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Beth Grant

Acting

Born September 18, 1949 · 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Beth Grant, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards & recognition

  • Ovation Awards

Filmography50+ titles

Remarkably Bright Creatures

2026as Barb Vanderhoof

The Office

2005as Melvina

Malcolm in the Middle

2000as Dorene Hooper

Friends

1994as Lizzy

The X-Files

1993as Iris Finster

Criminal Minds

2005as Anita Weld Roycewood

Dexter

2006as Donna Randall

Bones

2005as Lizbeth Harding

Grey's Anatomy

2005as Sheila Olsen

Six Feet Under

2001as Dorothy Sheedy

Justified

2010as Mother Truth

No Country for Old Men

2007as Carla Jean's Mother

Modern Family

2009as Maxine

Pushing Daisies

2007as Marianne Marie Beattle

Angel

1999as Maude Pearson

Doc of Chucky

2024as Self

Words on Bathroom Walls

2020as Sister Catherine

Donnie Darko

2001as Kitty Farmer

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

1996as Mrs. Popowski

Rain Man

1988as Mother at Farm House

Teenage Bounty Hunters

2020as Church Lady

Little Miss Sunshine

2006as Nancy Jenkins

My Name Is Earl

2005as Lorraine Mariano

Goliath

2016as Judge Meredith Caplan Reiss

Mystery Woman: Mystery Weekend

2005as Angela

Everwood

2002as Miss Violet

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

2000as Sally Roth

The Golden Girls

1985as Terry Franco

I Didn't Do It

as Judy Tanzer-Dinkins

Medium

2005as Librarian

Murder, She Wrote

1984as Meg Thomas

Carol & the End of the World

2023as Pauline (voice)

A Series of Unfortunate Events

2017as Woman with Hair But No Beard

The Artist

2011as Peppy's Maid

Jericho

2006as Gracie Leigh

King of the Hill

1997as (voice)

A Time to Kill

1996as Cora Mae Cobb

The Pretender

1996as Mrs. Haring

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar

1995as Loretta

Anne Rice's Mayfair Witches

2023as Carlotta Mayfair

Lucky

2017as Elaine

The Bondsman

2025as Kitty Halloran

Speed

1994as Helen

American Gods

2017as Jack

Lawn Dogs

1997as Trent's Mother

Sister, Sister

1994as Angie

Diagnosis: Murder

1993as Penelope

Hunter

1984as Dottie Pinder

Dollface

2019as Cat Lady

American Dad!

2005as (voice)