Beth Grant

ActorProductionCrewDirectorWriter Sep 18 (age 76) Gadsden, Alabama, USA 1984–2026 (42 year career)

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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 St…

Known For

Film

No Country for Old Men

Carla Jean's Mother

Film

Donnie Darko

Kitty Farmer

Film

Rain Man

Mother at Farm House

Film

Little Miss Sunshine

Nancy Jenkins

Film

Speed

Helen

Film

Rango

Bonnie (voice)

Film

Pearl Harbor

Motherly Secretary

Film

The Artist

Peppy's Maid

Filmography

Acting (208)

Movies (138)

Remarkably Bright Creatures

2026 Upcoming

May 8

Doc of Chucky

as Self

Sweet Dreams

as Sandra

Maximum Truth

as Mary Jo Nackserson

Amsterdam

as Mrs. Dillenbeck

Willy's Wonderland

as Sheriff Eloise Lund

6.0

Grave Intentions

2021

as Mattie Whalen (segment "The Bridge Partner")

4.7

Words on Bathroom Walls

as Sister Catherine

Wander Darkly

as Patty

Fully Realized Humans

as Tipper

La Sirena

as Penny

Sordid Lives

William

as Dr. Thomas

Hold On

as Shelly

Nostalgia

as Anna O'Bryan

Hover

as Joanna

Andover

as Rebecca

Wake the Riderless Horse

2018

as Brenda

Mississippi Requiem

2018

1.0

The Adventures of Thomasina Sawyer

2018

as Ms. Dobbins

Lucky

as Elaine

Actors Anonymous

Domain

as Nadine

Tiny Mammals

as Narrator

Tenn

as Edwina Williams

A Series of Unfortunate Events

2017

as Woman with Hair But No Beard

10.0

I Do... Until I Don't

2017

as Phyllis

4.8

Six L.A. Love Stories

as Meg Albright

Jackie

as Lady Bird Johnson

The Labyrinth

as Betsy

Heartland

as Crystal

Band of Robbers

as Widow Douglas

In Dubious Battle

as Ethel

All In

as Cynthia

Tond

2016

as Janice

Great Plains

2016

as Tess

6.8

Boys on Film 14: Worlds Collide

2016

as Linda Heim (segment "The Violation")

Addicted to Fresno

as Tilda

Consumed

as Kristin Kessler

The Bridge Partner

as Mattie Whalen

Alex of Venice

as Teacher

Just Before I Go

as Mrs. Lawrence

The Midnight Swim

as Amelia Brooks / Great Aunt

Faults

as Evelyn

Odyssea

as Woman

Bad Words

as Bedazzled Judge

Out West

as Tiffany Alcott

Miss Dial

as Mrs. Wojiechowski

As I Lay Dying

as Addie Bundren

The Violation

as Linda Heim

Blues for Willadean

as Willadean Winkler

Mockingbird Lane

as Marie

La Classe américaine

as Self

Rango

as Bonnie (voice)

