Beth Grant

Beth Grant (born 18 September 1949) is an American director, producer, and character actress.

She played Donna Randall, the mother of a serial killer, on Showtime's series DEXTER.

Appearances
Season Seven:
 * "Buck the System"

Career
Films 

She has appeared in many films, including 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, Bad Words, Jackie, Rock Star, The Rookie, Matchstick Men, Rain Man, City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold, To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar, A Time to Kill, and Speed.

Television

She has appeared in dozens of 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, The Mindy Project, and Husbands.

Plays

Grant has appeared in over thirty plays from Los Angeles to New York, including Summer and Smoke and The Trials and Tribulations of a Trailer Trash Housewife.

Personal Life
Grant was born in Gadsden, Alabama. She graduated from East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting and Directing in 1973, and then traveled to New York to pursue a career in acting. She is married to actor Michael Chieffo and has one daughter. They live in Los Angeles, California.

Trivia

 * She has a brother named Bubba who lives in North Carolina.