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