Beth Grant
{{short description|American actress (born 1949)}}
{{BLP sources|date=March 2013}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2012}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Beth Grant
| image = Beth Grant at PaleyFest 2013.jpg
| imagesize =
| caption = Grant at PaleyFest 2013's panel for The Mindy Project
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1949|9|18}}
| birth_place = Gadsden, Alabama, U.S.
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 1979–present
| spouse = Michael Chieffo {{nowrap|({{abbr|m.|marriage}} September 1, 1985)}}
| children = Mary Chieffo
| alma_mater = East Carolina University
}}
Beth Grant (born September 18, 1949){{cite web|url=http://www.miffawards.com/awards/nominee.php?nominee=332&lang=en|title=Consumed|publisher=Milano International Film Festival|access-date=November 4, 2016}} 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), Cora Mae Cobb in A Time To Kill (1996), 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. 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. 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.
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.{{cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/beth-grant/bio/193432/|title=Beth Grant|publisher=TV Guide|access-date=November 4, 2016}}
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.{{citation|url=http://geek-news.mtv.com/2013/07/19/sdcc-2013-husbands-first-look/|title=SDCC 2013: First Look at 'Husbands' Season 3 Guest Stars [EXCLUSIVE]|first=Eddie|last=Wright|date=July 19, 2013|publisher=mtv.com|access-date=July 21, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726220858/http://geek-news.mtv.com/2013/07/19/sdcc-2013-husbands-first-look/|archive-date=July 26, 2013|df=mdy-all}}{{citation|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/erinlarosa/things-you-missed-at-the-comic-con-buzzfeed-bash|title=9 Things You Missed at the Comic-Con BuzzFeed Bash|first=Erin|last=La Rosa|date=July 20, 2013|publisher=buzzfeed.com|access-date=July 21, 2013}}
Inspired by Mindy Kaling, Grant is also in the process of writing a Broadway musical, set in 1969 Greenwich Village.{{Cite web|title = Exclusive Interview with "The Mindy Project" Beth Grant|url = http://cabletv.com/blog/exclusive-interview-with-the-mindy-project-beth-grant/|access-date = 2015-09-10|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150917214709/http://cabletv.com/blog/exclusive-interview-with-the-mindy-project-beth-grant/|archive-date = September 17, 2015|url-status = dead}}
Personal life
Grant married actor Michael Chieffo in 1984 or 1985.{{cite web |last1=Hidek |first1=Jeff |title=Actress Beth Grant talks local roots and a broad career |url=https://www.starnewsonline.com/story/news/2013/09/07/actress-beth-grant-talks-local-roots-and-a-broad-career/30944500007/ |website=Star-News |publisher=Gannett |access-date=July 24, 2024 |date=September 5, 2013 }} The couple have one daughter, actress Mary Chieffo. Grant lives with her family in Los Angeles.{{cite web|url=http://www.hgtv.com/design/celebrity/at-home-with-beth-grant|title=At Home With Beth Grant|publisher=HGTV|access-date=November 4, 2016|archive-date=June 26, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160626113106/http://www.hgtv.com/design/celebrity/at-home-with-beth-grant|url-status=dead}}
Filmography
File:Beth Grant.jpg in 2010]]
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 1987
|Miss Randolph |first film role |
| 1988
|Mother at Farm House |first major film role |
| 1989
|Diner Manager | |
| 1990
|Housewife | |
| 1990
|Babette | |
| 1990
|Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael |Lillian Logerfield | |
| 1990
|Elizabeth Kettlewell | |
| 1990
|Carla | |
| 1992
|Roz Kincaid | |
| 1992
|Hazel | |
| 1993
|Shayla Beaumont | |
| 1994
|Helen | |
| 1994
|City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold |Lois | |
| 1995
|Safe |Becky – Auditorium Speaker | |
| 1995
|To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar |Loretta | |
| 1995
|Lieberman in Love |Linda Baker |short film |
