Beth Grant
Known for Acting · 205 credits
- Born
- 1949-09-18 (age 76)
- Place of birth
- Gadsden, Alabama, USA
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.
Known For
TV Shows (67)
Grey's Anatomy
2005
as Sheila Olsen
Criminal Minds
2005
as Anita Weld Roycewood
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
as Sally Roth
Dexter
2006
as Donna Randall
The Office
2005
as Melvina
Friends
1994
as Lizzy
Bones
2005
as Lizbeth Harding
Modern Family
2009
as Maxine
American Dad!
2005
as (voice)
The X-Files
1993
as Iris Finster
Goliath
2016
as Judge Meredith Caplan Reiss
King of the Hill
1997
as Tilly Hill (voice) / Nurse (voice) / Doris (voice) / Blanche (voice) / Nurse (voice) (uncredited)
Everwood
2002
as Miss Violet
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Meg Thomas
Diagnosis: Murder
1993
as Penelope
Malcolm in the Middle
2000
as Dorene Hooper
Medium
2005
as Librarian
Hunter
1984
as Dottie Pinder
Angel
1999
as Maude Pearson
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
1996
as Mrs. Popowski / Mrs. Grant
Coach
1989
as Martha / Maid
Justified
2010
as Mother Truth
According to Jim
2001
as Mrs. Whitney
Judging Amy
1999
as Principal Mott
My Name Is Earl
2005
as Lorraine Mariano
A Series of Unfortunate Events
2017
as Woman with Hair But No Beard
Six Feet Under
2001
as Dorothy Sheedy
The Mindy Project
2012
as Beverly
The Golden Girls
1985
as Terry Franco / Louise
American Gods
2017
as Jack
Con Man
2015
as Susan
The Pretender
1996
as Mrs. Haring
Sister, Sister
1994
as Angie
Profiler
1996
as Cook
The Secret Life of the American Teenager
2008
as Victoria / Kathleen's Mom
Providence
1999
as Lillian Gerrish
Mayfair Witches
2023
as Carlotta Mayfair
8 Simple Rules
2002
as Mrs. Whitley
Cybill
1995
as Waiter's Mother
Jericho
2006
as Gracie Leigh
Wonderfalls
2004
as Marianne Marie Beattle
Dream On
1990
as Farm Woman
Two Guys and a Girl
1998
as Tufts College Employee
Pushing Daisies
2007
as Marianne Marie Beattle
Dollface
2019
as Cat Lady
The Bondsman
2025
as Kitty Halloran
I Didn't Do It
2014
as Judy Tanzer-Dinkins
The Millers
2013
as Myra
Boomtown
2002
as Landlady
Carol & the End of the World
2023
as Pauline (voice)
Digman!
2023
as Laverne Dawson (voice)
Hooperman
1987
Teenage Bounty Hunters
2020
as Church Lady
Drive
2007
as The Waitress
The Outsiders
1990
as Mrs. Jones
Goode Behavior
1996
as Pearl
Bakersfield P.D.
1993
as Donna Stiles
Beef House
2020
as Eric's Mom
I Know My First Name Is Steven
1989
as Mrs. Beta
Maximum Bob
1998
as Inez Crowe
Movies (138)
Remarkably Bright Creatures
2026
as Barb Vanderhoof
No Country for Old Men
2007
as Carla Jean's Mother
Rango
2011
as Bonnie (voice)
Pearl Harbor
2001
as Motherly Secretary
Donnie Darko
2001
as Kitty Farmer
Speed
1994
as Helen
The Artist
2011
as Peppy's Maid
Rain Man
1988
as Mother at Farm House
Willy's Wonderland
2021
as Sheriff Eloise Lund
Little Miss Sunshine
2006
as Nancy Jenkins
Doctor Dolittle
1998
as Woman
Amsterdam
2022
as Mrs. Dillenbeck
A Time to Kill
1996
as Cora Mae Cobb
Hot Tamale
2006
as Dori Woodriff
Lucky
2017
as Elaine
Child's Play 2
1990
as Miss Kettlewell
Flags of Our Fathers
2006
as Mother Gagnon
Love Field
1992
as Hazel
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
1995
as Loretta
The Rookie
2002
as Olline
Rock Star
2001
as Mrs. Cole
Faults
2014
as Evelyn
Just Before I Go
2015
as Mrs. Lawrence
Flatliners
1990
as Housewife
Love Always
1997
as Stephanie
Crazy Heart
2009
as Jo Ann
Extract
2009
as Mary
Words on Bathroom Walls
2020
as Sister Catherine
Doc of Chucky
2024
as Self
Actors Anonymous
2017
Bad Words
2013
as Bedazzled Judge
Matchstick Men
2003
as Laundry Lady
A Thousand Acres
1997
