Beth Grant
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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
No Country for Old Men (2007)
as Carla Jean's Mother
Donnie Darko (2001)
as Kitty Farmer
Speed (1994)
as Helen
Remarkably Bright Creatures (2026)
as Barb Vanderhoof
Pearl Harbor (2001)
as Motherly Secretary
A Time to Kill (1996)
as Cora Mae Cobb
Rain Man (1988)
as Mother at Farm House
Rango (2011)
as Bonnie (voice)
The Artist (2011)
as Peppy's Maid
Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
as Nancy Jenkins
Child's Play 2 (1990)
as Miss Kettlewell
Flags of Our Fathers (2006)
as Mother Gagnon
In Dubious Battle (2016)
as Ethel
Hot Tamale (2006)
as Dori Woodriff
Doctor Dolittle (1998)
as Woman
Willy's Wonderland (2021)
as Sheriff Eloise Lund
Amsterdam (2022)
as Mrs. Dillenbeck
Matchstick Men (2003)
as Laundry Lady
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995)
as Loretta
All About Steve (2009)
as Mrs. Horowitz
The Rookie (2002)
as Olline
Words on Bathroom Walls (2020)
as Sister Catherine
Rock Star (2001)
as Mrs. Cole
Crazy Heart (2009)
as Jo Ann
Bad Words (2013)
as Bedazzled Judge
Flatliners (1990)
as Housewife
Southland Tales (2007)
as Dr. Inga Von Westphalen
Jackie (2016)
as Lady Bird Johnson
The Dark Half (1993)
as Shayla Beaumont
Winged Creatures (2009)
as Carla's Mom
Wander Darkly (2020)
as Patty
Factory Girl (2006)
as Julia Warhol
The Wizard (1989)
as Diner Manager
Dance with Me (1998)
as Lovejoy
As I Lay Dying (2013)
as Addie Bundren
Just Before I Go (2015)
as Mrs. Lawrence
White Sands (1992)
as Roz Kincaid
Henry Poole Is Here (2008)
as Josie
City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold (1994)
as Lois
Safe (1995)
as Becky (Auditorium Speaker)
A Thousand Acres (1997)
as Roberta
Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man (2001)
as Louisa Ashland
Love Field (1992)
as Hazel
Don't Tell Her It's Me (1990)
as Babette
Operation: Endgame (2010)
as Susan
Extract (2009)
as Mary
Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael (1990)
as Lillian Logerfield
Alex of Venice (2015)
as Teacher
Lucky (2017)
as Elaine
Stolen (2009)
as Older Edvena
The Long Home (—)
as Mrs. Winer
Interruptions (1997)
as Peggy, The Mistress
Consumed (2015)
as Kristin Kessler
I Do... Until I Don't (2017)
as Phyllis
Doc of Chucky (2024)
as Self
Lawn Dogs (1997)
as Trent's Mother
Maximum Truth (2023)
as Mary Jo Nackserson
In My Sleep (2010)
as Evelyn
Band of Robbers (2016)
as Widow Douglas
Faults (2014)
as Evelyn
Hide (2008)
as Candy
Valley of the Sun (2011)
as Marva
Out West (2013)
as Tiffany Alcott
Sweet Dreams (2024)
as Sandra
Addicted to Fresno (2015)
as Tilda
The House of Usher (2007)
as Mrs. Thatcher
Mockingbird Lane (2012)
as Marie
Nostalgia (2018)
as Anna O'Bryan
Our Very Own (2005)
as Virginia Kendal
Six L.A. Love Stories (2016)
as Meg Albright
Desert Saints (2002)
as Lou
La Sirena (2020)
as Penny
Actors Anonymous (2017)
Actor
Miss Dial (2013)
as Mrs. Wojiechowski
Overkill: The Aileen Wuornos Story (1992)
as Pat McGinty
The Adventures of Thomasina Sawyer (2018)
as Ms. Dobbins
Love Always (1997)
as Stephanie
Boys on Film 14: Worlds Collide (2016)
as Linda Heim (segment "The Violation")
Extract: Mike Judge's Secret Recipe (2009)
as Self
Hard Pill (2005)
as Mom
A Thief Of Time (2004)
as Ranger Mildred Luna
Mystery Woman: Mystery Weekend (2005)
as Angela
To Dance with Olivia (1997)
Actor
Andover (2018)
as Rebecca
Fall From Grace (1990)
as Paulene
Tenn (2017)
as Edwina Williams
Dear Lemon Lima (2009)
as Principal Applebomb
Daltry Calhoun (2005)
as Ciotka Dee
Wake the Riderless Horse (2018)
as Brenda
Sedona (2011)
as Deb
La Classe américaine (2012)
as Self
Blue Valley Songbird (1999)
as Ruby
Mississippi Requiem (2018)
Actor
Sordid Lives (2000)
as Sissy Hickey
The Bridge Partner (2015)
as Mattie Whalen
Odyssea (2014)
as Woman
Lieberman in Love (1995)
as Linda Baker
Evil Alien Conquerors (2003)
as Sheila
The Image (1990)
as Martha Packard
Spork (2010)
as Principal Tulip
Domain (2017)
as Nadine
#1 Fan: A Darkomentary (2005)
as Self
Birdseye (2002)
as Ruth Betters
Norma Jean & Marilyn (1996)
as Grace Goddard
William (2019)
as Dr. Thomas
Hard Scrambled (2006)
as Alice
Mister Handsome (2011)
as Emily's Mom
Under Cover (1987)
as Miss Randolph
Tiny Mammals (2017)
as Narrator
Heartland (2016)
as Crystal
Hover (2018)
as Joanna
Welcome to Paradise (2007)
as Frances Loren
A One Time Thing (2004)
as Mom
Polar Opposites (2008)
as General Railen
Grave Intentions (2021)
as Mattie Whalen (segment "The Bridge Partner")
Hollywood to Dollywood (2011)
as Self
Desert's Edge (1997)
Actor
The Midnight Swim (2015)
as Amelia Brooks / Great Aunt
Tond (2016)
as Janice
Blues for Willadean (2012)
as Willadean Winkler
Sordid Lives (2020)
Actor
The Labyrinth (2016)
as Betsy
Fully Realized Humans (2020)
as Tipper
The Rising Place (2001)
as Melvina Pou
Eating (1990)
as Carla
Herpes Boy (2009)
as Mom
The Ungodly (2007)
as Emma Lemac
The Violation (2013)
as Linda Heim
Hold On (2019)
as Shelly
Deadly Care (1987)
as Madge
Great Plains (2016)
as Tess
Making Sandwiches (1998)
as Mrs Hellman
Life of Lemon (2011)
as Phyllis
Picnic (1986)
as Irma Kronkite
Rocker (2006)
as Mrs. Hill
All In (2016)
as Cynthia
Angelmaker (1998)
as Mrs. Turcott
The Dybbuk (—)
as Frayda