American actress (born 1949)
Beth Grant
Born (1949-09-18 ) September 18, 1949 (age 75) Alma mater East Carolina University Occupation Actress Years active 1979–present Spouse Michael Chieffo (m. 1984 or 1985) Children Mary Chieffo
Beth Grant (born September 18, 1949)[ 1] is an American character actress . Between 2012 and 2017, she was a series regular on the television comedy The Mindy Project in the role of Beverly Janoszewski. She is also known for her role as Gracie Leigh in the CBS post-apocalyptic drama Jericho and as Marianne Marie Beetle in Wonderfalls . She has also appeared on Pushing Daisies , and Mockingbird Lane .
In film, she is best known for her roles as Mother at Farm House in Rain Man (1988), Miss Kettlewell in Child's Play 2 (1990), Helen in Speed (1994), Loretta in To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995), Kitty Farmer in Donnie Darko (2001), Pageant Official Jenkins in Little Miss Sunshine (2006), Carla Jean's Mother in No Country for Old Men (2007), and Peppy's maid in The Artist (2011). She starred in the films Flatliners , Sordid Lives , Dear Lemon Lima , Bad Words , Jackie (as Lady Bird Johnson ), Faults (2014) and Lucky (2017). She later portrayed the recurring role of "The Woman with Hair but No Beard" in Netflix's A Series of Unfortunate Events and the Cat Lady in Hulu's Dollface .
Early life
Grant was born on September 18, 1949, in Gadsden, Alabama .[ 1] She grew up in Wilmington, North Carolina and graduated from New Hanover High School in Wilmington in 1967. Her father was a poultry specialist and salesman.[ 2] Her mother worked as a manager for the North Carolina Employment Security Commission and was an activist for the Equal Rights Amendment . Grant credits her mother with providing her the inspiration to become an actress.[ 2]
Grant graduated from East Carolina University in 1973 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting and Directing and then moved to New York City to pursue a career in acting.[ 2] [ 3]
Career
Grant has appeared in a wide range of films, including three Oscar Best Picture winners: 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 II: The Legend of Curly's Gold ; 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 , Extract , Crazy Heart , Rango , Hollywood to Dollywood (as herself), and Dance with Me .
Grant has appeared in many TV shows, including Coach ; Everwood ; Delta ; The Golden Girls ; Malcolm in the Middle ; The 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 ; The Mentalist ; and The Mindy Project .
Grant played the same character, Marianne Marie Beetle, in the short-lived show Wonderfalls and Pushing Daisies , both created by Bryan Fuller , and portrays the similarly named "Marie" in Mockingbird Lane , Fuller's re-imagining of The Munsters .
Grant guest-starred as Gillian, Brady Kelly's mother, in the third season of the sitcom Husbands .[ 4] [ 5]
Inspired by Mindy Kaling, Grant is also in the process of writing a Broadway musical, set in 1969 Greenwich Village .[ 6]
Personal life
Grant married actor Michael Chieffo in 1984 or 1985.[ 7] The couple have one daughter, actress Mary Chieffo . Grant lives with her family in Los Angeles.[ 2]
Filmography
Grant at the premiere of In My Sleep in 2010
Film
Television
Year
Title
Role
Notes
1979
B.J. and the Bear
Miss
first onscreen role
1986
CBS Schoolbreak Special
Waitress
episode: God, the Universe & Hot Fudge Sundaes
1987
Deadly Care
Madge
TV movie
1987
Santa Barbara
Nurse
episode: 1,748
1987
Hooperman
N/A
episode: The Answer My Friend Is Passing in the Wind
1987
Mr. Belvedere
Mrs. Meyers
episode: G.I. George
1989
I Know My First Name Is Steven
Mrs. Beta
miniseries
1989–1991
The Golden Girls
Louise/Terry Franco
2 episodes: Two separate roles for each episode
1989–1993
Coach
Martha/Maid
recurring role: 7 episodes
1990
The Image
Martha Packard
TV movie
1990
Empty Nest
Helen
episode: M.D., P.O.V.
1990
Fall from Grace
Paulene
TV movie
1990
The Outsiders
Mrs. Jones
episode: Union Blues
1990
Dragnet
Mrs. Furber
episode: Pretty Girl
1990
Hunter
Dottie Pinder
2 episodes
1991
Switched at Birth
Sophie
TV movie
1992
Overkill: The Aileen Wuornos Story
Pat McGinty
1992–1993
Delta
Thelma Wainwright
first series regular role
1993
Bakersfield P.D.
Donna Stiles
recurring role: 2 episodes
1993
Dream On
Farm Woman
episode: Silent Night, Holy Cow Part II
1994
Murder, She Wrote
Meg Thomas
episode: Roadkill
1994
Sweet Justice
Mrs. Farragut
episode: High School Confidential
1994
Friends
Lizzy
episode: The One with the Thumb
1995
Sister Sister
Angie
episode: Weird Science (Season 3)
1996
Norma Jean & Marilyn
Grace Goddard
TV movie
1996–1998
Something so Right
Nurse Gruber
recurring role: 2 episodes
1997
The Pretender
Mrs. Haring
episode: Bomb Squad
1997
To Dance with Olivia
N/A
1997
Goode Behavior
Pearl
episode: Goode Behavior
1997
Desert's Eagle
N/A
TV short
1997–1998
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
Mrs. Grant / Mrs. Popowski
recurring role: 3 episodes (two separate roles)
1998
Profiler
Cook
episode: Birthright
1998
Cybill
Waiter's Mother
episode: Whose Wife Am I, Anyway?
