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