Beth Grant (Gadsden, 18 de setembro de 1949) é uma atriz norte-americana. Seus créditos incluem Rain Man (1988), Child's Play 2 (1990), Flatliners (1990), Speed (1994), To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995), Tempo de Matar (1996), Sordid Lives (2000), Donnie Darko (2001), Wonderfalls (2004), Little Miss Sunshine (2006), Jericho (2006–2007), No Country for Old Men (2007), Pushing Daisies (2008), O Artista (2011), The Mindy Project (2012–2017), As I Lay Dying (2013), Faults (2014), Consumed (2015), Jackie (2016), Lucky (2017), Desventuras em Série (2019), Dollface (2019–2022), Grace and Frankie (2022), As Bruxas de Mayfair (2023), Carol & the End of the World (2024) e The Bondsman (2025).
Biografia Grant nasceu em Gadsden, Alabama. Ela cresceu em Wilmington, Carolina do Norte, e se formou na New Hanover High School em Wilmington em 1967. Seu pai era especialista em aves e vendedor. Sua mãe trabalhava como gerente da Comissão de Segurança de Emprego da Carolina do Norte e era ativista da Emenda de Igualdade de Direitos. Grant credita à sua mãe a inspiração para se tornar atriz.
Grant se formou na East Carolina University em 1973 com um Bacharelado em Belas Artes em Atuação e Direção e depois se mudou para a cidade de Nova York para seguir carreira como ator.
Carreira Grant participou de uma ampla gama de filmes, incluindo três vencedores do Oscar de Melhor Filme: como Mãe na Fazenda em Rain Man ; Helen em Velocidade Máxima ; Loretta em Para Wong Foo, Obrigada por Tudo! Julie Newmar ; Love Field ; Kitty Farmer em Donnie Darko ; Cora Mae Cobb em Tempo de Matar ; Oficial de Concurso Jenkins em Little Miss Sunshine ; Child's Play 2 ; Daltry Calhoun ; City Slickers II: A Lenda do Ouro de Curly ; Os Vigaristas ; A Garota da Fábrica ; O Mágico ; Vidas Sordidas ; O Novato ; Tudo Sobre Steve ; A mãe moribunda de Carla Jean em Onde os Fracos Não Têm Vez, Extract, Crazy Heart, Rango, Hollywood to Dollywood (como ela mesma), e Dance with Me.
Grant participou de muitos programas de TV, incluindo Coach ; Everwood ; Delta ; The Golden Girls ; Malcolm in the Middle ; he X-Files ; Friends ; CSI ; Six Feet Under ; Wonderfalls ; Pushing Daisies ; 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 ; Modern Family ; e The Mentalist.
Entre 2012 e 2017, ela apareceu na série de comédia The Mindy Project. Ela também é conhecida por seu papel como Gracie Leigh no drama pós-apocalíptico da CBS, Jericho. Grant interpretou Arianne Marie Beetle nas séries de curta duração Wonderfalls e Pushing Daisies, ambas criadas por Bryan Fuller, e interpreta a personagem de nome semelhante "Marie" em Mockingbird Lane, a reimaginação de Fuller de The Munsters.
Vida pessoal Grant casou-se com o ator Michael Chieffo em 1984 ou 1985. O casal tem uma filha. Grant vive com sua família em Los Angeles.
Filmografia direita|miniaturadaimagem|Grant na estreia de In My Sleep em 2010
Filme AnoTítuloPapel1987Under CoverMiss Randolph1988Rain ManMother at Farm House1989The WizardDiner Manager1990FlatlinersHousewife1990Don't Tell Her It's MeBabette1990Welcome Home, Roxy CarmichaelLillian Logerfield1990Child's Play 2Elizabeth Kettlewell1990EatingCarla1992White SandsRoz Kincaid1992Love FieldHazel1993The Dark HalfShayla Beaumont1994SpeedHelen1994City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's GoldLois1995SafeBecky – Auditorium Speaker1995To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie NewmarLoretta1995Lieberman in LoveLinda Baker1996A Time to KillCora Mae Cobb1996Love AlwaysStephanie1997A Thousand AcresRoberta1997Lawn DogsTrent's Mother1997InterruptionsPeggy, the Mistress1998Dr. DolittleWoman1998Dance with MeLovejoy1998Making SandwichesMrs. Hellman1998AngelmakerMrs. Turcott2000Sordid LivesSissy Hickey2001Donnie DarkoKitty Farmer2001The Rising PlaceMelvina Pou2001Pearl HarborMotherly Secretary2001Rock StarMrs. Cole2002Desert SaintsLou2002The RookieOlline2002BirdseyeRuth Betters2003Judge KoanBrenda Lundy2003Matchstick MenLaundry Lady2003Evil Alien ConquerorsSheila2004Sweet UnionMama Iris Bailey2004A One Time ThingMom2005Our Very OwnVirginia Kendal2005HomefrontPam2005Daltry CalhounDee2005Hard PillMom2006Little Miss SunshinePageant Official Jenkins2006Hard ScrambledAlice2006Hot TamaleDori Woodriff2006Southland TalesDr. Inga Von Westphalen / Marion Card2006The House of UsherMrs. Thatcher2006Flags of Our FathersMother Gagnon2006Factory GirlJulia Warhol2006These DaysMaureen2006RockerMrs. Hill2007Magnus, Inc.Magnus' Mom2007The UngodlyEmma Lemac2007No Country for Old MenAgnes Kracik2007Welcome to ParadiseFrances Loren2008Natural