1998
Maximum Bob
Inez Crowe
recurring role: 5 episodes
1998
Maggie Winters
Beatrice
episode: Suburban Myth
1998
Five Houses
Arlene
TV movie
1998–2010
King of the Hill
Various voices
11 episodes
1999
Two Guys and a Girl
Tufts College Employee
episode: Two Guys, a Girl and Graduation
1999
Providence
Lillian Gerrish
episode: If Memory Serves
1999
Blue Valley Songbird
Ruby
TV movie
1999
Angel
Maude Pearson
episode: Rm w/a Vu
2000
The X-Files
Iris Finster
episode: "Signs and Wonders "
2000–2003
Malcolm in the Middle
Dorene Hooper
recurring role: 2 episodes
2001
Diagnosis: Murder
Penelope
episode: No Good Deed
2001
Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man
Louisa Ashland
TV movie
2001
Any Day Now
Dorothy Johnson
episode: Everyone Deserves to Be Loved
2001
Judging Amy
Principal Mott
episode: Darkness for Light
2001–2004
Yes, Dear
Kitty Hughes
recurring role: 4 episodes
2002
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Sally Roth
episode: The Execution of Catherine Willows
2002–2003
Everwood
Miss Violet
recurring role: 3 episodes
2003
Boomtown
Landlady
episode: Lost Child
2004
Six Feet Under
Dorothy Sheedy
episode: In Case of Rapture
2004
A Thief of Time
Ranger Mildred Luna
TV movie
2004
Wonderfalls
Marianne Marie Beetle
episode: Muffin Buffalo
2004
JAG
Senator Maria Tsangrides
episode: Whole New Ball Game
2005
Mystery Woman: Mystery Weekend
Angela
TV movie
2005
8 Simple Rules
Mrs. Whitley
episode: Freaky Friday
2006
My Name is Earl
Lorraine Mariano
episode: Van Hickey
2006–2007
Jericho
Gracie Leigh
recurring role: 10 episodes
2007
Drive
The Waitress
episode: Partners
2007
Bones
Lizbeth Harding
episode: The Secret in the Soil
2007
Polly and Marie
Bell
TV movie
2008
According to Jim
Mrs. Whitney
episode: All Dolled Up
2008
Sordid Lives: The Series
Sissy Hickey
series regular
2008
Pushing Daisies
Marianne Marie Beetle
episode: Comfort Food
2008, 2013
The Office
Melvina
2 episodes: "Dinner Party " & "Junior Salesman "
2010
Medium
Librarian
episode: "Dear Dad"
2010
Criminal Minds
Anita Weld Roycewood
episode: "Mosley Lane"
2010
A Drop of True Blood
Joanne Smallwood
webseries: "Episode – Bill"
2011
Futurestates
June
episode: "Spring of Sorrow"
2011
American Dad!
voice
episode: "Gorillas in the Mist"
2012
Modern Family
Maxine
episode: "Tableau Vivant "
2012
BlackBoxTV
Mom/Donna
episode: "AEZP: The Hollow"
2012
Dexter
Donna Randall
episode: "Buck the System"
2012
Mockingbird Lane
Marianne Marie Beetle
TV movie
2012–2017
The Mindy Project
Beverly
main cast (season 1–6); 79 episodes
2013
Justified
Mother Truth
episode: "Where's Waldo"
2013
Grey's Anatomy
Sheila Olsen
episode: "The End Is the Beginning Is the End"
2013
The Secret Life of the American Teenager
Victoria
recurring role: 2 episodes
2013
Husbands
Gillian Kelly
episode: "I Do Over"
2013
The Millers
Myra
episode: "Giving the Bird"
2014
I Didn't Do It
Judy Tanzer-Dinkins
episode: "Now Museum, Now You Don't"
2016–2017
One Mississippi
Mellie Saint-Clair
4 episodes
2016
Con Man
Susan
episode: "What Goes Up..."
2017
American Gods
Jack
2 episodes
2017
Animals.
Auntie May (voice)
episode: "Dog."
2019
A Series of Unfortunate Events
The Woman with Hair but No Beard
3 episodes
2019–2022
Dollface
Cat Lady
recurring
2020
Beef House
Eric's Mother
episode: "Crab Dip"
2020
Teenage Bounty Hunters
Church Lady
episode: "Ham's Good"
2021
Goliath
Judge Meredith Reiss
5 episodes
2022
Slippin' Jimmy
Ms. Retch & Mrs. Brockfrater
2022
Grace and Frankie
Dr. Louise Gelson
2023
Mayfair Witches
Carlotta Mayfair
5 episodes
Carol & the End of the World
Pauline Kohl
4 episodes
Awards and nominations
Ovation Awards
References
^ a b "Consumed" . Milano International Film Festival. Retrieved November 4, 2016 .
^ a b c d "At Home With Beth Grant" . HGTV . Archived from the original on June 26, 2016. Retrieved November 4, 2016 .
^ "Beth Grant" . TV Guide. Retrieved November 4, 2016 .
^ Wright, Eddie (July 19, 2013), SDCC 2013: First Look at 'Husbands' Season 3 Guest Stars [EXCLUSIVE] , mtv.com, archived from the original on July 26, 2013, retrieved July 21, 2013
^ La Rosa, Erin (July 20, 2013), 9 Things You Missed at the Comic-Con BuzzFeed Bash , buzzfeed.com, retrieved July 21, 2013
^ "Exclusive Interview with "The Mindy Project" Beth Grant" . Archived from the original on September 17, 2015. Retrieved September 10, 2015 .
^ Hidek, Jeff (September 5, 2013). "Actress Beth Grant talks local roots and a broad career" . Star-News . Gannett . Retrieved July 24, 2024 . {{cite web }}
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^ "2009/2010 Ovation Award Winners" . January 17, 2011. Archived from the original on February 21, 2014. Retrieved February 11, 2013 .
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