Beth Grant

Highest Rated: 100% Donnie Darko: 15th Anniversary (2017)

Lowest Rated: 0% The Institute (2017)

Birthday: Sep 18, 1949

Birthplace: Not Available

A successful character actress most adept at playing matronly types, Beth Grant took her onscreen bow in the late '80s and began tackling innumerable roles in Hollywood features, usually bit parts as housewives, female doctors, or down-home small-town women. Grant received her first feature assignment as a harried mother at a farmhouse in Barry Levinson's Rain Man (1988). She subsequently divided her time between film and television roles, guest-acting on dozens of series and occasionally taking on more extensive small-screen roles, such as on Coach and Jericho. Grant's many big-screen credits include the films Don't Tell Her It's Me (1990), Speed (1994), Donnie Darko (2001), and Little Miss Sunshine (2006). She was particularly memorable in the latter, as one of the snotty and obnoxious pageant judges. Darko represented Grant's first experience working with helmer Richard Kelly; she re-teamed with Kelly for his follow-up, the dystopian black comedy Southland Tales (2005).

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Filmography

Movies

		Credit
78%	Wander Darkly	Actor	—	2020
No Score Yet	Hold On	Actor	—	2019
42%	William	Dr. Godwin Thomas	—	2019
60%	Domain	Actor	—	2018
No Score Yet	Andover	Rebecca	—	2018
No Score Yet	Six LA Love Stories	Actor	—	2018
97%	Lucky	Elaine	$1M	2017
100%	Donnie Darko: 15th Anniversary	Kitty	$0.3M	2017
0%	The Institute	Posthwaite	—	2017
87%	Jackie	Ladybird Johnson	$14M	2016
78%	Band Of Robbers	Widow Douglas	$15.3K	2016
No Score Yet	A Mother's Escape	Tess	—	2016
No Score Yet	Heartland	Crystal	—	2016
No Score Yet	Great Plains	Actor	—	2016
No Score Yet	Consumed	Kristin Kessler	—	2015
30%	Addicted To Fresno	Tilda	—	2015
86%	The Midnight Swim	Amelia Brooks	—	2015
10%	Just Before I Go	Mrs. Lawrence	$8.6K	2015
91%	Faults	Evelyn	—	2015
65%	Bad Words	Bedazzled Judge	—	2014
No Score Yet	Famous	Actor	—	2014
38%	As I Lay Dying	Addie	$15.5K	2013
No Score Yet	Miss Dial	Actor	—	2013
No Score Yet	Odyssea	Actor	—	2013
No Score Yet	Blues for Willadean	Willadean Winkler	—	2012
67%	Hollywood to Dollywood	Actor	—	2012
No Score Yet	Sedona	Deb	—	2012
95%	The Artist	La bonne de Peppy	$44.7M	2011
55%	Spork	Principal Tulip	—	2011
88%	Rango	Bonnie	$123.2M	2011
75%	Dear Lemon Lima	Principal Applebomb	—	2011
No Score Yet	Valley of the Sun	Actor	—	2011
40%	Operation: Endgame (Rogue's Gallery)	Interviewer	—	2010
13%	In My Sleep	Evelyn	—	2010
0%	Stolen	Older Edvena	—	2010
90%	Crazy Heart	Jo Ann	$38.4M	2009
6%	All About Steve	Mrs. Horowitz	$33.9M	2009
62%	Extract	Mary	$10.7M	2009
No Score Yet	Herpes Boy	Producer Mom	—	2009
No Score Yet	Life Of Lemon	Actor	—	2009
83%	Hide	Candy	—	2008
No Score Yet	Polar Opposites	Actor	—	2008
39%	Henry Poole Is Here	Josie	$1.8M	2008
No Score Yet	The Perfect Witness	Emma Lemac	—	2007
93%	No Country for Old Men	Agnes--Carla Jean's Mom	$74.3M	2007
No Score Yet	Welcome to Paradise	Frances Loren	—	2007
38%	Southland Tales	Dr. Inga Von Westphalen/Marion Card	$0.3M	2007
20%	Factory Girl	Julia Warhol	$1.6M	2007
No Score Yet	Rocker	Mrs. Hill	—	2006
73%	Flags of Our Fathers	Mother Gagnon	$33.7M	2006
No Score Yet	The House of Usher	Mrs. Thatcher	—	2006
91%	Little Miss Sunshine	Pageant Official Jenkins	$59.9M	2006
No Score Yet	Hard Scrambled	Alice	—	2006
No Score Yet	Hot Tamale	Dori Woodriff	—	2006
No Score Yet	Hard Pill	Mom	—	2005
7%	Daltry Calhoun	Dee	—	2005
No Score Yet	Our Very Own	Virginia Kendal	—	2005
No Score Yet	Mystery Woman: Mystery Weekend	Actor	—	2005
No Score Yet	Thief of Time	Mildred Luna	—	2004
82%	Matchstick Men	Laundry Lady	$36.9M	2003
No Score Yet	Evil Alien Conquerors	Sheila	—	2002
13%	The Rising Place	Melvina Pou	—	2002
84%	The Rookie	Jimmy's Mother	$75.5M	2002
29%	Desert Saints	Lou	—	2002
53%	Rock Star	Mrs. Cole	$16.6M	2001
No Score Yet	Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man	Louisa Ashland	—	2001
24%	Pearl Harbor	Motherly Secretary	$197.8M	2001
87%	Donnie Darko	Kitty	—	2001
No Score Yet	Under Oath	Shirley Dubois	—	2000
37%	Sordid Lives	Sissy Hickey	—	2000
No Score Yet	Blue Valley Songbird	Ruby	—	1999
51%	Dance with Me	Lovejoy	—	1998
42%	Dr. Dolittle	Woman	—	1998
72%	Lawn Dogs	Beth, Trent's Mother	—	1998
24%	A Thousand Acres	Roberta	—	1997
66%	A Time to Kill	Cora Cobb	—	1996
60%	Norma Jean and Marilyn	Grace Goddard	—	1996
No Score Yet	Love Always	Stephanie	—	1996
41%	To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar	Loretta	—	1995
86%	Safe	Becky, Auditorium Speaker	—	1995
94%	Speed	Helen	—	1994
18%	City Slickers 2 - The Legend of Curly's Gold	Lois	—	1994
56%	The Dark Half	Shayla Beaumont	—	1993
44%	White Sands	Roz	—	1992
No Score Yet	Overkill: The Aileen Wuornos Story	Pat McGinty	—	1992
No Score Yet	Switched at Birth	Sophie	—	1991
71%	Eating	Bea	—	1990
44%	Child's Play 2	Miss Kettlewell	—	1990
44%	Welcome Home Roxy Carmichael	Lillian Logerfield	—	1990
No Score Yet	Don't Tell Her It's Me	Babette	—	1990
48%	Flatliners	Housewife	—	1990
50%	Fall from Grace	Paulene	—	1990
No Score Yet	The Image	Martha Packard	—	1990
30%	The Wizard	Diner Manager	—	1989
No Score Yet	I Know My First Name Is Steven	Mrs. Beta	—	1989
90%	Rain Man	Mother at Farm House	—	1988

