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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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Filmography (Movies)
24 Hour Psycho
Character:Mrs. Chambers (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1993
Evil Town
Character:Mildred Phelps
Release Date:02/06/1987
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
Character:Mrs. Hunt
Release Date:15/12/1984
Testament
Character:Rosemary Abhart
Release Date:04/11/1983
Shooting Stars
Character:Mrs. Brand
Release Date:28/07/1983
Shooting Stars
Character:Mrs Brand
Release Date:28/07/1983
The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies
Character:Mollie Heller
Release Date:06/10/1981
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Character:Miss Watson
Release Date:09/07/1981
Thanksgiving in the Land of Oz
Character:Aunt Em (voice)
Release Date:25/11/1980
For the Love of It
Character:Blanche
Release Date:26/09/1980
Carlton Your Doorman
Character:Carlton's Mother (voice)
Release Date:21/05/1980
White Mama
Character:Mrs. McIntyre
Release Date:05/03/1980
Human Experiments
Character:Granny
Release Date:19/10/1979
Parts: The Clonus Horror
Character:Anna Noble
Release Date:01/08/1979
The Crash of Flight 401
Character:
Release Date:29/10/1978
The Manitou
Character:Mrs. Herz
Release Date:28/04/1978
Final Chapter: Walking Tall
Character:Grandma
Release Date:31/08/1977
Law and Order
Character:Mrs. Brian O'Malley, Sr.
Release Date:06/05/1976
Walking Tall Part II
Character:Grandma Pusser
Release Date:28/09/1975
Dr. Shagetz
Character:Mildred Phelps
Release Date:01/01/1975
Down and Dirty Duck
Character:Duck's Mother (voice)
Release Date:01/07/1974
Live Again, Die Again
Character:Betty Simpson
Release Date:16/02/1974
Mrs. Sundance
Character:Mrs. Lee
Release Date:15/01/1974
Walking Tall
Character:Grandma
Release Date:22/02/1973
The Fortune Cookie
Character:Mother Hinkle
Release Date:19/10/1966
The Ghost & Mr. Chicken
Character:Mrs. Natalie Miller
Release Date:20/01/1966
The Restless Ones
Character:David's Grandmother
Release Date:02/12/1965
Nightmare in the Sun
Character:Gideon's wife
Release Date:06/03/1965
Critic's Choice
Character:Mother in "Sisters Three"
Release Date:24/02/1963
Psycho
Character:Mrs. Chambers
Release Date:22/06/1960
Ma Barker's Killer Brood
Character:Ma Barker
Release Date:03/02/1960
The Unchained Goddess
Character:Meteora the Goddess of Weather
Release Date:12/02/1958
Sweet Smell of Success
Character:Loretta Bartha (uncredited)
Release Date:04/07/1957
Untamed Youth
Character:Judge Cecilia Steele Tropp
Release Date:15/03/1957
Slander
Character:Mrs. Doyle
Release Date:18/01/1957
Sincerely Yours
Character:Mrs. McGinley
Release Date:05/11/1955
The Glass Slipper
Character:Cousin Loulou
Release Date:24/03/1955
Give a Girl a Break
Character:Mrs. Doolittle
Release Date:13/11/1953
Three Lives
Character:Mrs. Armstrong
Release Date:17/09/1953
The Affairs of Dobie Gillis
Character:Mrs. Eleanor Hammer
Release Date:14/08/1953
Never Wave at a WAC
Character:Capt. Murchinson, Company CO
Release Date:28/01/1953
Niagara
Character:Mrs. Kettering
Release Date:26/01/1953
Don't Bother to Knock
Character:Ruth Jones
Release Date:18/07/1952
Room for One More
Character:Miss Kenyon
Release Date:10/01/1952
The Whip Hand
Character:Molly Loomis
Release Date:01/10/1951
Tomorrow Is Another Day
Character:Mrs. Dawson
Release Date:08/08/1951
Goodbye, My Fancy
Character:Ellen Griswold
Release Date:19/05/1951
A Life of Her Own
Character:Secretary (uncredited)
Release Date:01/09/1950
Macbeth
Character:Gentlewoman / The Three
Release Date:01/10/1948
Homecoming
Character:Miss Stoker
Release Date:29/04/1948
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
Character:Mary
Release Date:25/03/1948
Heaven Only Knows
Character:Mrs. O'Donnell
Release Date:12/09/1947
Sadie Hawkins Day
Character:Mammy Yocum / Daisy Mae (voice)
Release Date:04/05/1944
Tom, Dick and Harry
Character:Girl Lead in Movie (voice) (uncredited)
Release Date:13/06/1941
Stand Up and Cheer!
