Beth Grant Biography

Name : Beth Grant

Date of Birth : 18 September 1949, Gadsden, Alabama, USA

Height : 5' 6" (1.68 m)

Occupation : Actress

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).

Grant has appeared in over thirty plays from Los Angeles to New York including two productions at The Ahmanson, William Inge's "Picnic" (with Jennifer Jason Leigh) and Tennessee Williams' "Summer and Smoke" (with Christopher Reeve) under the direction of Circle Rep's Marshall W. Mason. She has created roles in the world premieres of "Holy Ghosts" by Romulus Linney, "On A Southern Journey" by Maya Angelou, "The Day Emily Married" by Horton Foote, "Sordid Lives" and "The Trials and Tribualtions of a Trailer TrashHousewife" by Del Shores.

Grant is a recipient of The Los Angeles Drama Critics Award and The L.A. Stage Alliance Award and The Backstage West Garlan Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for Del Shores' "The Trials and Tribulations of a Trailer Trash Housewife".

On television, Grant was a favorite on the "Six Feet Under" (2001) episode, "Six Feet Under: In Case of Rapture (#4.2)" (2004). This season, she married then cheated on Jason Lee on "My Name Is Earl" (2005). She has been a regular or recurred on many television shows including "Malcolm in the Middle" (2000), "King of the Hill" (1997), "Yes, Dear" (2000), "Everwood" (2002), "Delta" (1992) and "Wonderfalls" (2004).