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