
Beth Grant
Biography
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
Acting History
2025
The Bondsman as Kitty Halloran
2025Unconventional as Charlene Baker
2024Doc of Chucky as Self
2024Sweet Dreams as Sandra
2023Carol & the End of the World as Pauline (voice)
2023Maximum Truth as Mary Jo Nackserson
2023Digman! as Laverne (voice)
2023Mayfair Witches as Carlotta Mayfair
2022Amsterdam as Mrs. Dillenbeck
2022Better Call Saul Presents: Slippin' Jimmy as Mrs. Brockfrater (voice)
2022Better Call Saul Presents: Slippin' Jimmy as Ms. Retch (voice)
2021Grave Intentions as Mattie Whalen (segment "The Bridge Partner")
2021Willy's Wonderland as Sheriff Eloise Lund
2020Wander Darkly as Patty
2020Words on Bathroom Walls as Sister Catherine
2020Teenage Bounty Hunters as Church Lady
2020Fully Realized Humans as Tipper
2020Sordid Lives
2020La Sirena as Penny
2020Beef House as Eric's Mom
2019Hold On as Shelly
2019Dollface as Cat Lady
2019William as Dr. Thomas
2018The Adventures of Thomasina Sawyer as Ms. Dobbins
2018Hover as Joanna
2018Mississippi Requiem
2018Wake the Riderless Horse as Brenda
2018Andover as Rebecca
2018Nostalgia as Anna O'Bryan
2017Tiny Mammals as Narrator
2017Lucky as Elaine
2017I Do... Until I Don't as Phyllis
2017American Gods as Jack
2017Tenn as Edwina Williams
2017Domain as Nadine
2017Actors Anonymous
2017A Series of Unfortunate Events as Woman with Hair But No Beard
2016The Labyrinth as Betsy
2016Jackie as Lady Bird Johnson
2016Goliath as Judge Meredith Caplan Reiss
2016In Dubious Battle as Ethel
2016Heartland as Crystal
2016All In as Cynthia
2016Six L.A. Love Stories as Meg Albright
2016Tond as Janice
2016Great Plains as Tess
2016Boys on Film 14: Worlds Collide as Linda Heim (segment "The Violation")
2016Band of Robbers as Widow Douglas
2015Addicted to Fresno as Tilda
2015Con Man as Susan
2015The Midnight Swim as Amelia Brooks / Great Aunt
2015Consumed as Kristin Kessler
2015Just Before I Go as Mrs. Lawrence
2015Alex of Venice as Teacher
2015The Bridge Partner as Mattie Whalen
2014Faults as Evelyn
2014I Didn't Do It as Judy Tanzer-Dinkins
2014Odyssea as Woman
2013As I Lay Dying as Addie Bundren
2013The Millers as Myra
2013Bad Words as Bedazzled Judge
2013Out West as Tiffany Alcott
2013The Violation as Linda Heim
2013Miss Dial as Mrs. Wojiechowski
2012Mockingbird Lane as Marie
2012Mockingbird Lane as Marie
2012La Classe américaine as Self
2012Blues for Willadean as Willadeen Winkler
2012The Mindy Project as Beverly
2011Life of Lemon as Phyllis
2011The Artist as Peppy's Maid
2011Mister Handsome as Emily's Mom
2011Hollywood to Dollywood as Self
2011Rango as Bonnie (voice)
2011Sedona as Deb
2011Valley of the Sun as Marva
2010Operation: Endgame as Susan
2010Spork as Principal Tulip
2010In My Sleep as Evelyn
2010Justified as Mother Truth
2009Extract: Mike Judge's Secret Recipe as Self
2009Crazy Heart as Jo Ann
2009Herpes Boy as Mom
2009Dear Lemon Lima as Principal Applebomb
2009Stolen as Older Edvena
2009Modern Family as Maxine
2009Extract as Mary
2009All About Steve as Mrs. Horowitz
2009Winged Creatures as Carla's Mom
2008Hide as Candy
2008Henry Poole Is Here as Josie
2008Sordid Lives: The Series as Sissy Hickey
2008The Secret Life of the American Teenager as Victoria
2008The Secret Life of the American Teenager as Kathleen's Mom
2008Polar Opposites as General Railen
2007Southland Tales as Dr. Inga Von Westphalen
2007No Country for Old Men as Carla Jean's Mother
2007Pushing Daisies as Marianne Marie Beattle
2007Welcome to Paradise as Frances Loren
2007The House of Usher as Mrs. Thatcher
2007Drive as The Waitress
2007The Ungodly as Emma Lemac
2006Factory Girl as Julia Warhol
2006Flags of Our Fathers as Mother Gagnon
2006Hard Scrambled as Alice
2006Dexter as Donna Randall
