We are just pleased as punch to be with actor Beth Grant. You Might Know Her From No Country For Old Men, The Mindy Project, Donnie Darko, Little Miss Sunshine, Child’s Play 2, Speed, Rain Man, The Artist, Sordid Lives, and To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar! Beth talked to us about her plans to move to New York and theatrical ambitions, how she came to terms with being a character actress, being Hollywood’s good luck charm, getting recognized for Donnie Darko, and her acting class and camaraderie with Patrick “Buddy” Swayze. Beth was just so generous, warm, and kind and the perfect encapsulation of You Might Know Her From. Enjoy this episode and we’ll see you sometime soon this summer!

Ronnie The Intern

Cocoon and Jessica Tandy

Dawson’s Creek: was Katie Holmes’ character gay?

Denali didn’t know where “what a dump” came from (it’s the Bette Davis movie Beyond the Forest and then made famous by Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf)

Beth Grant has 233 IMDB credits (THE MOST of anyone we’ve interviewed (next closest is Mary Kay Place @ 142!)

Auditioned to replace Deanna Dunagan in August Osage County, but role eventually went to Estelle Parsons

Auditioned for Margo Martindale role in film adaptation 

Auditioned for Bastard Out of Carolina (dir: Anjelica Huston)  but role went to Grace Zabriskie

Entered the professional acting world at 33

Had done a Romulus Linney play, Holy Ghosts (Garrick Theatre) but was mostly not an actor. 

Worked on sports doc with Bud Greenspan 

Karen Grassle one of her best friends

Milton Katselas was her acting guru and made a eulogy for Tennessee Williams the day he died. 

Class had Patrick Swayze, George Clooney, Michelle Pfeiffer, Darlanne Fluegel

Didn’t wanna be Colleen Dewhurst or Maureen Stapleton 

Scene from To Wong Foo… when Beth comes down the stairs (Swayze gave her the reference)

Thelma Ritter in All About Eve

“Hollywood’s Lucky Charm:” has appeared in No Country for Old Men, Rain Man, The Artist, Little Miss Sunshine, Rango 

Dustin Hoffman can fart on command

Money is My Friend book on finances

Played bad nurse Beverly on The Mindy Project

Was on Bryan Fuller’s Mockingbird Lane

Most recognized for Donnie Darko 

Del Shores writes for Beth and has collaborated with her on Sordid Lives (series and movie), and Blues for Willadean with Octavia Spencer and Dale Dickey 

Played Lady Bird Johnson in Jackie

Lady Bird and Eartha Kitt on Vietnam

Robert Schenkken’s All the Way was a Broadway show and miniseries. He hired Melissa Leo for Ladybird 

Ball pump or ruler that did Ms Kettlewell in Child’s Play 2? Creator Don Mancini is a genius

Sordid Lives universe has Delta Burke, Olivia Newton John, and Rue McClanahan 

Did Picnic with Rue and Conchata Farell, and Dick Van Patten directed by Marshall Mason

One of Rue's hats in Sordid Lives 

Got her equity card doing Follies with Vivian Blaine in the 1973 production at Westchester Country Playhouse

Shelley Winters was “very free” in The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds

Best death: X-Files, Willy’s Wonderland, Six Feet Under, Speed? 

Graham Yost wrote the original Speed script, but it was punched up by Joss Whedon

Patricia Velasquez full YMKHF Ep (#84)