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.
Known For
Credits
- 2025 · The Bondsman as Kitty Halloran
- 2025 · Unconventional as Charlene Baker
- 2024 · Doc of Chucky as Self
- 2024 · Sweet Dreams as Sandra
- 2023 · Maximum Truth as Mary Jo Nackserson
- 2022 · Better Call Saul Presents: Slippin' Jimmy as Mrs. Brockfrater (voice)
- 2022 · Better Call Saul Presents: Slippin' Jimmy as Ms. Retch (voice)
- 2021 · Willy's Wonderland as Sheriff Eloise Lund
- 2020 · Words on Bathroom Walls as Sister Catherine
- 2020 · Teenage Bounty Hunters as Church Lady
- 2020 · Beef House as Eric's Mom
- 2019 · Hold On as Shelly
- 2018 · Hover as Joanna
- 2018 · Andover as Rebecca
- 2017 · I Do... Until I Don't as Phyllis
- 2017 · Actors Anonymous as
- 2016 · The Labyrinth as Betsy
- 2016 · Great Plains as Tess
- 2016 · Boys on Film 14: Worlds Collide as Linda Heim (segment "The Violation")
- 2016 · Band of Robbers as Widow Douglas
- 2015 · Addicted to Fresno as Tilda
- 2015 · The Midnight Swim as Amelia Brooks / Great Aunt
- 2015 · Just Before I Go as Mrs. Lawrence
- 2015 · Alex of Venice as Teacher
- 2014 · Faults as Evelyn
- 2013 · Bad Words as Bedazzled Judge
- 2012 · Mockingbird Lane as Marie
- 2009 · Herpes Boy as Mom
- 2009 · Winged Creatures as Carla's Mom
- 2008 · Sordid Lives: The Series as Sissy Hickey
- 2007 · Welcome to Paradise as Frances Loren
- 2007 · Drive as The Waitress
- 2007 · The Ungodly as Emma Lemac
- 2006 · Factory Girl as Julia Warhol
- 2006 · Rocker as Mrs. Hill
- 2003 · Matchstick Men as Laundry Lady
- 2003 · The Pitts as Nadine
- 2002 · Desert Saints as Lou
- 2001 · Rock Star as Mrs. Cole
- 2001 · Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man as Louisa Ashland
- 2001 · The Rising Place as Melvina Pou
- 2000 · Sordid Lives as Sissy Hickey
- 1998 · Dance with Me as Lovejoy
- 1998 · Maximum Bob as Inez Crowe
- 1997 · Desert's Edge as
- 1996 · Norma Jean & Marilyn as Grace Goddard
- 1995 · Safe as Becky (Auditorium Speaker)
- 1993 · Bakersfield P.D. as Donna Stiles
- 1992 · Love Field as Hazel
- 1992 · Delta as Thelma Wainwright
- 1992 · Overkill: The Aileen Wuornos Story as Pat McGinty
- 1990 · Don't Tell Her It's Me as Babette
- 1990 · The Image as Martha Packard
- 1989 · I Know My First Name Is Steven as Mrs. Beta
- Future · The Long Home as Mrs. Winer
- 2026 · Remarkably Bright Creatures as
- 2023 · Carol & the End of the World as Pauline (voice)
- 2023 · Digman! as Laverne Dawson (voice)
- 2023 · Mayfair Witches as Carlotta Mayfair
- 2022 · Amsterdam as Mrs. Dillenbeck
- 2021 · Grave Intentions as Mattie Whalen (segment "The Bridge Partner")
- 2020 · Wander Darkly as Patty
- 2020 · Fully Realized Humans as Tipper
- 2020 · Sordid Lives as
- 2020 · La Sirena as Penny
- 2019 · Dollface as Cat Lady
- 2019 · William as Dr. Thomas
- 2018 · The Adventures of Thomasina Sawyer as Ms. Dobbins
- 2018 · Mississippi Requiem as
- 2018 · Wake the Riderless Horse as Brenda
- 2018 · Nostalgia as Anna O'Bryan
- 2017 · Tiny Mammals as Narrator
- 2017 · Lucky as Elaine
- 2017 · American Gods as Jack
- 2017 · Tenn as Edwina Williams
- 2017 · Domain as Nadine
- 2017 · A Series of Unfortunate Events as Woman with Hair But No Beard
- 2016 · Jackie as Lady Bird Johnson
- 2016 · Goliath as Judge Meredith Caplan Reiss
- 2016 · In Dubious Battle as Ethel
- 2016 · Heartland as Crystal
- 2016 · All In as Cynthia
- 2016 · Six L.A. Love Stories as Meg Albright
- 2016 · Tond as Janice
- 2015 · Con Man as Susan
- 2015 · Consumed as Kristin Kessler
- 2015 · The Bridge Partner as Mattie Whalen
- 2014 · I Didn't Do It as Judy Tanzer-Dinkins
- 2014 · Odyssea as Woman
- 2013 · As I Lay Dying as Addie Bundren
- 2013 · The Millers as Myra
- 2013 · Out West as Tiffany Alcott
- 2013 · The Violation as Linda Heim
- 2013 · Miss Dial as Mrs. Wojiechowski
- 2012 · Mockingbird Lane as Marie
- 2012 · La Classe américaine as Self
- 2012 · Blues for Willadean as Willadean 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)
- 2011 · Sedona as Deb
- 2011 · Valley of the Sun as Marva
- 2010 · Operation: Endgame as Susan
- 2010 · Spork as Principal Tulip
- 2010 · In My Sleep as Evelyn
- 2010 · Justified as Mother Truth
- 2009 · Extract: Mike Judge's Secret Recipe as Self
- 2009 · Crazy Heart as Jo Ann
- 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
- 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
- 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 · The House of Usher as Mrs. Thatcher
- 2006 · Flags of Our Fathers as Mother Gagnon
- 2006 · Hard Scrambled as Alice
- 2006 · Dexter as Donna Randall
- 2006 · Jericho as Gracie Leigh
- 2006 · Little Miss Sunshine as Nancy Jenkins
- 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 · #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
- 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
- 2001 · According to Jim as Mrs. Whitney
- 2001 · Six Feet Under as Dorothy Sheedy
- 2001 · Pearl Harbor as Motherly Secretary
- 2001 · Donnie Darko as Kitty Farmer
- 2000 · CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Sally Roth
- 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 · 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 · 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
- 1995 · To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar as Loretta
- 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 · The X-Files as Iris Finster
- 1993 · The Dark Half as Shayla Beaumont
- 1992 · White Sands as Roz Kincaid
- 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 · Flatliners as Housewife
- 1990 · Dream On as Farm Woman
- 1990 · Fall From Grace as Paulene
- 1990 · The Outsiders as Mrs. Jones
- 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
- 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