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Beth Grant

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Beth Grant

Born September 18, 1949 in Gadsden, Alabama, USA133 films

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.

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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.

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No Country for Old Men posterFirst watchNo Country for Old Men20078.0as Carla Jean's MotherLlewelyn Moss stumbles upon dead bodies, $2 million and a hoard of heroin in a Texas desert, but methodical killer Anton Chigurh comes looking for it, with local sheriff Ed Tom Bell hot on…View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Donnie Darko poster7.8Donnie Darko2001Little Miss Sunshine poster7.7Little Miss Sunshine2006Rain Man poster7.7Rain Man1988Speed poster7.2Speed1994Rango poster6.9Rango2011Pearl Harbor poster6.9Pearl Harbor2001The Artist poster7.4The Artist2011A Time to Kill poster7.4A Time to Kill1996

Filmography

133 films as actor
  1. TBAThe Long HomeMrs. Winer
  2. TBAThe DybbukFrayda
  3. 2026Remarkably Bright CreaturesBarb Vanderhoof
  4. 2024Sweet DreamsSandra
  5. 2023Maximum TruthMary Jo Nackserson
  6. 2022AmsterdamMrs. Dillenbeck
  7. 2021Grave IntentionsMattie Whalen (segment "The Bridge Partner")
  8. 2021Willy's WonderlandSheriff Eloise Lund
  9. 2020Wander DarklyPatty
  10. 2020Words on Bathroom WallsSister Catherine
  11. 2020Fully Realized HumansTipper
  12. 2020Sordid Lives
  13. 2020La SirenaPenny
  14. 2019Hold OnShelly
  15. 2019WilliamDr. Thomas
  16. 2018The Adventures of Thomasina SawyerMs. Dobbins
  17. 2018HoverJoanna
  18. 2018Mississippi Requiem
  19. 2018Wake the Riderless HorseBrenda
  20. 2018AndoverRebecca
  21. 2018NostalgiaAnna O'Bryan
  22. 2017Tiny MammalsNarrator
  23. 2017LuckyElaine
  24. 2017I Do... Until I Don'tPhyllis
  25. 2017TennEdwina Williams
  26. 2017DomainNadine
  27. 2017Actors Anonymous
  28. 2016The LabyrinthBetsy
  29. 2016JackieLady Bird Johnson
  30. 2016In Dubious BattleEthel
  31. 2016HeartlandCrystal
  32. 2016All InCynthia
  33. 2016Six L.A. Love StoriesMeg Albright
  34. 2016TondJanice
  35. 2016Great PlainsTess
  36. 2016Boys on Film 14: Worlds CollideLinda Heim (segment "The Violation")
  37. 2016Band of RobbersWidow Douglas
  38. 2015Addicted to FresnoTilda
  39. 2015The Midnight SwimAmelia Brooks / Great Aunt
  40. 2015ConsumedKristin Kessler
  41. 2015Just Before I GoMrs. Lawrence
  42. 2015Alex of VeniceTeacher
  43. 2015The Bridge PartnerMattie Whalen
  44. 2014FaultsEvelyn
  45. 2014OdysseaWoman
  46. 2013As I Lay DyingAddie Bundren
  47. 2013Bad WordsBedazzled Judge
  48. 2013Out WestTiffany Alcott
  49. 2013The ViolationLinda Heim
  50. 2013Miss DialMrs. Wojiechowski
  51. 2012Mockingbird LaneMarie
  52. 2012Blues for WilladeanWilladean Winkler
  53. 2011Life of LemonPhyllis
  54. 2011The ArtistPeppy's Maid
  55. 2011Mister HandsomeEmily's Mom
  56. 2011RangoBonnie (voice)
  57. 2011SedonaDeb
  58. 2011Valley of the SunMarva
  59. 2010Operation: EndgameSusan
  60. 2010SporkPrincipal Tulip
  61. 2010In My SleepEvelyn
  62. 2009Crazy HeartJo Ann
  63. 2009Herpes BoyMom
  64. 2009Dear Lemon LimaPrincipal Applebomb
  65. 2009StolenOlder Edvena
  66. 2009ExtractMary
  67. 2009All About SteveMrs. Horowitz
  68. 2009Winged CreaturesCarla's Mom
  69. 2008HideCandy
  70. 2008Henry Poole Is HereJosie
  71. 2008Polar OppositesGeneral Railen
  72. 2007Southland TalesDr. Inga Von Westphalen
  73. 2007No Country for Old MenCarla Jean's Mother
  74. 2007Welcome to ParadiseFrances Loren
  75. 2007The House of UsherMrs. Thatcher
  76. 2007The UngodlyEmma Lemac
  77. 2006Factory GirlJulia Warhol
  78. 2006Flags of Our FathersMother Gagnon
  79. 2006Hard ScrambledAlice
  80. 2006Little Miss SunshineNancy Jenkins
  81. 2006RockerMrs. Hill
  82. 2006Hot TamaleDori Woodriff
  83. 2005Daltry CalhounCiotka Dee
  84. 2005Hard PillMom
  85. 2005Our Very OwnVirginia Kendal
  86. 2005Mystery Woman: Mystery WeekendAngela
  87. 2004A One Time ThingMom
  88. 2004A Thief Of TimeRanger Mildred Luna
  89. 2003Evil Alien ConquerorsSheila
  90. 2003Matchstick MenLaundry Lady
  91. 2002BirdseyeRuth Betters
  92. 2002The RookieOlline
  93. 2002Desert SaintsLou
  94. 2001Rock StarMrs. Cole
  95. 2001Pearl HarborMotherly Secretary
  96. 2001Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free ManLouisa Ashland
  97. 2001The Rising PlaceMelvina Pou
  98. 2001Donnie DarkoKitty Farmer
  99. 2000Sordid LivesSissy Hickey
  100. 1999Blue Valley SongbirdRuby
  101. 1998Making SandwichesMrs Hellman
  102. 1998Dance with MeLovejoy
  103. 1998Doctor DolittleWoman
  104. 1998AngelmakerMrs. Turcott
  105. 1997InterruptionsPeggy, The Mistress
  106. 1997Lawn DogsTrent's Mother
  107. 1997Love AlwaysStephanie
  108. 1997A Thousand AcresRoberta
  109. 1997Desert's Edge
  110. 1997To Dance with Olivia
  111. 1996A Time to KillCora Mae Cobb
  112. 1996Norma Jean & MarilynGrace Goddard
  113. 1995To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie NewmarLoretta
  114. 1995SafeBecky (Auditorium Speaker)
  115. 1995Lieberman in LoveLinda Baker
  116. 1994City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's GoldLois
  117. 1994SpeedHelen
  118. 1993The Dark HalfShayla Beaumont
  119. 1992Love FieldHazel
  120. 1992White SandsRoz Kincaid