Beth Grant

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1949-09-18 (76 years old)

Place of Birth

Gadsden, Alabama, USA

Beth Grant

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 i...

Acting

2001

Donnie Darko

as Kitty Farmer

1988

Rain Man

as Mother at Farm House

2002

1994

Speed

as Helen

1996

A Time to Kill

as Cora Mae Cobb

2006

Hot Tamale

as Dori Woodriff

2006

Flags of Our Fathers

as Mother Gagnon

2021

Grave Intentions

as Mattie Whalen (segment "The Bridge Partner")

2007

Southland Tales

as Dr. Inga Von Westphalen

1990

Child's Play 2

as Miss Kettlewell

2005

Daltry Calhoun

as Ciotka Dee

2007

The Ungodly

as Emma Lemac

2007

No Country for Old Men

as Carla Jean's Mother

2009

All About Steve

as Mrs. Horowitz

2003

Matchstick Men

as Laundry Lady

2006

Factory Girl

as Julia Warhol

2009

Extract

as Mary

2005

Hard Pill

as Mom

2010

In My Sleep

as Evelyn

2010

2002

The Rookie

as Olline

2009

Winged Creatures

as Carla's Mom

2008

Hide

as Candy

2011

Life of Lemon

as Phyllis

1997

Love Always

as Stephanie

2001

The Rising Place

as Melvina Pou

2006

1987

Deadly Care

as Madge

1997

1992

Love Field

as Hazel

1992

White Sands

as Roz Kincaid

2000

Sordid Lives

as Sissy Hickey

2009

Dear Lemon Lima

as Principal Applebomb

2006

Rocker

as Mrs. Hill

2007

Welcome to Paradise

as Frances Loren

2005

Our Very Own

as Virginia Kendal

2007

The House of Usher

as Mrs. Thatcher

2011

The Artist

as Peppy's Maid

1990

The Image

as Martha Packard

2023

Maximum Truth

as Mary Jo Nackserson

2008

Polar Opposites

as General Railen

2011

2013

As I Lay Dying

as Addie Bundren

2011

Sedona

as Deb

2013

Bad Words

as Bedazzled Judge

2009

2013

Miss Dial

as Mrs. Wojiechowski

1995

Lieberman in Love

as Linda Baker

1995

Safe

as Becky (Auditorium Speaker)

2012

Blues for Willadean

as Willadeen Winkler

2015

The Midnight Swim

as Amelia Brooks / Great Aunt

2013

Out West

as Tiffany Alcott

2014

Odyssea

as Woman

1993

The Dark Half

as Shayla Beaumont

2022

Amsterdam

as Mrs. Dillenbeck

2014

Faults

as Evelyn

2015

Consumed

as Kristin Kessler

2016

Band of Robbers

as Widow Douglas

2015

2001

Rock Star

as Mrs. Cole

-

The Long Home

as Mrs. Winer

2010

Spork

as Principal Tulip

2016

2018

Andover

as Rebecca

2016

Jackie

as Lady Bird Johnson

2006

Little Miss Sunshine

as Nancy Jenkins

1996

Norma Jean & Marilyn

as Grace Goddard

2017

Domain

as Nadine

2016

2016

Heartland

as Crystal

2001

Pearl Harbor

as Motherly Secretary

1998

Making Sandwiches

as Mrs Hellman

2024

Sweet Dreams

as Sandra

1990

Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael

as Lillian Logerfield

2017

Lucky

as Elaine

2009

Crazy Heart

as Jo Ann

1987

Under Cover

as Miss Randolph

1989

The Wizard

as Diner Manager

2015

Alex of Venice

as Teacher

2015

Just Before I Go

as Mrs. Lawrence

2009

Stolen

as Older Edvena

1990

Flatliners

as Housewife

2011

Rango

as Bonnie (voice)

2004

A Thief Of Time

as Ranger Mildred Luna

1998

Dance with Me

as Lovejoy

1998

2016

2019

Hold On

as Shelly

2002

Birdseye

as Ruth Betters

2019

William

as Dr. Thomas

2013

The Violation

as Linda Heim

2017

Tenn

as Edwina Williams

2017

2016

Tond

as Janice

2018

Nostalgia

as Anna O'Bryan

2017

Tiny Mammals

as Narrator

2018

Hover

as Joanna

2012

2015

The Bridge Partner

as Mattie Whalen

2020

2021

Willy's Wonderland

as Sheriff Eloise Lund

1991

1990

Fall From Grace

as Paulene

1986

Picnic

as Irma Kronkite

2020

La Sirena

as Penny

2020

Words on Bathroom Walls

as Sister Catherine

2016

Boys on Film 14: Worlds Collide

as Linda Heim (segment "The Violation")

1990

Eating

as Carla

2011

Mister Handsome

as Emily's Mom

2016

Six L.A. Love Stories

as Meg Albright

2024

2016

All In

as Cynthia

1997

Lawn Dogs

as Trent's Mother

1998

Angelmaker

as Mrs. Turcott

Production

2011

2024

Wildcat

as Co-Executive Producer

2020

Fully Realized Humans

as Additional Dialogue

-

Operation Othello

as Executive Producer

2012

The Perfect Fit

as Director

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