Beth Grant

Acting · Born 1949-09-18 in 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;…

Filmography

• Donnie Darko as Kitty Farmer
• Rain Man as Mother at Farm House
• Speed as Helen
• A Time to Kill as Cora Mae Cobb
• No Country for Old Men as Carla Jean's Mother
• Matchstick Men as Laundry Lady
• The Artist as Peppy's Maid
• Safe as Becky (Auditorium Speaker)
• Little Miss Sunshine as Nancy Jenkins
• Pearl Harbor as Motherly Secretary

TV

• Six Feet Under as Dorothy Sheedy
• Friends as Lizzy
• Bones as Lizbeth Harding
• My Name Is Earl as Lorraine Mariano
• Wonderfalls as Marianne Marie Beattle
• Malcolm in the Middle as Dorene Hooper
• Angel as Maude Pearson
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Sally Roth
• The X-Files as Iris Finster
• Modern Family as Maxine