Lurene Tuttle
Acting
Born: August 20, 1907 · Pleasant Lake, Indiana, USA
Died: May 28, 1986 (aged 78)
Highest Rated
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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." Description above from the Wikipedia article Lurene Tuttle, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Psycho
1960
The Twilight Zone
1959
Little House on the Prairie
1974
I Dream of Jeannie
1965
Sweet Smell of Success
1957
The Munsters
1964
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Niagara
1953
The Fortune Cookie
1966
I Love Lucy
1951
Charlie's Angels
1976
Amazing Stories
1985
Photos (5)
Movies (53)
Psycho
Mrs. Chambers
Sweet Smell of Success
Loretta Bartha (uncredited)
Niagara
Mrs. Kettering
The Fortune Cookie
Mother Hinkle
Walking Tall
Grandma
Room for One More
Miss Kenyon
Testament
Rosemary Abhart
Human Experiments
Granny
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
Mrs. Natalie Miller
The Manitou
Mrs. Herz
Don't Bother to Knock
Ruth Jones
Parts: The Clonus Horror
Anna Noble
Macbeth
Gentlewoman / The Three
Give a Girl a Break
Mrs. Doolittle
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
Mary
A Life of Her Own
Secretary (uncredited)
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
Mrs. Hunt
Live Again, Die Again
Betty Simpson
Final Chapter: Walking Tall
Grandma
Nightmare in the Sun
Gideon's wife
Evil Town
Mildred Phelps
Ma Barker's Killer Brood
Ma Barker
The Affairs of Dobie Gillis
Mrs. Eleanor Hammer
Walking Tall Part II
Grandma Pusser
Untamed Youth
Judge Cecilia Steele Tropp
Stand Up and Cheer!
Stenographer
Never Wave at a WAC
Murchinson
Slander
Mrs. Doyle
The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies
Mollie Heller
Down and Dirty Duck
Duck's Mother (voice)
Goodbye, My Fancy
Ellen Griswold
Mrs. Sundance
Mrs. Lee
Tom, Dick and Harry
Girl Lead in Movie (voice) (uncredited)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Miss Watson
The Whip Hand
Molly Loomis
Critic's Choice
Mother in Sisters Three
The Crash of Flight 401
1978
Tomorrow Is Another Day
Mrs. Dawson
The Glass Slipper
Cousin Loulou
Homecoming
Miss Stoker
White Mama
Mrs. McIntyre
Heaven Only Knows
Mrs. O'Donnell
Carlton Your Doorman
Carlton's Mother (voice)
For the Love of It
Blanche
Dr. Shagetz
Mildred Phelps
Sincerely Yours
Mrs. McGinley
Hello Mother, Goodbye!
Leona
Thanksgiving in the Land of Oz
Aunt Em (voice)
Law and Order
Mrs. Brian O'Malley, Sr.
Shooting Stars
Mrs. Brand
Shooting Stars
Mrs Brand
The Restless Ones
David's Grandmother
Sadie Hawkins Day
Mammy Yocum / Daisy Mae (voice)
TV Shows (82)
The Love Boat
Lady in Black · 1 eps
Perry Mason
Anna Houser · 1 eps
Perry Mason
Sarette Winslow · 1 eps
Perry Mason
Emma Bailey · 1 eps
Perry Mason
Sarah Breel · 1 eps
Perry Mason
Josephine Kempton · 1 eps
Perry Mason
Henny McLeod · 1 eps
Murder, She Wrote
Agnes Cochran · 1 eps
Mannix
1 eps
The Andy Griffith Show
Annabelle Silby · 2 eps
Charlie's Angels
Mrs. Machlin · 1 eps
Little House on the Prairie
Anna Simms · 2 eps
Adam-12
Iris Kelly · 1 eps
Adam-12
Mary O'Ryan · 1 eps
Dynasty
2 eps
Matinee Theater
2 eps
Petticoat Junction
Adelaide Keane · 1 eps
Petticoat Junction
Mary Alice Perkins · 1 eps
Petticoat Junction
Henrietta Greene · 1 eps
St. Elsewhere
Margaret Harper - Ellen's mother · 1 eps
The Twilight Zone
Secretary (uncredited) · 1 eps
The Beverly Hillbillies
1 eps
Have Gun, Will Travel
1 eps
Leave It to Beaver
2 eps
Hart to Hart
1 eps
American Playhouse
Rosemary Abhart · 1 eps
Fantasy Island
Mary Emery · 1 eps
Dr. Kildare
Mrs. Parker · 1 eps
My Three Sons
1 eps
I Dream of Jeannie
Mama · 1 eps
I Love Lucy
Club President · 1 eps
Alice
1 eps
Police Woman
1 eps
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Bella Swann (as Lorene Tuttle) · 1 eps
Medical Center
1 eps
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Mrs. Walker · 1 eps
The Munsters
Mrs. Morton · 1 eps
The Partridge Family
Mrs. Sharp · 1 eps
Amazing Stories
Harriet Wendse · 1 eps
Lawman
1 eps
Burke's Law
Amanda · 1 eps
Trapper John, M.D.
2 eps
The Rookies
1 eps
Gunsmoke
Mrs. Cumbers · 1 eps
Gunsmoke
Anna Wilson · 1 eps
Hazel
1 eps
Matt Houston
1 eps
Switch
Mary Beame · 1 eps
Switch
Rose · 1 eps
Dennis the Menace
1 eps
Adventures in Paradise
Penelope Hobart · 1 eps
The Real McCoys
2 eps
The Texan
1 eps
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1 eps
Crazy like a Fox
1 eps
The Danny Thomas Show
Mrs. Martin · 1 eps
Judd, for the Defense
1 eps
Mr. Novak
Mrs. Grange · 1 eps
The Millionaire
Maggie Tremayne · 1 eps
The Millionaire
Polly Thorne · 1 eps
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
Tessie · 1 eps
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
2 eps
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
Lillian · 1 eps
The Thin Man
1 eps
Julia
5 eps
Julia
Hannah Yarby · 86 eps
Voyagers!
1 eps
Pete and Gladys
2 eps
Johnny Ringo
Mamie Murphy · 1 eps
You Are There
1 eps
Cavalcade of America
Betsy Peale · 1 eps
Bourbon Street Beat
1 eps
The Second Hundred Years
Annie · 1 eps
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
1 eps
Colt .45
Frances Benedict · 1 eps
The Americans
1 eps
Johnny Midnight
2 eps
Adam's Rib
1 eps
Father of the Bride
Doris Dunston · 34 eps
General Electric Theater
1 eps
General Electric Theater
Ginny Andrews · 1 eps
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Marjorie · 1 eps