She appeared in a number of stage productions including "Tartuffe" and "Invisible Friends". In 1978, she appeared in the Made-for-TV-Movie "Tartuffe". The characters of Tartuffe, Elmire, and Orgon are considered among the greatest classical theatre roles. Grimes played the role of Elmire in the 1978 Broadway and television production of "Tartuffe". He performed in 2003 as Damis in "Tartuffe". Marcel Cravenne hired him in 1970 for "Tartuffe". In 2013, she performed in the Chicago productions of "The Misanthrope" and "Tartuffe". The following year he returned to Broadway in "Tartuffe". But this wily guest means to stay, and Tartuffe finally shows his hand. Tartuffe is at first shocked but recovers very well.