About
Beth Grant
Overview
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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Known for
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2024 | Doc of Chucky | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
2024 | Sweet Dreams | Actor | Sandra | 58 Average |
2023 | Maximum Truth | Actor | Mary Jo Nackserson | 59 Average |
2022 | Amsterdam | Actor | Mrs. Dillenbeck | 60 Fair |
2021 | Grave Intentions | Actor | Mattie Whalen (segment "The Bridge Partner") | 58 Average |
2021 | Willy's Wonderland | Actor | Sheriff Eloise Lund | 59 Average |
2021 | The Long Home | Actor | Mrs. Winer | N/A N/A |
2020 | Wander Darkly | Actor | Patty | 59 Average |
2020 | Words on Bathroom Walls | Actor | Sister Catherine | 69 Fair |
2020 | Fully Realized Humans | Actor | Tipper | 58 Average |
2020 | Sordid Lives | Actor | N/A N/A |
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2020 | La Sirena | Actor | Penny | 59 Average |
2019 | Hold On | Actor | Shelly | N/A N/A |
2019 | William | Actor | Dr. Thomas | 58 Average |
2018 | The Adventures of Thomasina Sawyer | Actor | Ms. Dobbins | N/A N/A |
2018 | Hover | Actor | Joanna | 58 Average |
2018 | Mississippi Requiem | Actor | 58 Average |
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2018 | Andover | Actor | Rebecca | 58 Average |
2018 | Wake the Riderless Horse | Actor | Brenda | N/A N/A |
2018 | Nostalgia | Actor | Anna O'Bryan | 58 Average |
2017 | Tiny Mammals | Actor | Narrator | 59 Average |
2017 | Lucky | Actor | Elaine | 66 Fair |
2017 | I Do... Until I Don't | Actor | Phyllis | 57 Average |
2017 | Tenn | Actor | Edwina Williams | 59 Average |
2017 | Domain | Actor | Nadine | 58 Average |
2017 | Actors Anonymous | Actor | 58 Average |
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2016 | The Labyrinth | Actor | Betsy | 59 Average |
2016 | Jackie | Actor | Lady Bird Johnson | 63 Fair |
2016 | In Dubious Battle | Actor | Ethel | 58 Average |
2016 | Heartland | Actor | Crystal | 58 Average |
2016 | All In | Actor | Cynthia | N/A N/A |
2016 | Six L.A. Love Stories | Actor | Meg Albright | 58 Average |
2016 | Tond | Actor | Janice | N/A N/A |
2016 | Great Plains | Actor | Tess | 59 Average |
2016 | Boys on Film 14: Worlds Collide | Actor | Linda Heim (segment "The Violation") | 58 Average |
2016 | Band of Robbers | Actor | Widow Douglas | 58 Average |
2015 | Addicted to Fresno | Actor | Tilda | 58 Average |
2015 | The Midnight Swim | Actor | Amelia Brooks / Great Aunt | 58 Average |
2015 | Consumed | Actor | Kristin Kessler | 58 Average |
2015 | Just Before I Go | Actor | Mrs. Lawrence | 60 Fair |
2015 | Alex of Venice | Actor | Teacher | 59 Average |
2015 | The Bridge Partner | Actor | Mattie Whalen | 59 Average |
2014 | Faults | Actor | Evelyn | 61 Fair |
2014 | Odyssea | Actor | Woman | N/A N/A |
2013 | As I Lay Dying | Actor | Addie Bundren | 58 Average |
2013 | Bad Words | Actor | Bedazzled Judge | 62 Fair |
2013 | Out West | Actor | Tiffany Alcott | 59 Average |
2013 | The Violation | Actor | Linda Heim | 59 Average |
2013 | Miss Dial | Actor | Mrs. Wojiechowski | 58 Average |
2012 | Mockingbird Lane | Actor | Marie | 59 Average |
2012 | La Classe américaine | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2012 | Blues for Willadean | Actor | Willadeen Winkler | 58 Average |
2012 | The Mindy Project | Actor | Beverly | 64 Fair |
2011 | Life of Lemon | Actor | Phyllis | 59 Average |
2011 | The Artist | Actor | Peppy's Maid | 72 Good |
2011 | Mister Handsome | Actor | Emily's Mom | N/A N/A |
2011 | Hollywood to Dollywood | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2011 | Rango | Actor | Bonnie (voice) | 67 Fair |
2011 | Sedona | Actor | Deb | 59 Average |
2011 | Valley of the Sun | Actor | Marva | 59 Average |
2010 | Operation: Endgame | Actor | Susan | 56 Average |
2010 | Spork | Actor | Principal Tulip | 59 Average |
2010 | In My Sleep | Actor | Evelyn | 58 Average |
2009 | Extract: Mike Judge's Secret Recipe | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2009 | Crazy Heart | Actor | Jo Ann | 65 Fair |
2009 | Herpes Boy | Actor | Mom | N/A N/A |
2009 | Dear Lemon Lima | Actor | Principal Applebomb | 58 Average |
2009 | Stolen | Actor | Older Edvena | 59 Average |
2009 | Extract | Actor | Mary | 58 Average |
2009 | All About Steve | Actor | Mrs. Horowitz | 52 Average |
2009 | Winged Creatures | Actor | Carla's Mom | 59 Average |
2008 | Hide | Actor | Candy | 58 Average |
2008 | Henry Poole Is Here | Actor | Josie | 59 Average |
2008 | Sordid Lives: The Series | Actor | Sissy Hickey | 69 Fair |
2008 | Polar Opposites | Actor | General Railen | 58 Average |
2007 | Southland Tales | Actor | Dr. Inga Von Westphalen | 54 Average |
2007 | Welcome to Paradise | Actor | Frances Loren | 59 Average |
2007 | The House of Usher | Actor | Mrs. Thatcher | 58 Average |