TV

		Credit
50%	Dollface 2019	Cat Lady	2019
86%	The Mindy Project 2012-2017	Beth Grant Beverly	2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012
81%	Grey's Anatomy 2005	Sheila Olsen	2013
97%	Justified 2010-2015	Mother Truth	2013
47%	The Millers 2013-2015	Myra	2013
No Score Yet	Criminal Minds 2005	Anita	2010
No Score Yet	Medium 2005-2011	Librarian	2010
No Score Yet	According to Jim 2001-2009		2008
96%	Pushing Daisies 2007-2009	Marianne Marie Beetle	2008 2007
90%	Bones 2005-2017	Lizbeth Harding	2007
82%	My Name Is Earl 2005-2009	Agnes	2006 2005
58%	8 Simple Rules 2002-2005	Mrs. Whitley	2005
75%	Wonderfalls 2004	Marianne Marie Beattle	2005
No Score Yet	Yes, Dear 2000-2006	Kitty	2004 2002 2001 2000
92%	Everwood 2002-2006	Miss Violet	2003
No Score Yet	King of the Hill 1997-2010	Voice	2003 2001 2000
No Score Yet	Malcolm in the Middle 2000-2006	Dorene	2003 2000
No Score Yet	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 2000-2015	Sally Roth	2002
No Score Yet	Judging Amy 1999-2005	Paula Macht	2001
74%	The X-Files 1993-2018	Iris Finster	2000
88%	Angel 1999-2004	Mom	1999
No Score Yet	Coach 1989-1997	Martha	1997 1994 1993 1992 1990 1989
No Score Yet	Murder, She Wrote 1984-1996	Meg Thomas	1994
13%	Delta 1992-1993	Thelma Wainwright	1993 1992
No Score Yet	The Golden Girls 1985-1992	Guest Terry Franco Louise	1991 1989
No Score Yet	Empty Nest 1988-1995	Helen	1989
No Score Yet	The Mindy Project	Beverly

QUOTES FROM Beth Grant CHARACTERS

Kitty Farmer says: I'll tell you what he said. He asked me to forcibly insert the lifeline exercise card into my anus.

Kitty Farmer says: "Sometimes I doubt your commitment to Sparkle Motion!"

Kitty Farmer says: Sometimes I doubt your commitment to Sparkle Motion!

Pageant Official Jenkins says: What is your daughter doing?!

Pageant Official Jenkins says: What is your daughter doing?

Pageant Official Jenkins says: [outraged at Olive's talent act] What is your daughter doing?

Richard says: She's kicking ass that what she's doing!

Richard says: She's kicking ass, that's what she's doing!

Richard says: She's kickin' ass, that's what she's doing.

Julia Warhol says: You are the real thing. America's next IT girl!

Rose Darko says: Do you even know who Graham Greene is?

Kitty Farmer says: I think we have all seen Bonanza.

Kitty Farmer says: OK ? now, girls. I want you to concentrate. Failure is not an option. And Bethany? If you feel the need to vomit up there, just swallow it.