Character:Stenographer
Release Date:04/05/1934
Television Appearances
Amazing Stories
Character:Harriet Wendse
Crazy like a Fox
Character:
Murder, She Wrote
Character:Agnes Cochran
St. Elsewhere
Character:Margaret Harper - Ellen's mother
Voyagers!
Character:
Matt Houston
Character:
Dynasty
Character:
Trapper John, M.D.
Character:
Hart to Hart
Character:
Fantasy Island
Character:Mary Emery
Charlie's Angels
Character:Mrs. Machlin
Alice
Character:
Switch
Character:Mary Beame
Switch
Character:Rose
Police Woman
Character:
Little House on the Prairie
Character:
Adam's Rib
Character:
The Rookies
Character:
The Partridge Family
Character:Mrs. Sharp
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Character:Bella Swann (as Lorene Tuttle)
Medical Center
Character:
Adam-12
Character:Iris Kelly
Adam-12
Character:Mary O'Ryan
Julia
Character:
Julia
Character:Hannah Yarby
Mannix
Character:
Judd for the Defense
Character:
The Second Hundred Years
Character:Annie
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
Character:
I Dream of Jeannie
Character:Mama
The Munsters
Character:Mrs. Morton
Petticoat Junction
Character:Adelaide Keane
Mr. Novak
Character:Mrs. Grange
Petticoat Junction
Character:Mary Alice Perkins
Petticoat Junction
Character:Henrietta Greene
Burke's Law
Character:Amanda
The Beverly Hillbillies
Character:
Father of the Bride
Character:Doris Dunston
Hazel
Character:
Dr. Kildare
Character:Mrs. Parker
The Americans
Character:
The Andy Griffith Show
Character:Annabelle Silby
My Three Sons
Character:
Pete and Gladys
Character:
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
Character:Tessie
Johnny Midnight
Character:
Bourbon Street Beat
Character:
Adventures in Paradise
Character:Penelope Hobart
Dennis the Menace
Character:
The Twilight Zone
Character:Secretary (uncredited)
Johnny Ringo
Character:Mamie Murphy
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
Character:Lillian
Lawman
Character:
The Texan
Character:
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Character:Mrs. Walker
Colt .45
Character:Frances Benedict
Leave It to Beaver
Character:
The Real McCoys
Character:
Perry Mason
Character:Anna Houser
Perry Mason
Character:Sarette Winslow
Perry Mason
Character:Emma Bailey
Perry Mason
Character:Sarah Breel
Perry Mason
Character:Josephine Kempton
Perry Mason
Character:Henny McLeod
The Thin Man
Character:
Have Gun, Will Travel
Character:
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
Character:
Matinee Theater
Character:
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Character:
Gunsmoke
Character:Mrs. Cumbers
Gunsmoke
Character:Anna Wilson
The Millionaire
Character:Maggie Tremayne
The Millionaire
Character:Polly Thorne
Summer Playhouse
Character:
Life With Father
Character:
General Electric Theater
Character:
You Are There
Character:
General Electric Theater
Character:Ginny Andrews
Cavalcade of America
Character:Betsy Peale
I Love Lucy
Character:Club President
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Character:Marjorie
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