkler
The Midnight Swim
Movie • 2015
Amelia Brooks / Great Aunt
Out West
Movie • 2013
Tiffany Alcott
Odyssea
Movie • 2014
Woman
The Dark Half
Movie • 1993
Shayla Beaumont
Overkill: The Aileen Wuornos Story
Movie • 1992
Pat McGinty
Amsterdam
Movie • 2022
Mrs. Dillenbeck
The Adventures of Thomasina Sawyer
Movie • 2018
Ms. Dobbins
A One Time Thing
Movie • 2004
Mom
City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold
Movie • 1994
Lois
Faults
Movie • 2014
Evelyn
Consumed
Movie • 2015
Kristin Kessler
Band of Robbers
Movie • 2016
Widow Douglas
Addicted to Fresno
Movie • 2015
Tilda
Rock Star
Movie • 2001
Mrs. Cole
The Long Home
Movie
Mrs. Winer
Spork
Movie • 2010
Principal Tulip
Andover
Movie • 2018
Rebecca
Great Plains
Movie • 2016
Tess
Jackie
Movie • 2016
Lady Bird Johnson
Little Miss Sunshine
Movie • 2006
Nancy Jenkins
Norma Jean & Marilyn
Movie • 1996
Grace Goddard
Domain
Movie • 2017
Nadine
Actors Anonymous
Movie • 2017
The Labyrinth
Movie • 2016
Betsy
Mississippi Requiem
Movie • 2018
Heartland
Movie • 2016
Crystal
Pearl Harbor
Movie • 2001
Motherly Secretary
Making Sandwiches
Movie • 1998
Mrs Hellman
Sweet Dreams
Movie • 2024
Sandra
Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael
Movie • 1990
Lillian Logerfield
Lucky
Movie • 2017
Elaine
In Dubious Battle
Movie • 2016
Ethel
Just Before I Go
Movie • 2015
Mrs. Lawrence
Alex of Venice
Movie • 2015
Teacher
Rango
Movie • 2011
Bonnie (voice)
Crazy Heart
Movie • 2009
Jo Ann
Stolen
Movie • 2009
Older Edvena
Mystery Woman: Mystery Weekend
Movie • 2005
Angela
A Thief Of Time
Movie • 2004
Ranger Mildred Luna
Dance with Me
Movie • 1998
Lovejoy
Doctor Dolittle
Movie • 1998
Woman
Under Cover
Movie • 1987
Miss Randolph
The Wizard
Movie • 1989
Diner Manager
Flatliners
Movie • 1990
Housewife
Hold On
Movie • 2019
Shelly
Birdseye
Movie • 2002
Ruth Betters
William
Movie • 2019
Dr. Thomas
The Violation
Movie • 2013
Linda Heim
Tenn
Movie • 2017
Edwina Williams
I Do... Until I Don't
Movie • 2017
Phyllis
Tond
Movie • 2016
Janice
Nostalgia
Movie • 2018
Anna O'Bryan
Tiny Mammals
Movie • 2017
Narrator
Hover
Movie • 2018
Joanna
Mockingbird Lane
Movie • 2012
Marie
The Bridge Partner
Movie • 2015
Mattie Whalen
Wake the Riderless Horse
Movie • 2018
Brenda
Wander Darkly
Movie • 2020
Patty
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
Movie • 1995
Loretta
Willy's Wonderland
Movie • 2021
Sheriff Eloise Lund
Extract: Mike Judge's Secret Recipe
Movie • 2009
Self
Fall From Grace
Movie • 1990
Paulene
Picnic
Movie • 1986
Irma Kronkite
Desert's Edge
Movie • 1997
Fully Realized Humans
Movie • 2020
Tipper
La Sirena
Movie • 2020
Penny
Sordid Lives
Movie • 2020
Words on Bathroom Walls
Movie • 2020
Sister Catherine
La Classe américaine
Movie • 2012
Self
Boys on Film 14: Worlds Collide
Movie • 2016
Linda Heim (segment "The Violation")
Don't Tell Her It's Me
Movie • 1990
Babette
Eating
Movie • 1990
Carla
Mister Handsome
Movie • 2011
Emily's Mom
Six L.A. Love Stories
Movie • 2016
Meg Albright
Doc of Chucky
Movie • 2024
Self
All In
Movie • 2016
Cynthia
Lawn Dogs
Movie • 1997
Trent's Mother
Remarkably Bright Creatures
Movie • 2026
Angelmaker