DisastersBeth2008Henry Poole is HereJosie2008HideCandy2008No Place Like HomeMom2008Polar OppositesGeneral Railen2008Winged CreaturesCarla's Mom2009Dear Lemon LimaPrincipal Applebomb2009Door PrizeN/A2009ExtractMary2009All About SteveMrs. Horowitz2009StolenOlder Edvena2009AbracadabraPatti2009Herpes BoyMom2009Crazy HeartJoAnn2010In My SleepEvelyn2010SporkPrincipal Tulip2010Operation: EndgameSusan2011RangoBonnie2011SedonaDeb2011Life of LemonPhyllis2011Valley of the SunMarva2011The ArtistPeppy's Maid2011Serenity HouseJudith Levine-Bluestone2011Mister HandsomeEmily's Mom2012SwerveAlsa2012Blues for WilladeanWilladean Winkler2013Miss DialMrs. Wojiechowski2013The ViolationLinda Helm2013As I Lay DyingAddie Bundren2013Bad WordsIrene2014The Midnight SwimAmelia Brooks2014Alex of VeniceTeacher2014Just Before I GoMrs. Lawrence2014The Bridge PartnerMattie2014FaultsEvelyn2015Addicted to FresnoTilda2015Band of RobbersWidow Douglass2015ConsumedKristin Kessler2016Six LA Love StoriesMeg Albright2016JackieLady Bird Johnson2017HeartlandCrystal2017AndoverRebecca2017LuckyElaine2017The Concessionaires Must Die!Coupon Lady2017The Long HomeMrs. Winer2018Mississippi Requiem2018HoverJoana2019Hold OnShelly2020Wander DarklyPatty Healy2020Fully Realized HumansTipper2020Words on Bathroom WallsSister Catherine2021Willy's WonderlandSheriff Eloise Lund2021Grave IntentionsMattie Whalen2021The Long HomeMrs. Winer2022AmsterdamMrs. DillenbeckConfessions of a Closeted People PleaserMom2023Maximum TruthMary Jo Nackserson
Televisão AnoTítuloPapel1979B.J. and the BearMiss1986CBS Schoolbreak SpecialWaitress1987Deadly CareMadge1987Santa BarbaraNurse1987HoopermanN/A1987Mr. BelvedereMrs. Meyers1989I Know My First Name Is StevenMrs. Beta1989–1991The Golden GirlsLouise/Terry Franco1989–1993CoachMartha/Maid1990The ImageMartha Packard1990Empty NestHelen1990Fall from GracePaulene1990The OutsidersMrs. Jones1990DragnetMrs. Furber1990HunterDottie Pinder1991Switched at BirthSophie1992Overkill: The Aileen Wuornos StoryPat McGinty1992–1993DeltaThelma Wainwright1993Bakersfield P.D.Donna Stiles1993Dream OnFarm Woman1994Murder, She WroteMeg Thomas1994Sweet JusticeMrs. Farragut1994FriendsLizzy1995Sister SisterAngie1996Norma Jean & MarilynGrace Goddard1996–1998Something so RightNurse Gruber1997The PretenderMrs. Haring1997To Dance with OliviaN/A1997Goode BehaviorPearl1997Desert's EagleN/A1997–1998Sabrina, the Teenage WitchMrs. Grant / Mrs. Popowski1998ProfilerCook1998CybillWaiter's Mother1998Maximum BobInez Crowe1998Maggie WintersBeatrice1998Five HousesArlene1998–2010King of the HillVarious voices1999Two Guys and a GirlTufts College Employee1999ProvidenceLillian Gerrish1999Blue Valley SongbirdRuby1999AngelMaude Pearson2000The X-FilesIris Finster2000–2003Malcolm in the MiddleDorene Hooper2001Diagnosis: MurderPenelope2001Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free ManLouisa Ashland2001Any Day NowDorothy Johnson2001Judging AmyPrincipal Mott2001–2004Yes, DearKitty Hughes2002CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationSally Roth2002–2003EverwoodMiss Violet2003BoomtownLandlady2004Six Feet UnderDorothy Sheedy2004A Thief of TimeRanger Mildred Luna2004WonderfallsMarianne Marie Beetle2004JAGSenator Maria Tsangrides2005Mystery Woman: Mystery WeekendAngela20058 Simple RulesMrs. Whitley2006My Name is EarlLorraine Mariano2006–2007JerichoGracie Leigh2007DriveThe Waitress2007BonesLizbeth Harding2007Polly and MarieBell2008According to JimMrs. Whitney2008Sordid Lives: The SeriesSissy Hickey2008Pushing DaisiesMarianne Marie Beetle2008, 2013The OfficeMelvina2010MediumLibrarian2010Criminal MindsAnita Weld Roycewood2010A Drop of True BloodJoanne Smallwood2011FuturestatesJune2011American Dad!voice2012Modern FamilyMaxine2012BlackBoxTVMom/Donna2012DexterDonna Randall2012Mockingbird LaneMarianne Marie Beetle2012–2017The Mindy ProjectBeverly2013JustifiedMother Truth2013Grey's AnatomySheila Olsen2013The Secret Life of the American TeenagerVictoria2013HusbandsGillian Kelly2013The MillersMyra2014I Didn't Do ItJudy Tanzer-Dinkins2016–2017One MississippiMellie Saint-Clair2016Con ManSusan2017American GodsJack2017Animals.Auntie May (voice)2019A Series of Unfortunate EventsThe Woman with Hair but No Beard2019–2022DollfaceCat Lady2020Beef HouseEric's Mother2020Teenage Bounty HuntersChurch Lady2021GoliathJudge Meredith Reiss2022Slippin' JimmyMs. Retch & Mrs. Brockfrater2022Grace and FrankieDr. Louise Gelson2023Mayfair WitchesCarlotta MayfairCarol & the End of the WorldPauline Kohl2025The BondsmanKitty Halloran2025Digman!Laverne Dawson (voz)
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