Beth Grant
Photoplayd Industry Rating
Not enough rated films yet to compute a weighted score.
Roles are weighted by involvement: director 1.0, screenwriter 0.7, lead 0.8, supporting 0.4, crew 0.1.
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
Remarkably Bright Creatures (2026)
as Barb Vanderhoof
Rango (2011)
as Bonnie (voice)
Speed (1994)
as Helen
Donnie Darko (2001)
as Kitty Farmer
Pearl Harbor (2001)
as Motherly Secretary
Rain Man (1988)
as Mother at Farm House
A Time to Kill (1996)
as Cora Mae Cobb
Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
as Nancy Jenkins
Doctor Dolittle (1998)
as Woman
Amsterdam (2022)
as Mrs. Dillenbeck
Child's Play 2 (1990)
as Miss Kettlewell
Hot Tamale (2006)
as Dori Woodriff
Willy's Wonderland (2021)
as Sheriff Eloise Lund
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995)
as Loretta
The Artist (2011)
as Peppy's Maid
Flags of Our Fathers (2006)
as Mother Gagnon
Flatliners (1990)
as Housewife
Words on Bathroom Walls (2020)
as Sister Catherine
Matchstick Men (2003)
as Laundry Lady
Southland Tales (2007)
as Dr. Inga Von Westphalen
Jackie (2016)
as Lady Bird Johnson
All About Steve (2009)
as Mrs. Horowitz
The Rookie (2002)
as Olline
Rock Star (2001)
as Mrs. Cole
In Dubious Battle (2016)
as Ethel
The Dark Half (1993)
as Shayla Beaumont
Crazy Heart (2009)
as Jo Ann
Winged Creatures (2009)
as Carla's Mom
Bad Words (2013)
as Bedazzled Judge
Wander Darkly (2020)
as Patty
Love Field (1992)
as Hazel
City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold (1994)
as Lois
Extract (2009)
as Mary
Factory Girl (2006)
as Julia Warhol
The Wizard (1989)
as Diner Manager
Safe (1995)
as Becky (Auditorium Speaker)
White Sands (1992)
as Roz Kincaid
Dance with Me (1998)
as Lovejoy
Henry Poole Is Here (2008)
as Josie
Operation: Endgame (2010)
as Susan
Just Before I Go (2015)
as Mrs. Lawrence
A Thousand Acres (1997)
as Roberta
Lucky (2017)
as Elaine
Our Very Own (2005)
as Virginia Kendal
Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael (1990)
as Lillian Logerfield
Stolen (2009)
as Older Edvena
Lawn Dogs (1997)
as Trent's Mother
Band of Robbers (2016)
as Widow Douglas
Consumed (2015)
as Kristin Kessler
Addicted to Fresno (2015)
as Tilda
Sweet Dreams (2024)
as Sandra
As I Lay Dying (2013)
as Addie Bundren
The Long Home (—)
as Mrs. Winer
Alex of Venice (2015)
as Teacher
Interruptions (1997)
as Peggy, The Mistress
Desert Saints (2002)
as Lou
Out West (2013)
as Tiffany Alcott
Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man (2001)
as Louisa Ashland
Doc of Chucky (2024)
as Self
Don't Tell Her It's Me (1990)
as Babette
I Do... Until I Don't (2017)
as Phyllis
Blue Valley Songbird (1999)
as Ruby
In My Sleep (2010)
as Evelyn
Mockingbird Lane (2012)
as Marie
Evil Alien Conquerors (2003)
as Sheila
Nostalgia (2018)
as Anna O'Bryan
Love Always (1997)
as Stephanie
Norma Jean & Marilyn (1996)
as Grace Goddard
Actors Anonymous (2017)
Actor
Faults (2014)
as Evelyn
Maximum Truth (2023)
as Mary Jo Nackserson
Sordid Lives (2000)
as Sissy Hickey
Hard Pill (2005)
as Mom
Domain (2017)
as Nadine
Sedona (2011)
as Deb
Birdseye (2002)
as Ruth Betters
La Classe américaine (2012)
as Self
Mister Handsome (2011)
as Emily's Mom
Andover (2018)
as Rebecca
The Adventures of Thomasina Sawyer (2018)
as Ms. Dobbins
Welcome to Paradise (2007)
as Frances Loren
Hide (2008)
as Candy
Spork (2010)
as Principal Tulip
The Labyrinth (2016)
as Betsy
Daltry Calhoun (2005)
as Ciotka Dee
Miss Dial (2013)
as Mrs. Wojiechowski
The Image (1990)
as Martha Packard
Wake the Riderless Horse (2018)
as Brenda
Deadly Care (1987)
as Madge
Hover (2018)
as Joanna
Making Sandwiches (1998)
as Mrs Hellman
To Dance with Olivia (1997)
Actor
La Sirena (2020)
as Penny
Valley of the Sun (2011)
as Marva
Hard Scrambled (2006)
as Alice
William (2019)
as Dr. Thomas
Extract: Mike Judge's Secret Recipe (2009)
as Self
The Rising Place (2001)
as Melvina Pou
Grave Intentions (2021)
as Mattie Whalen (segment "The Bridge Partner")
Dear Lemon Lima (2009)
as Principal Applebomb
Tiny Mammals (2017)
as Narrator
The Bridge Partner (2015)
as Mattie Whalen
Hollywood to Dollywood (2011)
as Self
The Midnight Swim (2015)
as Amelia Brooks / Great Aunt
Sordid Lives (2020)
Actor
Under Cover (1987)
as Miss Randolph
Fully Realized Humans (2020)
as Tipper
Lieberman in Love (1995)
as Linda Baker
Desert's Edge (1997)
Actor
Polar Opposites (2008)
as General Railen
Blues for Willadean (2012)
as Willadean Winkler
Life of Lemon (2011)
as Phyllis
The Ungodly (2007)
as Emma Lemac
Mississippi Requiem (2018)
Actor
Hold On (2019)
as Shelly
Mystery Woman: Mystery Weekend (2005)
as Angela
The House of Usher (2007)
as Mrs. Thatcher
Six L.A. Love Stories (2016)
as Meg Albright
Heartland (2016)
as Crystal
Odyssea (2014)
as Woman
Herpes Boy (2009)
as Mom
Fall From Grace (1990)
as Paulene
Overkill: The Aileen Wuornos Story (1992)
as Pat McGinty
A Thief Of Time (2004)
as Ranger Mildred Luna
Boys on Film 14: Worlds Collide (2016)
as Linda Heim (segment "The Violation")
Tond (2016)
as Janice
The Violation (2013)
as Linda Heim
All In (2016)
as Cynthia
Eating (1990)
as Carla
Great Plains (2016)
as Tess
#1 Fan: A Darkomentary (2005)
as Self
Angelmaker (1998)
as Mrs. Turcott
A One Time Thing (2004)
as Mom
The Dybbuk (—)
as Frayda
Picnic (1986)
as Irma Kronkite
Tenn (2017)
as Edwina Williams
Rocker (2006)
as Mrs. Hill