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Beth Grant (born September 18, 1949) is an American character actress known for often playing conservatives, religious zealots, or sticklers for rules. She is currently a series regular on the television comedy The Mindy Project portraying the role of Beverly Janoszewski. She is known for her recurring role Gracie Leigh in the CBS post-apocalyptic drama Jericho.
She has appeared in the films No Country for Old Men, Speed, Donnie Darko, The Artist, Child's Play 2, Rain Man, Flatliners, Little Miss Sunshine, Sordid Lives, Dear Lemon Lima and Bad Words.
Grant was born in Gadsden, Alabama, and is an alumna of East Carolina University.
She has appeared in dozens of films, including three Oscar Best Pictures: 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, and Hollywood to Dollywood (as herself).
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; 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 acclaimed sitcom Husbands.[1][2]
Inspired by Mindy Kaling, Grant is also in the process of writing a Broadway musical, based in 1969 NYC Greenwich Village.[3]
She is married to actor Michael Chieffo with whom she has a daughter, Mary Chieffo.[4] They live in Los Angeles in the Valley Village neighborhood.
Ovation Awards
Bryan Fuller, Kristin Chenoweth, Barry Sonnenfeld, Fantasy, Lee Pace
Fox Broadcasting Company, The Simpsons, Horror fiction, Vancouver, Buffy the Vampire Slayer
All in the Family, Frasier, Modern Family, Cheers, The Cosby Show
Family Guy, Fox Broadcasting Company, Jason Lee (actor), Television, Canada
Reba McEntire, The Simpsons, Delta Burke, Bill Engvall, American Broadcasting Company
John Lafia, Child's Play 3, Child's Play (1988 film), Rotten Tomatoes, Dvd
Switzerland, Zürich, Colorado, Fred Ward, Los Angeles
Olivia Newton-John, Del Shores, Leslie Jordan, Lgbt, Bonnie Bedelia
September 11 attacks, New York City, Sundance Film Festival, Dvd, Rotten Tomatoes