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Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Gadsden, Alabama, USA

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Movie Involvements: 84

TV Involvements: 26


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

Diagnosis: Murder
Average
7

Diagnosis: Murder

(1993) Penelope
Criminal Minds
Average
8

Criminal Minds

(2005) Anita Weld Roycewood
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Average
8

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

(2000) Sally Roth
The X-Files
Average
8

The X-Files

(1993) Iris Finster
Bones
Average
8

Bones

(2005) Lizbeth Harding
Angel
Average
8

Angel

(1999) Maude Pearson
Hunter
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7

Hunter

(1984) Dottie Pinder
Medium
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7

Medium

(2005) Librarian

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2023 Pauline (voice)
Mary Jo Nackserson
Carlotta Mayfair
2022 Mrs. Dillenbeck
Ms. Retch (voice)
Mrs. Brockfrater (voice)
2021 Mattie Whalen (segment "The Bridge Partner")
Sheriff Eloise Lund
Mrs. Winer
2020 Patty
Sister Catherine
Church Lady
Tipper
N/A
Penny
Eric's Mom
2019 Shelly
Cat Lady
Dr. Thomas
2018 Ms. Dobbins
Joanna
N/A
Rebecca
Brenda
Anna O'Bryan
2017 Narrator
Elaine
Phyllis
Jack
Edwina Williams
Nadine
N/A
Posthwaite
Woman with Hair But No Beard
Betsy
2016 Lady Bird Johnson
Judge Meredith Caplan Reiss
Ethel
Crystal
Meg Albright
Janice
Tess
Linda Heim (segment "The Violation")
Widow Douglas
2015 Tilda
Susan
Amelia Brooks
Kristin Kessler
Mrs. Lawrence
Teacher
Mattie Whalen
2014 Evelyn
Judy Tanzer-Dinkins
2013 Addie Bundren
Bedazzled Judge
Tiffany Alcott
Linda Heim
Mrs. Wojiechowski
2012 Marie
Marie
Willadeen Winkler
Self
Beverly
2011 Phyllis
Peppy's Maid
Emily's Mom
Self
Bonnie (voice)
Deb
Marva
2010 Susan
Principal Tulip
Evelyn
Mother Truth
2009 Self
Jo Ann
Mom
Principal Applebomb
Older Edvena
Maxine
Mary
Mrs. Horowitz
Carla's Mom
2008 Candy
Josie
Sissy Hickey
General Railen
2007 Marianne Marie Beattle
Frances Loren
Mrs. Thatcher
Carla Jean's Mother
The Waitress
Emma Lemac
2006 Julia Warhol
Mother Gagnon
Alice
Donna Randall
Gracie Leigh
Nancy Jenkins
Mrs. Hill
Dr. Inga Von Westphalen
Dori Woodriff
2005 Ciotka Dee
Anita Weld Roycewood
Lorraine Mariano
Lizbeth Harding
Mom
Virginia Kendal
Melvina
Self
(voice)
Angela
Librarian
2004 Mom
Self
Ranger Mildred Luna
Marianne Marie Beattle
2003 Sheila
Laundry Lady
Nadine
2002 Landlady
Mrs. Whitley
Miss Violet
Ruth Betters
Olline
Lou
2001 Mrs. Whitney
Mrs. Cole
Dorothy Sheedy
Motherly Secretary
Louisa Ashland
Melvina Pou
Kitty Farmer
2000 Sally Roth
Sissy Hickey
Dorene Hooper
1999 Ruby
Maude Pearson
Principal Mott
Lillian Gerrish
1998 Mrs Hellman
Lovejoy
Inez Crowe
Woman
Tufts College Employee
1997 N/A
Mrs. Burns, Trent's Mother
Stephanie
Roberta
N/A
N/A
Tilly Hill (voice)
Nurse (voice)
Doris (voice)
Blanche (voice)
Nurse (voice) (uncredited)
(voice)
1996 Mrs. Popowski
Mrs. Grant
Mrs. Haring
Pearl
Cora Mae Cobb
Grace Goddard
1995 Loretta
Becky (Auditorium Speaker)
Linda Baker
1994 Lizzy
Lois
Helen
1993 Penelope
Donna Stiles
Iris Finster
Shayla Beaumont
1992 Hazel
Thelma Wainwright
Roz Kincaid
Pat McGinty
1991 Sophie
1990 Carla
Miss Kettlewell
Lillian Logerfield
Babette
Housewife
N/A
Paulene
Mrs. Jones
Martha Packard
1989 Diner Manager
Mrs. Beta
1988 Mother at Farm House
1987 Miss Randolph
N/A
Madge
1986 Irma Kronkite
1985 Terry Franco
Louise
1984 Meg Thomas
Dottie Pinder
Mrs. Sheraton
Year Character Movie/Tv

Production

Year Role Movie/Tv
2023 Co-Executive Producer
Executive Producer
Year Role Movie/Tv

Crew

Year Role Movie/Tv
2020 Additional Dialogue
Year Role Movie/Tv

Directing

Year Role Movie/Tv
2012 Director
2011 Director
Year Role Movie/Tv

Writing

Year Role Movie/Tv
2011 Writer
Year Role Movie/Tv

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