Acting · Gadsden, Alabama, USA · Born September 18, 1949
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.
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as Dr. Thomas
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as Edwina Williams
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as Nadine
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as Woman with Hair But No Beard
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as Betsy
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as Lady Bird Johnson
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as Judge Meredith Caplan Reiss
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as Ethel
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as Cynthia
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as Janice
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as Linda Heim (segment "The Violation")
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as Widow Douglas
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as Tilda
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as Susan
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as Amelia Brooks / Great Aunt
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as Kristin Kessler
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as Mrs. Lawrence
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as Mattie Whalen
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2014
as Evelyn
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as Woman
TVI Didn't Do It
2014
as Judy Tanzer-Dinkins
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2013
as Addie Bundren
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2013
as Myra
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2013
as Bedazzled Judge
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2013
as Tiffany Alcott
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2013
as Linda Heim
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2013
as Mrs. Wojiechowski
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2012
as Marie
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2012
as Marie
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2012
as Willadean Winkler
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2012
as Self
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2012
as Beverly
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2011
as Phyllis
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2011
as Peppy's Maid
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2011
as Emily's Mom
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2011
as Self
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2011
as Bonnie (voice)
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2011
as Deb
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2011
as Marva
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2010
as Susan
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2010
as Principal Tulip
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2010
as Evelyn
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2010
as Mother Truth
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2009
as Self
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2009
as Jo Ann
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2009
as Mom
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2009
as Principal Applebomb
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2009
as Older Edvena
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2009
as Maxine
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2009
as Mary
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as Mrs. Horowitz
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as Carla's Mom
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2008
as Candy
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as Josie
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2008
as Sissy Hickey
TVThe Secret Life of the American Teenager
2008
as Victoria
MoviePolar Opposites
2008
as General Railen
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2007
as Dr. Inga Von Westphalen
MovieNo Country for Old Men
2007
as Carla Jean's Mother
TVPushing Daisies
2007
as Marianne Marie Beattle
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2007
as Frances Loren
MovieThe House of Usher
2007
as Mrs. Thatcher
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2007
as The Waitress
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2007
as Emma Lemac
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2006
as Julia Warhol
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as Mother Gagnon
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as Alice
TVDexter
2006
as Donna Randall
TVJericho
2006
as Gracie Leigh
MovieLittle Miss Sunshine
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as Nancy Jenkins
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2006
as Mrs. Hill
MovieHot Tamale
2006
as Dori Woodriff
MovieDaltry Calhoun
2005
as Ciotka Dee
TVCriminal Minds
2005
as Anita Weld Roycewood
TVMy Name Is Earl
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as Lorraine Mariano
TVBones
2005
as Lizbeth Harding
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as Mom
MovieOur Very Own
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as Virginia Kendal
TVGrey's Anatomy
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as Sheila Olsen
TVThe Office
2005
as Melvina
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as Self
TVAmerican Dad!
2005
as (voice)
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2005
as Angela
TVMedium
2005
as Librarian
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2004
as Mom
MovieA Thief Of Time
2004
as Ranger Mildred Luna
TVWonderfalls
2004
as Marianne Marie Beattle
MovieEvil Alien Conquerors
2003
as Sheila
MovieMatchstick Men
2003
as Laundry Lady
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2003
as Nadine
TVBoomtown
2002
as Landlady
TV8 Simple Rules
2002
as Mrs. Whitley
TVEverwood
2002
as Miss Violet
MovieBirdseye
2002
as Ruth Betters
MovieThe Rookie
2002
as Olline
MovieDesert Saints
2002
as Lou
TVAccording to Jim
2001
as Mrs. Whitney
MovieRock Star
2001
as Mrs. Cole
TVSix Feet Under
2001
as Dorothy Sheedy
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2001
as Motherly Secretary
MovieMurder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man
2001
as Louisa Ashland
MovieThe Rising Place
2001
as Melvina Pou
MovieDonnie Darko
2001
as Kitty Farmer
TVCSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
as Sally Roth
MovieSordid Lives
2000
as Sissy Hickey
TVMalcolm in the Middle
2000
as Dorene Hooper
MovieBlue Valley Songbird
1999
as Ruby
TVAngel
1999
as Maude Pearson
TVJudging Amy
1999
as Principal Mott
TVProvidence
1999
as Lillian Gerrish
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1998
as Mrs Hellman
MovieDance with Me
1998
as Lovejoy
TVMaximum Bob
1998
as Inez Crowe
MovieDoctor Dolittle
1998
as Woman
TVTwo Guys and a Girl
1998
as Tufts College Employee
MovieAngelmaker
1998
as Mrs. Turcott
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1997
as Peggy, The Mistress
MovieLawn Dogs
1997
as Trent's Mother
MovieLove Always
1997
as Stephanie
MovieA Thousand Acres
1997
as Roberta
Desert's Edge
1997
MovieTo Dance with Olivia
1997
TVKing of the Hill
1997
as Tilly Hill (voice)
TVSabrina, the Teenage Witch
1996
as Mrs. Popowski
TVProfiler
1996
as Cook
TVThe Pretender
1996
as Mrs. Haring
Goode Behavior
1996
as Pearl
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1996
as Cora Mae Cobb
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1996
as Grace Goddard
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1995
as Loretta
MovieSafe
1995
as Becky (Auditorium Speaker)
TVCybill
1995
as Waiter's Mother
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1995
as Linda Baker
TVFriends
1994
as Lizzy
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1994
as Lois
MovieSpeed
1994
as Helen
TVSister, Sister
1994
as Angie
TVDiagnosis: Murder
1993
as Penelope
TVBakersfield P.D.
1993
as Donna Stiles
TVThe X-Files
1993
as Iris Finster
MovieThe Dark Half
1993
as Shayla Beaumont
MovieLove Field
1992
as Hazel
TVDelta
1992
as Thelma Wainwright
MovieWhite Sands
1992
as Roz Kincaid
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1992
as Pat McGinty
TVSwitched at Birth
1991
as Sophie
MovieEating
1990
as Carla
MovieChild's Play 2
1990
as Miss Kettlewell
MovieWelcome Home, Roxy Carmichael
1990
as Lillian Logerfield
MovieDon't Tell Her It's Me
1990
as Babette
MovieFlatliners
1990
as Housewife
TVDream On
1990
as Farm Woman
MovieFall From Grace
1990
as Paulene
TVThe Outsiders
1990
as Mrs. Jones
MovieThe Image
1990
as Martha Packard
MovieThe Wizard
1989
as Diner Manager
TVI Know My First Name Is Steven
1989
as Mrs. Beta
TVCoach
1989
as Martha
MovieRain Man
1988
as Mother at Farm House
MovieUnder Cover
1987
as Miss Randolph
TVHooperman
1987
MovieDeadly Care
1987
as Madge
MoviePicnic
1986
as Irma Kronkite
TVThe Golden Girls
1985
as Terry Franco
TVMurder, She Wrote
1984
as Meg Thomas
TVHunter
1984
as Dottie Pinder
The Long Home
as Mrs. Winer
The Dybbuk
as Frayda