| 1996
|Cora Mae Cobb | |
| 1996
|Stephanie |lost film |
| 1997
|Roberta | |
| 1997
|Trent's Mother | |
| 1997
|Interruptions |Peggy, the Mistress | |
| 1998
|Woman | |
| 1998
|Lovejoy | |
| 1998
|Mrs. Hellman | rowspan="2" |short film |
| 1998
|Angelmaker |Mrs. Turcott |
| 2000
|Sissy Hickey | |
| 2001
|Kitty Farmer | |
| 2001
|Melvina Pou | |
| 2001
|Motherly Secretary | |
| 2001
|Mrs. Cole | |
| 2002
|Lou | |
| 2002
|Olline | |
| 2002
|Ruth Betters | |
| 2003
|Judge Koan |Brenda Lundy | |
| 2003
|Laundry Lady | |
| 2003
|Sheila | |
| 2004
|Sweet Union |Mama Iris Bailey |short film |
| 2004
|A One Time Thing |Mom | |
| 2005
|Virginia Kendal | |
| 2005
|Homefront |Pam |short film |
| 2005
|Dee | |
| 2005
|Hard Pill |Mom | |
| 2006
|Pageant Official Jenkins | |
| 2006
|Hard Scrambled |Alice | |
| 2006
|Dori Woodriff | |
| 2006
|Dr. Inga Von Westphalen / Marion Card | |
| 2006
|Mrs. Thatcher | |
| 2006
|Mother Gagnon | |
| 2006
|Julia Warhol | |
| 2006
|These Days |Maureen | |
| 2006
|Rocker |Mrs. Hill | |
| 2007
|Magnus, Inc. |Magnus' Mom |short film |
| 2007
|The Ungodly |Emma Lemac | |
| 2007
|Agnes Kracik | |
| 2007
|Welcome to Paradise |Frances Loren | |
| 2008
|Natural Disasters |Beth | |
| 2008
|Josie | |
| 2008
|Hide |Candy | |
| 2008
|No Place Like Home |Mom |short film |
| 2008
|Polar Opposites |General Railen | |
| 2008
|Carla's Mom | |
| 2009
|Principal Applebomb | |
| 2009
|Door Prize |N/A |short film |
| 2009
|Mary | |
| 2009
|Mrs. Horowitz | |
| 2009
|Older Edvena | |
| 2009
|Abracadabra |Patti |short film |
| 2009
|Herpes Boy |Mom | |
| 2009
|JoAnn | |
| 2010
|Evelyn | |
| 2010
|Principal Tulip | |
| 2010
|Susan | |
| 2011
|Bonnie |voice role |
| 2011
|Deb | |
| 2011
|Phyllis | |
| 2011
|Valley of the Sun |Marva | |
| 2011
|Peppy's Maid | |
| 2011
|Serenity House |Judith Levine-Bluestone | rowspan="2" |short film |
| 2011
|Mister Handsome |Emily's Mom |
| 2012
|Alsa | |
| 2012
|Willadean Winkler | |
| 2013
|Mrs. Wojiechowski | |
| 2013
|The Violation |Linda Helm |short film |
| 2013
|Addie Bundren | |
| 2013
|Irene | |
| 2014
|Amelia Brooks | |
| 2014
|Teacher | |
| 2014
|Mrs. Lawrence | |
| 2014
|The Bridge Partner |Mattie |short film |
| 2014
|Evelyn | |
| 2015
|Tilda | |
| 2015
|Widow Douglass | |
| 2016
|Six LA Love Stories |Meg Albright | |
| 2016
| |
| 2017
|Heartland |Crystal | |
| 2017
|Rebecca | |
| 2017
|Elaine | |
| 2017
|The Concessionaires Must Die! |Coupon Lady | |
| 2017
|Mrs. Winer |post-production |
| 2018
|Mississippi Requiem | | |
| 2018
|Joana | |
| 2019
|Shelly | |
| 2020
| Patty Healy | |
| 2020
| Tipper | |
| 2020
| Sister Catherine | |
| 2021
|Sheriff Eloise Lund | |
| 2021
|Mattie Whalen | |
| 2021
|Mrs. Winer | |
| rowspan="2" |2022
|Mrs. Dillenbeck | |
| Confessions of a Closeted People Pleaser
|Mom | |
| 2023
|Maximum Truth |Mary Jo Nackserson | |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 1979
|Miss |first onscreen role |
| 1986
|Waitress |episode: God, the Universe & Hot Fudge Sundaes |
| 1987
|Madge |TV movie |
| 1987
|Nurse |episode: 1,748 |
| 1987
|N/A |episode: The Answer My Friend Is Passing in the Wind |
| 1987
|Mrs. Meyers |episode: G.I. George |
| 1989
|I Know My First Name Is Steven |Mrs. Beta |miniseries |
| 1989–1991
|Louise/Terry Franco |2 episodes: Two separate roles for each episode |
| 1989–1993
|Martha/Maid |recurring role: 7 episodes |
| 1990
|Martha Packard |TV movie |
| 1990
|Helen |episode: M.D., P.O.V. |
| 1990
|Paulene |TV movie |
| 1990
|Mrs. Jones |episode: Union Blues |
| 1990
|Mrs. Furber |episode: Pretty Girl |
| 1990
|Dottie Pinder |2 episodes |
| 1991
|Sophie | rowspan="2" |TV movie |
| 1992
|Overkill: The Aileen Wuornos Story |Pat McGinty |
| 1992–1993
|Thelma Wainwright |first series regular role |
| 1993
|Donna Stiles |recurring role: 2 episodes |
| 1993
|Farm Woman |episode: Silent Night, Holy Cow Part II |
| 1994
|Meg Thomas |episode: Roadkill |
| 1994
|Mrs. Farragut |episode: High School Confidential |
| 1994
|Lizzy |episode: The One with the Thumb |
| 1995
|Angie |episode: Weird Science (Season 3) |
| 1996