Movie • 1998
Mrs. Turcott
Medium
TV • 2005
Librarian
Two Guys and a Girl
TV • 1998
Tufts College Employee
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Meg Thomas
Six Feet Under
TV • 2001
Dorothy Sheedy
Jericho
TV • 2006
Gracie Leigh
Boomtown
TV • 2002
Landlady
Judging Amy
TV • 1999
Principal Mott
Providence
TV • 1999
Lillian Gerrish
Drive
TV • 2007
The Waitress
Friends
TV • 1994
Lizzy
The Golden Girls
TV • 1985
Terry Franco
The Pretender
TV • 1996
Mrs. Haring
Bones
TV • 2005
Lizbeth Harding
King of the Hill
TV • 1997
Tilly Hill (voice)
My Name Is Earl
TV • 2005
Lorraine Mariano
Delta
TV • 1992
Thelma Wainwright
Everwood
TV • 2002
Miss Violet
Wonderfalls
TV • 2004
Marianne Marie Beattle
Malcolm in the Middle
TV • 2000
Dorene Hooper
Angel
TV • 1999
Maude Pearson
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TV • 2000
Sally Roth
Maximum Bob
TV • 1998
Inez Crowe
The X-Files
TV • 1993
Iris Finster
Modern Family
TV • 2009
Maxine
Pushing Daisies
TV • 2007
Marianne Marie Beattle
Sordid Lives: The Series
TV • 2008
Sissy Hickey
Hunter
TV • 1984
Dottie Pinder
Bakersfield P.D.
TV • 1993
Donna Stiles
Goode Behavior
TV • 1996
Pearl
Hooperman
TV • 1987
I Know My First Name Is Steven
TV • 1989
Mrs. Beta
The Mindy Project
TV • 2012
Beverly
According to Jim
TV • 2001
Mrs. Whitney
8 Simple Rules
TV • 2002
Mrs. Whitley
Diagnosis: Murder
TV • 1993
Penelope
Goliath
TV • 2016
Judge Meredith Caplan Reiss
Dollface
TV • 2019
Cat Lady
King of the Hill
TV • 1997
Nurse (voice)
King of the Hill
TV • 1997
Doris (voice)
King of the Hill
TV • 1997
Blanche (voice)
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
TV • 1996
Mrs. Popowski
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
TV • 1996
Mrs. Grant
American Gods
TV • 2017
Jack
Beef House
TV • 2020
Eric's Mom
Justified
TV • 2010
Mother Truth
Mockingbird Lane
TV • 2012
Marie
Carol & the End of the World
TV • 2023
Pauline (voice)
The Pitts
TV • 2003
Nadine
The Bondsman
TV • 2025
Kitty Halloran
Grey's Anatomy
TV • 2005
Sheila Olsen
Better Call Saul Presents: Slippin' Jimmy
TV • 2022
Ms. Retch (voice)
Better Call Saul Presents: Slippin' Jimmy
TV • 2022
Mrs. Brockfrater (voice)
King of the Hill
TV • 1997
Nurse (voice) (uncredited)
Dream On
TV • 1990
Farm Woman
Mayfair Witches
TV • 2023
Carlotta Mayfair
King of the Hill
TV • 1997
(voice)
Dexter
TV • 2006
Donna Randall
American Dad!
TV • 2005
(voice)
A Series of Unfortunate Events
TV • 2017
Woman with Hair But No Beard
The Secret Life of the American Teenager
TV • 2008
Victoria
The Golden Girls
TV • 1985
Louise
I Didn't Do It
TV • 2014
Judy Tanzer-Dinkins
The Office
TV • 2005
Melvina
Con Man
TV • 2015
Susan
Coach
TV • 1989
Martha
Coach
TV • 1989
Maid
Criminal Minds
TV • 2005
Anita Weld Roycewood
Teenage Bounty Hunters
TV • 2020
Church Lady
The Outsiders
TV • 1990
Mrs. Jones
Unconventional
TV • 2025
Charlene Baker
The Millers
TV • 2013
Myra
Sister, Sister
TV • 1994
Angie
Digman!
TV • 2023
Laverne Dawson (voice)
Switched at Birth
TV • 1991
Sophie
Profiler
TV • 1996
Cook
Cybill
TV • 1995
Waiter's Mother
The Secret Life of the American Teenager
TV • 2008
Kathleen's Mom