Elizabeth Littleford (born July 17, 1968) is an American actress and comedian known as an original correspondent on Comedy Central's The Daily Show from 1996 to 2000. She was among the former correspondents recognized when The Daily Show with Jon Stewart received a 2015 institutional Peabody Award.
Littleford's later television roles include Nancy Blaford on the Fox sitcom Method & Red and Ellen Jennings on the Disney Channel series Dog with a Blog. Her film roles include Claire Riley in the 2011 romantic comedy Crazy, Stupid, Love.
Early life Littleford was born in Nashville, Tennessee, the daughter of Jackie, a professor, and Philip O. Littleford, a cardiologist and inventor. She grew up in Winter Park, Florida and attended the Park Maitland School. Her father and brother died when she was sixteen in a pontoon plane accident during an Alaskan fishing trip.
A National Merit Scholarship Program finalist in high school, she attended Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania for three years before taking up acting classes at New York University; she eventually graduated from The New School for Social Research.
Career Early in her acting career, Littleford worked in improvisational theatre with Chicago City Limits, wrote and performed the one-woman show This Is Where I Get Off at the Circle Repertory Company, and appeared in the romantic comedy film Picture This.
Littleford was one of the original correspondents on Comedy Central's The Daily Show, appearing during both Craig Kilborn's and Jon Stewart's tenures as host. Her recurring celebrity-interview segments were performed in the style of Barbara Walters. In 1998, Comedy Central aired The Beth Littleford Interview Special, a compilation of her previously shown interview segments. In 1999, Entertainment Weekly described The Daily Show as a launching pad for Littleford and other correspondents, noting that she was expanding her recurring role on Spin City and had appeared in the film Mystery, Alaska. That year, she was also listed among the celebrity participants at Austin's Big Stinkin' International Improv & Sketch Comedy Festival.
Littleford played Nancy Blaford on the 2004 Fox sitcom Method & Red. She later appeared in several television comedy and family series, including The Hard Times of RJ Berger, in which she played Suzanne Berger, and the Disney Channel series Dog with a Blog, in which she played Ellen Jennings.
Her later screen appearances include the Netflix series Dead to Me, in which she appeared in the 2019 episode "I Can Handle It", and the 2021 film Senior Moment, in which she played Tess Woodson.
Personal life Littleford lives in Los Angeles. She was married to Rob Fox, a director and producer who worked alongside her on The Daily Show, from 1998 to 2015; they had a son (b. 2005) and an adopted daughter (b. 2012). Fox died in 2017.
Filmography
Film Year Title Role Notes1998Suzanne1999Lynn ShapiroMystery, AlaskaJanice PettiboePicture ThisPatty2008Drillbit TaylorBarbara Drennan2009VeiledMarieShort2011Crazy, Stupid, LoveClaire2012Music HighLucy BatesKidnap PartyAlison Slater2013It's Not You, It's MeSandyMovie 43Mrs. Cutler2017Random Tropical ParadiseMartha Crandall 2018 I'll Be Next Door for Christmas Fran Christmas comedy film written and directed by David Jay Willis2021Senior MomentTess WoodsonFeature Film - Released theatrically and on demand
Television Year Title Role Notes1996–2000The Daily ShowHerselfOriginal Female Correspondent1998–2000Spin CityDeirdre WestRecurring role2001Boston PublicMarcia FennelEpisode: "Chapter 24"2002WKZN Philadelphia Anchor LeslieEpisode: "The U.S. Poet Laureate"Still StandingKristy DuncanEpisode: "Still in School"What I Like About YouSusanEpisode: "Copy That"Andy Richter Controls the UniverseReggie MeadowsEpisode: "The Show Might Go On"2002–03Greetings from TucsonMarna2 episodesLife with BonnieDr. 'Mrs.' Casey2 episodes2003Laurie LaemkeTV film2003–04One on OneGeraldine MurphyRecurring role2004Method & RedNancy BlafordMain roleFrasierCreationism DateEpisode: "Match Game" (season 11)2005JoeyCarlaEpisode: "Joey and the Premiere"2006RodneyAmy O'BrienEpisode: "Rodney Gets a Leg Up"Love, Inc.CharleneEpisode: "Anything But Love"2006–12Family GuyVarious (voice)Guest role2007Without a TraceDiane NeeseEpisode: "Two of Us"Ben 10: Race Against TimeSandra TennysonTV film2008Samantha Who?Audrey RhodesEpisode: "The Girlfriend"Ben 10: Alien ForceSandra Tennyson (voice)Episode: "Grounded"2009Take 2AmyTV film2009–10Rules of EngagementLaura3 episodes2009–11I'm in the BandBeth CampbellRecurring role2010StarStruckBarbara OlsonTV filmCSI: Crime Scene InvestigationNurse MonaEpisode: "Field Mice"Ben 10: Ultimate AlienSandra Tennyson (voice)Episode: "Hit 'Em Where They Live"Tony KershawEpisode: "Get Smarter"Neighbors from HellVarious (voice)Recurring roleCSI: MiamiElena ManusEpisode: "Sleepless in Miami"2010–11Suzanne BergerRecurring role2010–13Various (voice)Guest role2011Desperate HousewivesDana2 episodes2012Melissa & JoeySuzanne HaberEpisode: "Good to Go"MadMother / "Who Wore it Better?" announcer / Tasha (voice)1 episode2012–15Dog with a BlogEllen JenningsMain role2013HelenEpisode: "Mindy's Minute"2013–14Ben 10: OmniverseSandra TennysonVoice, 3 episodes2016MistressesLindsay LehmanEpisode: "Under Pressure"Unwanted GuestAnna RobertsTV film2016–17Realtor3 episodes20172 Broke GirlsBonnieEpisode: "And the Stalking Dead"Liberty CrossingSpecial Agent Margaret SmithEpisode: "Comfort Zones"2018My Dead ExLaurelRecurring2019Dead to MeDoug's WifeEpisode: "I Can Handle It"Home Is Where the Killer IsPatricia WadeTV film2020–21Love, VictorSarahHulu Original Series
Podcasts Year Title Role Notes2018GossipRockin' Robin12 episodes
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