Life of Lemon

as Phyllis

The Artist

as Peppy's Maid

Sedona

as Deb

Hollywood to Dollywood

2011

as Self

6.6

Mister Handsome

2011

as Emily's Mom

Valley of the Sun

as Marva

Operation: Endgame

as Susan

Spork

as Principal Tulip

In My Sleep

as Evelyn

Extract

as Mary

Herpes Boy

as Mom

All About Steve

as Mrs. Horowitz

Stolen

as Older Edvena

Winged Creatures

as Carla's Mom

Crazy Heart

as Jo Ann

Dear Lemon Lima

as Principal Applebomb

5.5

Extract: Mike Judge's Secret Recipe

as Self

Henry Poole Is Here

as Josie

Hide

as Candy

Polar Opposites

as General Railen

No Country for Old Men

2007

as Carla Jean's Mother

7.9

Southland Tales

2007

as Dr. Inga Von Westphalen

Welcome to Paradise

as Frances Loren

The Ungodly

as Emma Lemac

The House of Usher

as Mrs. Thatcher

Little Miss Sunshine

as Nancy Jenkins

Flags of Our Fathers

as Mother Gagnon

Rocker

as Mrs. Hill

Factory Girl

as Julia Warhol

Hard Scrambled

as Alice

Hot Tamale

as Dori Woodriff

Hard Pill

as Mom

Daltry Calhoun

as Ciotka Dee

Our Very Own

as Virginia Kendal

#1 Fan: A Darkomentary

2005

as Self

6.6

Mystery Woman: Mystery Weekend

2005

as Angela

7.2

A One Time Thing

2004

as Mom

A Thief Of Time

2004

as Ranger Mildred Luna

5.2

Matchstick Men

2003

as Laundry Lady

7.0

Evil Alien Conquerors

2003

as Sheila

5.4

Birdseye

2002

as Ruth Betters

Desert Saints

as Lou

The Rookie

as Olline

Pearl Harbor

as Motherly Secretary

Donnie Darko

as Kitty Farmer

The Rising Place

as Melvina Pou

Rock Star

as Mrs. Cole

Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man

as Louisa Ashland

Sordid Lives

as Sissy Hickey

Blue Valley Songbird

as Ruby

Doctor Dolittle

as Woman

Dance with Me

as Lovejoy

Making Sandwiches

as Mrs Hellman

Angelmaker

as Mrs. Turcott

Lawn Dogs

1997

as Trent's Mother

7.1

Love Always

1997

as Stephanie

A Thousand Acres

as Roberta

Desert's Edge

Interruptions

as Peggy, The Mistress

To Dance with Olivia

A Time to Kill

as Cora Mae Cobb

Norma Jean & Marilyn

as Grace Goddard

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar

1995

as Loretta

7.4

Safe

1995

as Becky (Auditorium Speaker)

Lieberman in Love

as Linda Baker

Speed

as Helen

City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold

as Lois

The Dark Half

as Shayla Beaumont

White Sands

as Roz Kincaid

Love Field

as Hazel

Overkill: The Aileen Wuornos Story

as Pat McGinty

Child's Play 2

as Miss Kettlewell

Flatliners

as Housewife

Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael

1990

as Lillian Logerfield

6.1

Don't Tell Her It's Me

as Babette

The Image

as Martha Packard

Eating

as Carla

Fall From Grace

as Paulene

The Wizard

as Diner Manager

Rain Man

as Mother at Farm House

Under Cover

as Miss Randolph

Deadly Care

as Madge

Picnic

as Irma Kronkite

The Long Home

as Mrs. Winer

Television (70)

The Bondsman

as Kitty Halloran

Unconventional

as Charlene Baker

Mayfair Witches

as Carlotta Mayfair

Carol & the End of the World

2023

as Pauline (voice)

7.5

Digman!

2023

as Laverne Dawson (voice)

6.1

Better Call Saul Presents: Slippin' Jimmy

2022

as Ms. Retch (voice)

3.7

Teenage Bounty Hunters

as Church Lady

Beef House

as Eric's Mom

Dollface

as Cat Lady

Dollface

as Cat Lady

American Gods

as Jack

A Series of Unfortunate Events

2017

as Woman with Hair But No Beard

7.4

Goliath

2016

as Judge Meredith Caplan Reiss

Con Man

as Susan

I Didn't Do It

as Judy Tanzer-Dinkins

The Millers

as Myra

The Mindy Project

as Beverly

The Mindy Project

as Beverly

Mockingbird Lane

as Marie

Justified

as Mother Truth

Modern Family

as Maxine

The Secret Life of the American Teenager

2008

as Kathleen's Mom

6.9

Sordid Lives: The Series

2008

as Sissy Hickey

6.9

Pushing Daisies

2007

as Marianne Marie Beattle

Drive

as The Waitress

Dexter

as Donna Randall

Jericho

as Gracie Leigh

Bones

as Lizbeth Harding

Grey's Anatomy

as Sheila Olsen

Criminal Minds

as Anita Weld Roycewood

American Dad!

as (voice)

The Office

as Melvina

My Name Is Earl

as Lorraine Mariano

Medium

as Librarian

Wonderfalls

as Marianne Marie Beattle

The Pitts

as Nadine

Everwood

as Miss Violet

8 Simple Rules

as Mrs. Whitley

Boomtown

as Landlady

Six Feet Under

as Dorothy Sheedy

According to Jim

as Mrs. Whitney

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

2000

as Sally Roth

7.6

Malcolm in the Middle

as Dorene Hooper

Angel

as Maude Pearson

Judging Amy

as Principal Mott

Providence

as Lillian Gerrish

Two Guys and a Girl

as Tufts College Employee

Maximum Bob

as Inez Crowe

King of the Hill

as Tilly Hill (voice)

7.4

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

as Mrs. Popowski

The Pretender

as Mrs. Haring

Profiler

as Cook

Goode Behavior

as Pearl

Cybill

as Waiter's Mother

Friends

as Lizzy

Sister, Sister

as Angie

The X-Files

as Iris Finster

Diagnosis: Murder

as Penelope

Bakersfield P.D.

as Donna Stiles

Delta

as Thelma Wainwright

Switched at Birth

as Sophie

Dream On

as Farm Woman

The Outsiders

as Mrs. Jones

Coach

as Maid

I Know My First Name Is Steven

as Mrs. Beta

TV 101

Hooperman

The Golden Girls

as Terry Franco

Murder, She Wrote

as Meg Thomas

Hunter

as Dottie Pinder

Crew (6)

Movies (6)

Wildcat

2023

Co-Executive Producer

5.6

Fully Realized Humans

2020

Additional Dialogue

5.3

The Perfect Fit

2012

Director

Girls! Girls! Girls!

2011

Director

Girls! Girls! Girls!

2011

Writer

Operation Othello

Executive Producer