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.

Filmography

• 2026Remarkably Bright Creatures — Barb Vanderhoof
• The Bondsman — Kitty Halloran
• Unconventional — Charlene Baker
• 2024Sweet Dreams — Sandra
• 2024Wildcat — Co-Executive Producer
• Carol & the End of the World — Pauline (voice)
• Digman! — Laverne Dawson (voice)
• 2023Maximum Truth — Mary Jo Nackserson
• Mayfair Witches — Carlotta Mayfair
• 2022Amsterdam — Mrs. Dillenbeck
• Better Call Saul Presents: Slippin' Jimmy — Ms. Retch (voice), Mrs. Brockfrater (voice)
• 2021Grave Intentions — Mattie Whalen (segment "The Bridge Partner")
• 2021Willy's Wonderland — Sheriff Eloise Lund
• Beef House — Eric's Mom
• 2020Fully Realized Humans — Tipper, Additional Dialogue
• 2020La Sirena — Penny
• 2020Sordid Lives
• Teenage Bounty Hunters — Church Lady
• 2020Wander Darkly — Patty
• 2020Words on Bathroom Walls — Sister Catherine
• Dollface — Cat Lady
• 2019Hold On — Shelly
• 2019William — Dr. Thomas
• 2018Andover — Rebecca
• 2018Hover — Joanna
• 2018Mississippi Requiem
• 2018Nostalgia — Anna O'Bryan
• 2018The Adventures of Thomasina Sawyer — Ms. Dobbins
• 2018Wake the Riderless Horse — Brenda
• A Series of Unfortunate Events — Woman with Hair But No Beard
• 2017Actors Anonymous
• American Gods — Jack
• 2017Domain — Nadine
• 2017I Do... Until I Don't — Phyllis
• 2017Lucky — Elaine
• 2017Tenn — Edwina Williams
• 2017Tiny Mammals — Narrator
• 2016All In — Cynthia
• 2016Band of Robbers — Widow Douglas
• 2016Boys on Film 14: Worlds Collide — Linda Heim (segment "The Violation")
• Goliath — Judge Meredith Caplan Reiss
• 2016Great Plains — Tess
• 2016Heartland — Crystal
• 2016In Dubious Battle — Ethel
• 2016Jackie — Lady Bird Johnson
• 2016Six L.A. Love Stories — Meg Albright
• 2016The Labyrinth — Betsy
• 2016Tond — Janice
• 2015Addicted to Fresno — Tilda
• 2015Alex of Venice — Teacher
• Con Man — Susan
• 2015Consumed — Kristin Kessler
• 2015Just Before I Go — Mrs. Lawrence
• 2015The Bridge Partner — Mattie Whalen
• 2015The Midnight Swim — Amelia Brooks / Great Aunt
• 2014Faults — Evelyn
• I Didn't Do It — Judy Tanzer-Dinkins
• 2014Odyssea — Woman
• 2013As I Lay Dying — Addie Bundren
• 2013Bad Words — Bedazzled Judge
• 2013Miss Dial — Mrs. Wojiechowski
• 2013Out West — Tiffany Alcott
• The Millers — Myra
• 2013The Violation — Linda Heim
• 2012Blues for Willadean — Willadean Winkler
• 2012Mockingbird Lane — Marie
• Mockingbird Lane — Marie
• The Mindy Project — Beverly
• 2012The Perfect Fit — Director
• 2011Girls! Girls! Girls! — Writer, Director
• 2011Life of Lemon — Phyllis
• 2011Mister Handsome — Emily's Mom
• 2011Rango — Bonnie (voice)
• 2011Sedona — Deb
• 2011The Artist — Peppy's Maid
• 2011Valley of the Sun — Marva
• 2010In My Sleep — Evelyn
• Justified — Mother Truth
• 2010Operation: Endgame — Susan
• 2010Spork — Principal Tulip
• 2009All About Steve — Mrs. Horowitz
• 2009Crazy Heart — Jo Ann
• 2009Dear Lemon Lima — Principal Applebomb
• 2009Extract — Mary
• 2009Herpes Boy — Mom
• Modern Family — Maxine
• 2009Stolen — Older Edvena
• 2009Winged Creatures — Carla's Mom
• 2008Henry Poole Is Here — Josie
• 2008Hide — Candy
• 2008Polar Opposites — General Railen
• Sordid Lives: The Series — Sissy Hickey
• The Secret Life of the American Teenager — Victoria, Kathleen's Mom
• Drive — The Waitress
• 2007No Country for Old Men — Carla Jean's Mother
• Pushing Daisies — Marianne Marie Beattle
• 2007Southland Tales — Dr. Inga Von Westphalen
• 2007The House of Usher — Mrs. Thatcher
• 2007The Ungodly — Emma Lemac
• 2007Welcome to Paradise — Frances Loren
• Dexter — Donna Randall
• 2006Factory Girl — Julia Warhol
• 2006Flags of Our Fathers — Mother Gagnon
• 2006Hard Scrambled — Alice
