Acting
Beth Grant
EN, FR cinema · 142 credits
Born
18 September 1949 (age 77)
Birthplace
Gadsden, Alabama, USA
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
Filmography
The Long Home
The Long Home
as Mrs. Winer
The Dybbuk
The Dybbuk
as Frayda
What Now?
Actor
Operation Othello
Executive Producer
Remarkably Bright Creatures
as Barb Vanderhoof
Sweet Dreams
as Sandra
Doc of Chucky
as Self
Wildcat
Co-Executive Producer
Maximum Truth
as Mary Jo Nackserson
Amsterdam
as Mrs. Dillenbeck
Grave Intentions
as Mattie Whalen (segment "The Bridge Partner")
Willy's Wonderland
as Sheriff Eloise Lund
Wander Darkly
as Patty
Fully Realized Humans
as Tipper, Additional Dialogue
La Sirena
as Penny
Words on Bathroom Walls
as Sister Catherine
Hold On
as Shelly
William
as Dr. Thomas
The Adventures of Thomasina Sawyer
as Ms. Dobbins
Andover
as Rebecca
Nostalgia
as Anna O'Bryan
Hover
as Joanna
Domain
as Nadine
Lucky
as Elaine
Tenn
as Edwina Williams
I Do... Until I Don't
as Phyllis
Tiny Mammals
as Narrator
Band of Robbers
as Widow Douglas
Great Plains
as Tess
Jackie
as Lady Bird Johnson
The Labyrinth
as Betsy
Heartland
as Crystal
In Dubious Battle
as Ethel
Tond
as Janice
Boys on Film 14: Worlds Collide
as Linda Heim (segment "The Violation")
Six L.A. Love Stories
as Meg Albright
All In
2016
All In
as Cynthia
The Midnight Swim
as Amelia Brooks / Great Aunt
Consumed
as Kristin Kessler
Addicted to Fresno
as Tilda
Alex of Venice
as Teacher
Just Before I Go
as Mrs. Lawrence
The Bridge Partner
as Mattie Whalen
Bad Words
as Bedazzled Judge
Odyssea
as Woman
Faults
as Evelyn
As I Lay Dying
as Addie Bundren
Miss Dial
as Mrs. Wojiechowski
Out West
as Tiffany Alcott
The Violation
as Linda Heim
Blues for Willadean
as Willadean Winkler
Mockingbird Lane
as Marie
Life of Lemon
as Phyllis
The Artist
as Peppy's Maid
Valley of the Sun
as Marva
Sedona
as Deb
Rango
as Bonnie (voice)
Mister Handsome
as Emily's Mom
Girls! Girls! Girls!
2011
Girls! Girls! Girls!
Director, Writer
In My Sleep
as Evelyn
Operation: Endgame
as Susan
Spork
as Principal Tulip
All About Steve
as Mrs. Horowitz
Extract
as Mary
Winged Creatures
as Carla's Mom
Dear Lemon Lima
as Principal Applebomb
Crazy Heart
as Jo Ann
Stolen
as Older Edvena
Henry Poole Is Here
as Josie
Hide
as Candy
Polar Opposites
as General Railen
Southland Tales
as Dr. Inga Von Westphalen
The Ungodly
as Emma Lemac
No Country for Old Men
as Carla Jean's Mother
Welcome to Paradise
as Frances Loren
The House of Usher
as Mrs. Thatcher
Hot Tamale
as Dori Woodriff
Flags of Our Fathers
as Mother Gagnon
Factory Girl
as Julia Warhol
Hard Scrambled
as Alice
Rocker
as Mrs. Hill
Little Miss Sunshine
as Nancy Jenkins
Daltry Calhoun
as Ciotka Dee
Hard Pill
as Mom
Our Very Own
as Virginia Kendal
A Thief Of Time
as Ranger Mildred Luna
Evil Alien Conquerors
as Sheila
Matchstick Men
as Laundry Lady
The Rookie
as Olline
Birdseye
as Ruth Betters
Donnie Darko
as Kitty Farmer
The Rising Place
as Melvina Pou
Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man
as Louisa Ashland
Rock Star
as Mrs. Cole
Pearl Harbor
as Motherly Secretary
Sordid Lives
as Sissy Hickey
Dance with Me
as Lovejoy
Doctor Dolittle
as Woman
Angelmaker
as Mrs. Turcott
Love Always
as Stephanie
Interruptions
as Peggy, The Mistress
A Thousand Acres
as Roberta
Lawn Dogs
as Trent's Mother
A Time to Kill
as Cora Mae Cobb
Norma Jean & Marilyn
as Grace Goddard
Lieberman in Love
as Linda Baker
Safe
as Becky (Auditorium Speaker)
Speed
as Helen
The Dark Half
as Shayla Beaumont
Love Field
as Hazel
White Sands
as Roz Kincaid
Overkill: The Aileen Wuornos Story
as Pat McGinty
Child's Play 2
as Miss Kettlewell
The Image
as Martha Packard
Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael
as Lillian Logerfield
Flatliners
as Housewife
Fall From Grace
as Paulene
Don't Tell Her It's Me
as Babette
Eating
as Carla
The Wizard
as Diner Manager
Rain Man
as Mother at Farm House
Deadly Care
as Madge
Under Cover
as Miss Randolph
Picnic
as Irma Kronkite