2006Jericho as Gracie Leigh
2006Little Miss Sunshine as Nancy Jenkins
2006Rocker as Mrs. Hill
2006Hot Tamale as Dori Woodriff
2005Daltry Calhoun as Ciotka Dee
2005Criminal Minds as Anita Weld Roycewood
2005My Name Is Earl as Lorraine Mariano
2005Bones as Lizbeth Harding
2005Hard Pill as Mom
2005Our Very Own as Virginia Kendal
2005Grey's Anatomy as Sheila Olsen
2005The Office as Melvina
2005#1 Fan: A Darkomentary as Self
2005American Dad! as (voice)
2005Mystery Woman: Mystery Weekend as Angela
2005Medium as Librarian
2004A One Time Thing as Mom
2004A Thief Of Time as Ranger Mildred Luna
2004Wonderfalls as Marianne Marie Beattle
2003Evil Alien Conquerors as Sheila
2003Matchstick Men as Laundry Lady
2003The Pitts as Nadine
2002Boomtown as Landlady
20028 Simple Rules as Mrs. Whitley
2002Everwood as Miss Violet
2002Birdseye as Ruth Betters
2002The Rookie as Olline
2002Desert Saints as Lou
2001According to Jim as Mrs. Whitney
2001Rock Star as Mrs. Cole
2001Six Feet Under as Dorothy Sheedy
2001Pearl Harbor as Motherly Secretary
2001Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man as Louisa Ashland
2001The Rising Place as Melvina Pou
2001Donnie Darko as Kitty Farmer
2000CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Sally Roth
2000Sordid Lives as Sissy Hickey
2000Malcolm in the Middle as Dorene Hooper
1999Blue Valley Songbird as Ruby
1999Angel as Maude Pearson
1999Judging Amy as Principal Mott
1999Providence as Lillian Gerrish
1998Making Sandwiches as Mrs Hellman
1998Dance with Me as Lovejoy
1998Maximum Bob as Inez Crowe
1998Doctor Dolittle as Woman
1998Two Guys and a Girl as Tufts College Employee
1998Angelmaker as Mrs. Turcott
1997Interruptions as Peggy, The Mistress
1997Lawn Dogs as Trent's Mother
1997Love Always as Stephanie
1997A Thousand Acres as Roberta
1997Desert's Edge
1997To Dance with Olivia
1997King of the Hill as Tilly Hill (voice)
1997King of the Hill as Nurse (voice)
1997King of the Hill as Doris (voice)
1997King of the Hill as Blanche (voice)
1997King of the Hill as Nurse (voice) (uncredited)
1997King of the Hill as (voice)
1996Sabrina, the Teenage Witch as Mrs. Popowski
1996Sabrina, the Teenage Witch as Mrs. Grant
1996Profiler as Cook
1996The Pretender as Mrs. Haring
1996Goode Behavior as Pearl
1996A Time to Kill as Cora Mae Cobb
1996Norma Jean & Marilyn as Grace Goddard
1995To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar as Loretta
1995Safe as Becky (Auditorium Speaker)
1995Cybill as Waiter's Mother
1995Lieberman in Love as Linda Baker
1994Friends as Lizzy
1994City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold as Lois
1994Speed as Helen
1994Sister, Sister as Angie
1993Diagnosis: Murder as Penelope
1993Bakersfield P.D. as Donna Stiles
1993The X-Files as Iris Finster
1993The Dark Half as Shayla Beaumont
1992Love Field as Hazel
1992Delta as Thelma Wainwright
1992White Sands as Roz Kincaid
1992Overkill: The Aileen Wuornos Story as Pat McGinty
1991Switched at Birth as Sophie
1990Eating as Carla
1990Child's Play 2 as Miss Kettlewell
1990Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael as Lillian Logerfield
1990Don't Tell Her It's Me as Babette
1990Flatliners as Housewife
1990Dream On as Farm Woman
1990Fall From Grace as Paulene
1990The Outsiders as Mrs. Jones
1990The Image as Martha Packard
1989The Wizard as Diner Manager
1989I Know My First Name Is Steven as Mrs. Beta
1989Coach as Martha
1989Coach as Maid
1988Rain Man as Mother at Farm House
1987Under Cover as Miss Randolph
1987Hooperman
1987Deadly Care as Madge
1986Picnic as Irma Kronkite
1985The Golden Girls as Terry Franco
1985The Golden Girls as Louise
1984Murder, She Wrote as Meg Thomas
1984Hunter as Dottie Pinder
—The Long Home as Mrs. Winer
—Remarkably Bright Creatures









