Name
Lurene Tuttle
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1907-08-20
Deathday
1986-05-28 (79 years old)
Place of Birth
Pleasant Lake, Indiana, USA
Biography
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Lurene Tuttle (August 29, 1907, Pleasant Lake, Indiana - May 28, 1986, Encino, California) was a character actress, who made transitions from vaudeville to radio, to films and television. Her most enduring impact was as one of network radio's most versatile actresses. Often appearing in 15 shows a week, comedies, dramas, thrillers, soap operas, and crime dramas, and she became known as the First Lady of Radio.
Heaven Only Knows (1947) was her first film. She went on to roles in other films such as Orson Welles's Macbeth (1948), Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948) and Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960), as the wife of Sheriff Chambers. In Don't Bother to Knock (1952) she portrayed a mother who lets a disturbed Marilyn Monroe babysit her daughter. The next year she appeared again with Marilyn in Niagara, as Mrs. Kettering. She had a rare starring role in Ma Barker's Killer Brood (1960). She played Grandma Pusser in the original Walking Tall film trilogy, and also appeared in horror films such as The Manitou (1978), starring Tony Curtis. Her final film role was in the 1983 film Testament. Tuttle became a familiar face to millions of television viewers with more than 100 appearances from 1950 to 1986, often in the role of an inquisitive busybody. On television and in films, Tuttle streamlined herself into a pattern of roles between wise, loving wives/mothers or bristling matrons. She was familiar to the early television audience as wife/mother Lavinia (Vinnie) Day in Life with Father (1953–1955). Columnist Hedda Hopper called the selection of Leon Ames as Father and Tuttle as Mother "what I consider 22 carat casting with two all-Americans."
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- 1960 Psycho as Mrs. Chambers
- 1966 The Fortune Cookie as Mother Hinkle
- 1963 Critic's Choice as Mother in Sisters Three
- 1952 Don't Bother to Knock as Ruth Jones
- 1948 Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House as Mary
- 1978 The Crash of Flight 401
- 1966 The Ghost and Mr. Chicken as Mrs. Natalie Miller
- 1978 The Manitou as Mrs. Herz
- 1951 Tomorrow Is Another Day as Mrs. Dawson
- 1951 The Whip Hand as Molly Loomis
- 1952 Room for One More as Miss Kenyon
- 1953 Niagara as Mrs. Kettering
- 1979 Human Experiments as Granny
- 1975 Walking Tall Part II as Grandma Pusser
- 1974 Down and Dirty Duck as Duck's Mother (voice)
- 1957 Slander as Mrs. Doyle
- 1960 Ma Barker's Killer Brood as Ma Barker
- 1979 Parts: The Clonus Horror as Anna Noble
- 1953 Never Wave at a WAC as Murchinson
- 1965 Nightmare in the Sun as Gideon's wife
- 1981 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as Miss Watson
- 1953 Give a Girl a Break as Mrs. Doolittle
- 1951 Goodbye, My Fancy as Ellen Griswold
- 1955 The Glass Slipper as Cousin Loulou
- 1973 Walking Tall as Grandma
- 1976 Law and Order as Mrs. Brian O'Malley, Sr.
- 1977 Final Chapter: Walking Tall as Grandma
- 1955 Sincerely Yours as Mrs. McGinley
- 1953 The Affairs of Dobie Gillis as Mrs. Eleanor Hammer
- 1980 White Mama as Mrs. McIntyre
- 1980 For the Love of It as Blanche
- 1983 Shooting Stars as Mrs. Brand
- 1957 Sweet Smell of Success as Loretta Bartha (uncredited)
- 1981 The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies as Mollie Heller
- 1983 Shooting Stars as Mrs Brand
- 1983 Testament as Rosemary Abhart
- 1980 Thanksgiving in the Land of Oz as Aunt Em (voice)
- 1980 Carlton Your Doorman as Carlton's Mother (voice)
- 1975 Dr. Shagetz as Mildred Phelps
- 1987 Evil Town as Mildred Phelps
- 1958 The Unchained Goddess as Meteora the Goddess of Weather
- 1947 Heaven Only Knows as Mrs. O'Donnell
- 1957 Untamed Youth as Judge Cecilia Steele Tropp
- 1948 Macbeth as Gentlewoman / The Three
- 1974 Live Again, Die Again as Betty Simpson
- 1974 Mrs. Sundance as Mrs. Lee
- 1941 Tom, Dick and Harry as Girl Lead in Movie (voice) (uncredited)
- 1950 A Life of Her Own as Secretary (uncredited)
- 1948 Homecoming as Miss Stoker
- 1965 The Restless Ones as David's Grandmother
- 1953 Three Lives as Mrs. Armstrong
- 1934 Stand Up and Cheer! as Stenographer