• 2006Hot Tamale — Dori Woodriff
• Jericho — Gracie Leigh
• 2006Little Miss Sunshine — Nancy Jenkins
• 2006Rocker — Mrs. Hill
• American Dad! — (voice)
• Bones — Lizbeth Harding
• Criminal Minds — Anita Weld Roycewood
• 2005Daltry Calhoun — Ciotka Dee
• Grey's Anatomy — Sheila Olsen
• 2005Hard Pill — Mom
• Medium — Librarian
• My Name Is Earl — Lorraine Mariano
• 2005Mystery Woman: Mystery Weekend — Angela
• 2005Our Very Own — Virginia Kendal
• The Office — Melvina
• 2004A One Time Thing — Mom
• 2004A Thief Of Time — Ranger Mildred Luna
• Wonderfalls — Marianne Marie Beattle
• 2003Evil Alien Conquerors — Sheila
• 2003Matchstick Men — Laundry Lady
• The Pitts — Nadine
• 8 Simple Rules — Mrs. Whitley
• 2002Birdseye — Ruth Betters
• Boomtown — Landlady
• 2002Desert Saints — Lou
• Everwood — Miss Violet
• 2002The Rookie — Olline
• According to Jim — Mrs. Whitney
• 2001Donnie Darko — Kitty Farmer
• 2001Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man — Louisa Ashland
• 2001Pearl Harbor — Motherly Secretary
• 2001Rock Star — Mrs. Cole
• Six Feet Under — Dorothy Sheedy
• 2001The Rising Place — Melvina Pou
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — Sally Roth
• Malcolm in the Middle — Dorene Hooper
• 2000Sordid Lives — Sissy Hickey
• Angel — Maude Pearson
• 1999Blue Valley Songbird — Ruby
• Judging Amy — Principal Mott
• Providence — Lillian Gerrish
• 1998Angelmaker — Mrs. Turcott
• 1998Dance with Me — Lovejoy
• 1998Doctor Dolittle — Woman
• 1998Making Sandwiches — Mrs Hellman
• Maximum Bob — Inez Crowe
• Two Guys and a Girl — Tufts College Employee
• 1997A Thousand Acres — Roberta
• 1997Desert's Edge
• 1997Interruptions — Peggy, The Mistress
• King of the Hill — Tilly Hill (voice), Nurse (voice), Doris (voice), Blanche (voice), Nurse (voice) (uncredited)
• 1997Lawn Dogs — Trent's Mother
• 1997Love Always — Stephanie
• 1997To Dance with Olivia
• 1996A Time to Kill — Cora Mae Cobb
• Goode Behavior — Pearl
• 1996Norma Jean & Marilyn — Grace Goddard
• Profiler — Cook
• Sabrina, the Teenage Witch — Mrs. Popowski, Mrs. Grant
• The Pretender — Mrs. Haring
• Cybill — Waiter's Mother
• 1995Lieberman in Love — Linda Baker
• 1995Safe — Becky (Auditorium Speaker)
• 1995To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar — Loretta
• 1994City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold — Lois
• Friends — Lizzy
• Sister, Sister — Angie
• 1994Speed — Helen
• Bakersfield P.D. — Donna Stiles
• Diagnosis: Murder — Penelope
• 1993The Dark Half — Shayla Beaumont
• The X-Files — Iris Finster
• Delta — Thelma Wainwright
• 1992Love Field — Hazel
• 1992Overkill: The Aileen Wuornos Story — Pat McGinty
• 1992White Sands — Roz Kincaid
• Switched at Birth — Sophie
• 1990Child's Play 2 — Miss Kettlewell
• 1990Don't Tell Her It's Me — Babette
• Dream On — Farm Woman
• 1990Eating — Carla
• 1990Fall From Grace — Paulene
• 1990Flatliners — Housewife
• 1990The Image — Martha Packard
• The Outsiders — Mrs. Jones
• 1990Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael — Lillian Logerfield
• Coach — Martha, Maid
• I Know My First Name Is Steven — Mrs. Beta
• 1989The Wizard — Diner Manager
• 1988Rain Man — Mother at Farm House
• 1987Deadly Care — Madge
• Hooperman
• 1987Under Cover — Miss Randolph
• 1986Picnic — Irma Kronkite
• The Golden Girls — Terry Franco, Louise
• Hunter — Dottie Pinder
• Murder, She Wrote — Meg Thomas
• Operation Othello — Executive Producer
• The Dybbuk — Frayda
• The Long Home — Mrs. Winer

Appearances as themselves (5)

• 2024Doc of Chucky — Self
• 2012La Classe américaine — Self
• 2011Hollywood to Dollywood — Self
• 2009Extract: Mike Judge's Secret Recipe — Self
• 2005#1 Fan: A Darkomentary — Self