as Roberta
Winged Creatures
2009
as Carla's Mom
Jackie
2016
as Lady Bird Johnson
Tond
2016
as Janice
In Dubious Battle
2016
as Ethel
Factory Girl
2006
as Julia Warhol
As I Lay Dying
2013
as Addie Bundren
Blue Valley Songbird
1999
as Ruby
La Sirena
2020
as Penny
Alex of Venice
2015
as Teacher
Sedona
2011
as Deb
Southland Tales
2007
as Dr. Inga Von Westphalen
Out West
2013
as Tiffany Alcott
Lieberman in Love
1995
as Linda Baker
Consumed
2015
as Kristin Kessler
The Bridge Partner
2015
as Mattie Whalen
Wander Darkly
2020
as Patty
I Do... Until I Don't
2017
as Phyllis
Birdseye
2002
as Ruth Betters
The Wizard
1989
as Diner Manager
Fully Realized Humans
2020
as Tipper
#1 Fan: A Darkomentary
2005
as Self
Welcome to Paradise
2007
as Frances Loren
All About Steve
2009
as Mrs. Horowitz
Hover
2018
as Joanna
To Dance with Olivia
1997
The Dark Half
1993
as Shayla Beaumont
Spork
2010
as Principal Tulip
Hard Scrambled
2006
as Alice
The Long Home
as Mrs. Winer
The Labyrinth
2016
as Betsy
Wake the Riderless Horse
2018
as Brenda
Interruptions
1997
as Peggy, The Mistress
Evil Alien Conquerors
2003
as Sheila
Hollywood to Dollywood
2011
as Self
Our Very Own
2005
as Virginia Kendal
Valley of the Sun
2011
as Marva
Henry Poole Is Here
2008
as Josie
Operation: Endgame
2010
as Susan
Nostalgia
2018
as Anna O'Bryan
The Image
1990
as Martha Packard
Mississippi Requiem
2018
William
2019
as Dr. Thomas
Polar Opposites
2008
as General Railen
Dance with Me
1998
as Lovejoy
Miss Dial
2013
as Mrs. Wojiechowski
Dear Lemon Lima
2009
as Principal Applebomb
Hide
2008
as Candy
Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man
2001
as Louisa Ashland
A Thief Of Time
2004
as Ranger Mildred Luna
Fall From Grace
1990
as Paulene
Mister Handsome
2011
as Emily's Mom
The House of Usher
2007
as Mrs. Thatcher
The Adventures of Thomasina Sawyer
2018
as Ms. Dobbins
In My Sleep
2010
as Evelyn
Stolen
2009
as Older Edvena
Hard Pill
2005
as Mom
Addicted to Fresno
2015
as Tilda
Mockingbird Lane
2012
as Marie
Blues for Willadean
2012
as Willadean Winkler
La Classe américaine
2012
as Self
Desert's Edge
1997
Safe
1995
as Becky (Auditorium Speaker)
Odyssea
2014
as Woman
Under Cover
1987
as Miss Randolph
White Sands
1992
as Roz Kincaid
Don't Tell Her It's Me
1990
as Babette
Band of Robbers
2016
as Widow Douglas
Andover
2018
as Rebecca
Sweet Dreams
2024
as Sandra
Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael
1990
as Lillian Logerfield
The Midnight Swim
2015
as Amelia Brooks / Great Aunt
Domain
2017
as Nadine
City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold
1994
as Lois
Extract: Mike Judge's Secret Recipe
2009
as Self
Maximum Truth
2023
as Mary Jo Nackserson
Tiny Mammals
2017
as Narrator
Six L.A. Love Stories
2016
as Meg Albright
Herpes Boy
2009
as Mom
The Rising Place
2001
as Melvina Pou
The Dybbuk
as Frayda
Making Sandwiches
1998
as Mrs Hellman
Sordid Lives
2020
Great Plains
2016
as Tess
The Violation
2013
as Linda Heim
Sordid Lives
2000
as Sissy Hickey
Mystery Woman: Mystery Weekend
2005
as Angela
Boys on Film 14: Worlds Collide
2016
as Linda Heim (segment "The Violation")
About Beth Grant
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 Rang… With 205 credits spanning from 1984 to 2026, Beth Grant has appeared in 138 films and 67 TV shows.
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Most Popular Beth Grant Movies
- Remarkably Bright Creatures (2026) — as Barb Vanderhoof
- No Country for Old Men (2007) — as Carla Jean's Mother
- Rango (2011) — as Bonnie (voice)
- Pearl Harbor (2001) — as Motherly Secretary
- Donnie Darko (2001) — as Kitty Farmer
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