- 1944 Sadie Hawkins Day as Mammy Yocum / Daisy Mae (voice)
- 1984 It Came Upon the Midnight Clear as Mrs. Hunt
- 1974 Hello Mother, Goodbye! as Leona
- 1974 Down and Dirty Duck as Duck's Mother (Voice)
- 1982 St. Elsewhere ( 1 episode ) as Margaret Harper - Ellen's mother
- 1960 The Andy Griffith Show ( 2 episodes ) as Annabelle Silby
- 1984 Murder, She Wrote ( 1 episode ) as Agnes Cochran
- 1976 Alice ( 1 episode )
- 1963 Burke's Law ( 1 episode ) as Amanda
- 1972 The Rookies ( 1 episode )
- 1959 Bourbon Street Beat ( 1 episode )
- 1979 Trapper John, M.D. ( 2 episodes )
- 1960 My Three Sons ( 1 episode )
- 1974 Little House on the Prairie ( 2 episodes ) as Anna Simms
- 1965 I Dream of Jeannie ( 1 episode ) as Mama
- 1964 The Munsters ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Morton
- 1962 The Beverly Hillbillies ( 1 episode )
- 1951 I Love Lucy ( 1 episode ) as Club President
- 1981 Dynasty ( 2 episodes )
- 1963 Petticoat Junction ( 1 episode ) as Adelaide Keane
- 1976 Charlie's Angels ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Machlin
- 1967 Mannix ( 1 episode )
- 1969 Medical Center ( 1 episode )
- 1979 Hart to Hart ( 1 episode )
- 1955 Gunsmoke ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Cumbers
- 1957 Perry Mason ( 1 episode ) as Anna Houser
- 1953 General Electric Theater ( 1 episode )
- 1982 Voyagers! ( 1 episode )
- 1957 Leave It to Beaver ( 2 episodes )
- 1984 Crazy like a Fox ( 1 episode )
- 1959 The Twilight Zone ( 1 episode ) as Secretary (uncredited)
- 1966 Pistols 'n' Petticoats ( 1 episode )
- 1959 Dennis the Menace ( 1 episode )
- 1957 Have Gun, Will Travel ( 1 episode )
- 1974 Police Woman ( 1 episode )
- 1975 Switch ( 1 episode ) as Mary Beame
- 1968 Julia ( 5 episodes )
- 1968 Julia ( 86 episodes ) as Hannah Yarby
- 1955 The Millionaire ( 1 episode ) as Maggie Tremayne
- 1951 Schlitz Playhouse of Stars ( 1 episode ) as Marjorie
- 1957 The Thin Man ( 1 episode )
- 1982 Matt Houston ( 1 episode )
- 1957 The Real McCoys ( 2 episodes )
- 1961 Hazel ( 1 episode )
- 1959 Adventures in Paradise ( 1 episode ) as Penelope Hobart
- 1960 Pete and Gladys ( 2 episodes )
- 1955 The 20th Century Fox Hour ( 1 episode )
- 1967 Judd, for the Defense ( 1 episode )
- 1955 Matinee Theater ( 2 episodes )
- 1953 You Are There ( 1 episode )
- 1961 Father of the Bride ( 34 episodes ) as Doris Dunston
- 1956 The Adventures of Jim Bowie ( 2 episodes )
- 1958 Wanted: Dead or Alive ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Walker
- 1958 Lawman ( 1 episode )
- 1963 Mr. Novak ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Grange
- 1958 The Texan ( 1 episode )
- 1953 Life With Father ( 27 episodes )
- 1952 Cavalcade of America ( 1 episode ) as Betsy Peale
- 1970 The Mary Tyler Moore Show ( 1 episode ) as Bella Swann (as Lorene Tuttle)
- 1959 Johnny Ringo ( 1 episode ) as Mamie Murphy
- 1961 Dr. Kildare ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Parker
- 1954 Summer Playhouse ( 1 episode )
- 1959 The DuPont Show with June Allyson ( 1 episode ) as Lillian
- 1960 Johnny Midnight ( 2 episodes )
- 1975 Switch ( 1 episode ) as Rose
- 1961 The Americans ( 1 episode )
- 1960 The Barbara Stanwyck Show ( 1 episode ) as Tessie
- 1985 Amazing Stories ( 1 episode ) as Harriet Wendse
- 1968 Adam-12 ( 1 episode ) as Iris Kelly
- 1963 Petticoat Junction ( 1 episode ) as Mary Alice Perkins
- 1955 Gunsmoke ( 1 episode ) as Anna Wilson
- 1953 General Electric Theater ( 1 episode ) as Ginny Andrews
- 1955 The Millionaire ( 1 episode ) as Polly Thorne
- 1968 Adam-12 ( 1 episode ) as Mary O'Ryan
- 1963 Petticoat Junction ( 1 episode ) as Henrietta Greene
- 1973 Adam's Rib ( 1 episode )
- 1957 Perry Mason ( 1 episode ) as Sarette Winslow
- 1957 Perry Mason ( 1 episode ) as Emma Bailey
- 1957 Perry Mason ( 1 episode ) as Sarah Breel
- 1957 Perry Mason ( 1 episode ) as Josephine Kempton
- 1957 Perry Mason ( 1 episode ) as Henny McLeod
- 1957 Colt .45 ( 1 episode ) as Frances Benedict
- 1978 Fantasy Island ( 1 episode ) as Mary Emery
- 1967 The Second Hundred Years ( 1 episode ) as Annie
- 1970 The Partridge Family ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Sharp
- 1977 The Love Boat ( 1 episode ) as Lady in Black
- 1982 American Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Rosemary Abhart
- 1953 The Danny Thomas Show ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Martin