|Grace Goddard |TV movie |
| 1996–1998
|Nurse Gruber |recurring role: 2 episodes |
| 1997
|Mrs. Haring |episode: Bomb Squad |
| 1997
|To Dance with Olivia |N/A | |
| 1997
|Pearl |episode: Goode Behavior |
| 1997
|Desert's Eagle |N/A |TV short |
| 1997–1998
|Mrs. Grant / Mrs. Popowski |recurring role: 3 episodes (two separate roles) |
| 1998
|Cook |episode: Birthright |
| 1998
|Waiter's Mother |episode: Whose Wife Am I, Anyway? |
| 1998
|Inez Crowe |recurring role: 5 episodes |
| 1998
|Beatrice |episode: Suburban Myth |
| 1998
|Five Houses |Arlene |TV movie |
| 1998–2010
|Various voices |11 episodes |
| 1999
|Tufts College Employee |episode: Two Guys, a Girl and Graduation |
| 1999
|Lillian Gerrish |episode: If Memory Serves |
| 1999
|Ruby |TV movie |
| 1999
|Maude Pearson |episode: Rm w/a Vu |
| 2000
|Iris Finster |episode: "Signs and Wonders" |
| 2000–2003
|Dorene Hooper |recurring role: 2 episodes |
| 2001
|Penelope |episode: No Good Deed |
| 2001
|Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man |Louisa Ashland |TV movie |
| 2001
|Dorothy Johnson |episode: Everyone Deserves to Be Loved |
| 2001
|Principal Mott |episode: Darkness for Light |
| 2001–2004
|Kitty Hughes |recurring role: 4 episodes |
| 2002
|CSI: Crime Scene Investigation |Sally Roth |episode: The Execution of Catherine Willows |
| 2002–2003
|Miss Violet |recurring role: 3 episodes |
| 2003
|Landlady |episode: Lost Child |
| 2004
|Dorothy Sheedy |episode: In Case of Rapture |
| 2004
|Ranger Mildred Luna |TV movie |
| 2004
|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
|Mrs. Whitley |episode: Freaky Friday |
| 2006
|Lorraine Mariano |episode: Van Hickey |
| 2006–2007
|Gracie Leigh |recurring role: 10 episodes |
| 2007
|The Waitress |episode: Partners |
| 2007
|Lizbeth Harding |episode: The Secret in the Soil |
| 2007
|Polly and Marie |Bell |TV movie |
| 2008
|Mrs. Whitney |episode: All Dolled Up |
| 2008
|Sissy Hickey |series regular |
| 2008
|Marianne Marie Beetle |episode: Comfort Food |
| 2008, 2013
|Melvina | 2 episodes: "Dinner Party" & "Junior Salesman" |
| 2010
|Librarian |episode: "Dear Dad" |
| 2010
|Anita Weld Roycewood |episode: "Mosley Lane" |
| 2010
|Joanne Smallwood |webseries: "Episode – Bill" |
| 2011
|Futurestates |June |episode: "Spring of Sorrow" |
| 2011
|voice |episode: "Gorillas in the Mist" |
| 2012
|Maxine |episode: "Tableau Vivant" |
| 2012
|BlackBoxTV |Mom/Donna |episode: "AEZP: The Hollow" |
| 2012
|Donna Randall |episode: "Buck the System" |
| 2012
|Marianne Marie Beetle |TV movie |
| 2012–2017
|Beverly |main cast (season 1–6); 79 episodes |
| 2013
|Mother Truth |episode: "Where's Waldo" |
| 2013
|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
|Gillian Kelly |episode: "I Do Over" |
| 2013
|Myra |episode: "Giving the Bird" |
| 2014
|Judy Tanzer-Dinkins |episode: "Now Museum, Now You Don't" |
| 2016–2017
|Mellie Saint-Clair |4 episodes |
| 2016
|Susan |episode: "What Goes Up..." |
| 2017
|Jack |2 episodes |
| 2017
|Auntie May (voice) |episode: "Dog." |
| 2019
|A Series of Unfortunate Events |The Woman with Hair but No Beard |3 episodes |
| 2019–2022
|Cat Lady |recurring |
| 2020
|Eric's Mother |episode: "Crab Dip" |
| 2020
|Church Lady |episode: "Ham's Good" |
| 2021
|Judge Meredith Reiss |5 episodes |
| 2022
|Ms. Retch & Mrs. Brockfrater | |
| 2022
|Dr. Louise Gelson | |
| rowspan="2" |2023
|Carlotta Mayfair |5 episodes |
| Carol & the End of the World
|Pauline Kohl |4 episodes |
| 2025
|Kitty Halloran |Main Role |
Awards and nominations
- 2010: Won the award for Lead Actress in a Play for the role of Grace in the Colony Theatre Company production of Grace & Glorie{{cite news|title=2009/2010 Ovation Award Winners.|url=http://www.lastagetimes.com/2011/01/ovationwinners/|date=17 January 2011|access-date=February 11, 2013|archive-date=February 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221134904/http://www.lastagetimes.com/2011/01/ovationwinners/|url-status=dead}}
References
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External links
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