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