2007 | No Country for Old Men | Actor | Carla Jean's Mother | 78 Good |
2007 | The Ungodly | Actor | Emma Lemac | 58 Average |
2006 | Factory Girl | Actor | Julia Warhol | 59 Average |
2006 | Flags of Our Fathers | Actor | Mother Gagnon | 66 Fair |
2006 | Hard Scrambled | Actor | Alice | 59 Average |
2006 | Little Miss Sunshine | Actor | Nancy Jenkins | 75 Good |
2006 | Rocker | Actor | Mrs. Hill | 59 Average |
2006 | Hot Tamale | Actor | Dori Woodriff | 58 Average |
2005 | Daltry Calhoun | Actor | Ciotka Dee | 58 Average |
2005 | Hard Pill | Actor | Mom | 58 Average |
2005 | Our Very Own | Actor | Virginia Kendal | 59 Average |
2005 | #1 Fan: A Darkomentary | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2005 | Mystery Woman: Mystery Weekend | Actor | Angela | 59 Average |
2004 | Donnie Darko: Production Diary | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2004 | A Thief Of Time | Actor | Ranger Mildred Luna | 58 Average |
2003 | Evil Alien Conquerors | Actor | Sheila | 58 Average |
2003 | Matchstick Men | Actor | Laundry Lady | 67 Fair |
2002 | Birdseye | Actor | Ruth Betters | N/A N/A |
2002 | The Rookie | Actor | Olline | 63 Fair |
2002 | Desert Saints | Actor | Lou | 58 Average |
2001 | Rock Star | Actor | Mrs. Cole | 63 Fair |
2001 | Pearl Harbor | Actor | Motherly Secretary | 68 Fair |
2001 | Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man | Actor | Louisa Ashland | 59 Average |
2001 | The Rising Place | Actor | Melvina Pou | 59 Average |
2001 | Donnie Darko | Actor | Kitty Farmer | 77 Good |
2000 | Sordid Lives | Actor | Sissy Hickey | 59 Average |
1999 | Blue Valley Songbird | Actor | Ruby | 58 Average |
1998 | Making Sandwiches | Actor | Mrs Hellman | 58 Average |
1998 | Dance with Me | Actor | Lovejoy | 61 Fair |
1998 | Doctor Dolittle | Actor | Woman | 57 Average |
1997 | Interruptions | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1997 | Lawn Dogs | Actor | Mrs. Burns, Trent's Mother | 61 Fair |
1997 | Love Always | Actor | Stephanie | N/A N/A |
1997 | A Thousand Acres | Actor | Roberta | 58 Average |
1997 | Desert's Edge | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1997 | To Dance with Olivia | Actor | 58 Average |
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1996 | A Time to Kill | Actor | Cora Mae Cobb | 71 Good |
1996 | Norma Jean & Marilyn | Actor | Grace Goddard | 59 Average |
1995 | To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar | Actor | Loretta | 66 Fair |
1995 | Safe | Actor | Becky (Auditorium Speaker) | 63 Fair |
1995 | Lieberman in Love | Actor | Linda Baker | 59 Average |
1994 | City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold | Actor | Lois | 56 Average |
1994 | Speed | Actor | Helen | 70 Good |
1993 | The Dark Half | Actor | Shayla Beaumont | 59 Average |
1992 | Love Field | Actor | Hazel | 58 Average |
1992 | Delta | Actor | Thelma Wainwright | N/A N/A |
1992 | White Sands | Actor | Roz Kincaid | 58 Average |
1992 | Overkill: The Aileen Wuornos Story | Actor | Pat McGinty | 58 Average |
1991 | Switched at Birth | Actor | Sophie | 59 Average |
1990 | Eating | Actor | Carla | 58 Average |
1990 | Child's Play 2 | Actor | Miss Kettlewell | 62 Fair |
1990 | Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael | Actor | Lillian Logerfield | 59 Average |
1990 | Don't Tell Her It's Me | Actor | Babette | 58 Average |
1990 | Flatliners | Actor | Housewife | 63 Fair |
1990 | Fall From Grace | Actor | Paulene | 58 Average |
1990 | The Image | Actor | Martha Packard | 58 Average |
1989 | The Wizard | Actor | Diner Manager | 59 Average |
1989 | I Know My First Name Is Steven | Actor | Mrs. Beta | 68 Fair |
1988 | Rain Man | Actor | Mother at Farm House | 76 Good |
1987 | Under Cover | Actor | Miss Randolph | 58 Average |
1987 | Deadly Care | Actor | Madge | 59 Average |
1986 | Picnic | Actor | Irma Kronkite | N/A N/A |
Underwater Upside Down | Actor | Mrs. Sheraton | 59 Average |
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In My Sleep | Actor | Evelyn | N/A N/A |
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The Bondsman | Actor | Kitty | N/A N/A |
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2012 | The Perfect Fit | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2011 | Girls! Girls! Girls! | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
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2011 | Girls! Girls! Girls! | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
Production |
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2024 | Wildcat | Production | Co-Executive Producer | 58 Average |
Operation Othello | Production | Executive Producer | N/A N/A |
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Crew |
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2020 | Fully Realized Humans | Crew | Additional Dialogue | 58 Average |