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Beth Grant

Beth Grant

Acting1949Gadsden, 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.

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Acting History

2025
Digman!
TVas Laverne Dawson (voice)1 eps
The Bondsman
TVas Kitty Halloran8 eps
2024
2023
Maximum Truth
as Mary Jo Nackserson
Mayfair Witches
TVas Carlotta Mayfair5 eps
Carol & the End of the World
TVas Pauline (voice)4 eps
Wildcat
Co-Executive Producer
2022
Amsterdam
as Mrs. Dillenbeck
Better Call Saul Presents: Slippin' Jimmy
TVas Ms. Retch (voice) / Mrs. Brockfrater (voice)
2021
Willy's Wonderland
as Sheriff Eloise Lund
Goliath
TVas Judge Meredith Caplan Reiss5 eps
2020
Words on Bathroom Walls
as Sister Catherine
Teenage Bounty Hunters
TVas Church Lady
Fully Realized Humans
Additional Dialogue
2019
William
as Dr. Thomas
A Series of Unfortunate Events
TVas Woman with Hair But No Beard3 eps
Dollface
TVas Cat Lady18 eps
2018
Hover
as Joanna
Andover
as Rebecca
2017
Tenn
as Edwina Williams
Domain
as Nadine
Lucky
as Elaine
American Gods
TVas Jack1 eps
2016
Six L.A. Love Stories
as Meg Albright
Heartland
as Crystal
Band of Robbers
as Widow Douglas
Jackie
as Lady Bird Johnson
Con Man
TVas Susan1 eps
2015
The Bridge Partner
as Mattie Whalen
Just Before I Go
as Mrs. Lawrence
Consumed
as Kristin Kessler
2014
Faults
as Evelyn
I Didn't Do It
TVas Judy Tanzer-Dinkins1 eps
2013
Bad Words
as Bedazzled Judge
As I Lay Dying
as Addie Bundren
Miss Dial
as Mrs. Wojiechowski
Grey's Anatomy
TVas Sheila Olsen1 eps
The Secret Life of the American Teenager
TVas Victoria / Kathleen's Mom1 eps
The Millers
TVas Myra
Justified
TVas Mother Truth1 eps
2012
Modern Family
TVas Maxine1 eps
The Mindy Project
TVas Beverly104 eps
Dexter
TVas Donna Randall1 eps
2011
Life of Lemon
as Phyllis
Rango
as Bonnie (voice)
Sedona
as Deb
The Artist
as Peppy's Maid
American Dad!
TVas (voice)1 eps
2010
Medium
TVas Librarian1 eps
Criminal Minds
TVas Anita Weld Roycewood1 eps
2009
Stolen
as Older Edvena
All About Steve
as Mrs. Horowitz
Winged Creatures
as Carla's Mom
Crazy Heart
as Jo Ann
Dear Lemon Lima
as Principal Applebomb
Extract
as Mary
2008
Polar Opposites
as General Railen
Hide
as Candy
The Office
TVas Melvina2 eps
According to Jim
TVas Mrs. Whitney1 eps
Pushing Daisies
TVas Marianne Marie Beattle1 eps
2007
No Country for Old Men
as Carla Jean's Mother
The Ungodly
as Emma Lemac
Southland Tales
as Dr. Inga Von Westphalen
Bones
TVas Lizbeth Harding1 eps
Drive
TVas The Waitress
2006
Little Miss Sunshine
as Nancy Jenkins
Flags of Our Fathers
as Mother Gagnon
Factory Girl
as Julia Warhol
Hot Tamale
as Dori Woodriff
Jericho
TVas Gracie Leigh9 eps
My Name Is Earl
TVas Lorraine Mariano1 eps
2005
Daltry Calhoun
as Ciotka Dee
8 Simple Rules
TVas Mrs. Whitley1 eps
2004
A Thief Of Time
as Ranger Mildred Luna
Wonderfalls
TVas Marianne Marie Beattle1 eps
Six Feet Under
TVas Dorothy Sheedy1 eps
2003
Matchstick Men
as Laundry Lady
Boomtown
TVas Landlady1 eps
The Pitts
TVas Nadine
2002
The Rookie
as Olline
Everwood
TVas Miss Violet3 eps
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TVas Sally Roth1 eps
2001
Donnie Darko
as Kitty Farmer
Pearl Harbor
as Motherly Secretary
Rock Star
as Mrs. Cole
The Rising Place
as Melvina Pou
Judging Amy
TVas Principal Mott1 eps
Diagnosis: Murder
TVas Penelope1 eps
2000
Sordid Lives
as Sissy Hickey
Malcolm in the Middle
TVas Dorene Hooper2 eps
The X-Files
TVas Iris Finster1 eps
King of the Hill
TVas Nurse (voice) / (voice) / Tilly Hill (voice) / Nurse (voice) (uncredited) / Blanche (voice) / Doris (voice)2 eps
1999
Providence
TVas Lillian Gerrish1 eps
Angel
TVas Maude Pearson1 eps
Two Guys and a Girl
TVas Tufts College Employee1 eps
1998
Dance with Me
as Lovejoy
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
TVas Mrs. Popowski / Mrs. Grant1 eps
Profiler
TVas Cook1 eps
Cybill
TVas Waiter's Mother1 eps
Maximum Bob
TVas Inez Crowe
1997
Lawn Dogs
as Trent's Mother
The Pretender
TVas Mrs. Haring1 eps
1996
A Time to Kill
as Cora Mae Cobb
Goode Behavior
TVas Pearl
1995
Safe
as Becky (Auditorium Speaker)
Sister, Sister
TVas Angie1 eps
1994
Speed
as Helen
Murder, She Wrote
TVas Meg Thomas1 eps
Friends
TVas Lizzy1 eps
1993
The Dark Half
as Shayla Beaumont
Dream On
TVas Farm Woman1 eps
Bakersfield P.D.
TVas Donna Stiles
1992
White Sands
as Roz Kincaid
Love Field
as Hazel
Coach
TVas Maid1 eps
1991
The Golden Girls
TVas Louise1 eps
1990
Fall From Grace
as Paulene
Child's Play 2
as Miss Kettlewell
Flatliners
as Housewife
Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael
as Lillian Logerfield
Hunter
TVas Dottie Pinder2 eps
The Outsiders
TVas Mrs. Jones
1989
The Wizard
as Diner Manager
1988
Rain Man
as Mother at Farm House
1987
Under Cover
as Miss Randolph
Deadly Care
as Madge
1986
Picnic
as Irma Kronkite

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
9/18/1949(76 years old)
Place of Birth
Gadsden, Alabama, USA