Beth Grant

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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.

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Movie		Character	Year
	Rain Man	Mother at Farm House	1988
	Child's Play 2	Miss Kettlewell	1990
	Speed	Helen	1994
	A Time to Kill	Cora Mae Cobb	1996
	Lawn Dogs	Trent's Mother	1997
	Donnie Darko	Kitty Farmer	2001
	The Rookie	Olline	2002
	Matchstick Men	Laundry Lady	2003
	Southland Tales	Dr. Inga Von Westphalen	2006
	Flags of Our Fathers	Mother Gagnon	2006
	The Perfect Witness	Emma Lemac	2007
	No Country for Old Men	Carla Jeans Mother	2007
	Extract	Mary	2009
	All About Steve	Mrs. Horowitz	2009
	The Artist	Peppy's Maid	2011
	As I Lay Dying	Addie Bundren	2013