Beth Littleford

Beth Littleford
Littleford at the Night of Comedy 9 benefit to support the Children Affected by AIDS Foundation (CAAF) in Beverly Hills, California.
Born	Elizabeth Anna Halcyon Littleford July 17, 1968 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Occupation	Actress, comedian, television personality
Years active	1996–present
Spouse(s)	Rob Fox (1998-2015; divorced)
Children	2

Elizabeth Anna Halcyon "Beth" Littleford^[1] (born July 17, 1968) is an American actress, comedian, and television personality. She is perhaps best known for being one of the original correspondents on the popular Comedy Central satirical news series The Daily Show from 1996 to 2000; she is also known as Tripp's mother Beth Campbell from I'm in the Band and Avery's mother, Ellen Jennings in Dog with a Blog.

Personal life

Littleford was born in Nashville, the daughter of Jackie, a professor, and Philip O. Littleford, a cardiologist, and inventor. She grew up in Winter Park, Florida.^[1] She lives in Los Angeles, California with one son, Jackson Oliver Fox (born on July 30, 2005) and an adopted daughter, Halcyon ‘Hallie’ Juna, (born on March 23, 2012).^[2]

Career

Littleford guest-starred on numerous television programs during the late 1990s and 2000s such as Spin City (where she had a multi-year occasional role), The West Wing, Family Guy, and Frasier. Littleford was also a celebrity commentator on VH1's I Love the 80s Strikes Back in 2003, I Love the 90s in 2004, I Love the 90s: Part Deux in 2005, I Love the New Millennium and The Great Debate in 2009. She was the female lead on the short-lived Fox series Method and Red, and also starred as Ben Tennyson's mother Sandra in Ben 10: Race Against Time, and reprised the role in the Ben 10: Alien Force episode 20 and again in Ben 10: Ultimate Alien. More recently, Littleford appeared in TV commercials for Laughing Cow cheese and a hotel chain. She starred in the Disney XD original show I'm in the Band, the 2010 Disney channel movie Starstruck, and played Suzanne Berger on MTV's The Hard Times of RJ Berger, Dana on ABC's Desperate Housewives, and the realtor on The Fosters. She also plays the Cascade Kitchen Counselor on the TV commercials (2012). She had a starring role in the Disney Channel original series Dog with a Blog.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	A Cool, Dry Place	Suzanne
1999	The 24 Hour Woman	Lynn Shapiro
	Picture This	Patty
	Mystery, Alaska	Janice Pettiboe
2002	Unconditional Love	Morning Chicago TV Host	TV Movie
2003	The Big Wide World of Carl Laemke	Laurie Laemke
2005	Saddam 17	The receptionist
2007	Ben 10: Race Against Time	Sandra Tennyson	TV Movie
2008	Drillbit Taylor	Barbara
	Happy Campers	Lexy
2009	Veiled	Marie
	Take 2	Amy	Main Role
2010	Starstruck	Barbara Olson
2011	Crazy, Stupid, Love	Claire Riley
2012	Music High	Kyle
	Kidnap Party	Alison Slater	Supporting Role
2013	Movie 43	Mrs. Cutler	Segment "The Thread"
	It's Not You, It's Me	Sandy

Television (selected)

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996-2000	The Daily Show	Correspondent Beth Littleford	151 episodes
1998-2000	Spin City	Deirdre	8 episodes
2007	Kim Possible	Various voices	Episode: "Fashion Victim"
2007-2015	Phineas and Ferb	Various voices
2007	Ben 10: Race Against Time	Sandra Tennyson	TV-Movie
2008-	Ben 10: Alien Force Ben 10: Ultimate Alien Ben 10: Omniverse	Sandra Tennyson Isosceles Right Triangle Vreedle
2009–2010	Rules of Engagement	Laura	3 episodes
2010–2011	I'm in the Band	Beth Campbell	Recurring Role; 9 episodes
	The Hard Times of RJ Berger	Suzanne Berger
	Desperate Housewives	Dana	2 episodes
	CSI Miami	Elena Manus
2011	Melissa & Joey	Aidan's mom
2012–2015	Dog with a Blog	Ellen Jennings-James	Main Role; 69 episodes
2016	The Fosters	Realtor	2 episodes

References

1. Beth Littleford Biography (1968-)
2. "Beth Littleford Welcomes Daughter Halcyon Juna". People. March 24, 2012. Retrieved March 24, 2012.

External links

• Official website
• Beth Littleford at the Internet Movie Database