Lurene Tuttle
Acting
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
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movieEvil Town
1987
Mildred Phelps
tvAmazing Stories
1985
Harriet Wendse
tvMurder, She Wrote
1984
Agnes Cochran
movieTestament
1983
Rosemary Abhart
movieShooting Stars
1983
Mrs. Brand / Mrs Brand
tvSt. Elsewhere
1982
Margaret Harper - Ellen's mother
tvAmerican Playhouse
1982
Rosemary Abhart
movieThe Return of the Beverly Hillbillies
1981
Mollie Heller
movieThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1981
Miss Watson
movieThanksgiving in the Land of Oz
1980
Aunt Em (voice)
movieFor the Love of It
1980
Blanche
movieCarlton Your Doorman
1980
Carlton's Mother (voice)
movieWhite Mama
1980
Mrs. McIntyre
movieParts: The Clonus Horror
1979
Anna Noble
movieThe Manitou
1978
Mrs. Herz
tvFantasy Island
1978
Mary Emery
tvThe Love Boat
1977
Lady in Black
tvCharlie's Angels
1976
Mrs. Machlin
movieLaw and Order
1976
Mrs. Brian O'Malley, Sr.
movieWalking Tall Part II
1975
Grandma Pusser
tvSwitch
1975
Mary Beame / Rose
movieDr. Shagetz
1975
Mildred Phelps
tvLittle House on the Prairie
1974
Anna Simms
Down and Dirty Duck
1974
Duck's Mother (Voice)
movieDown and Dirty Duck
1974
Duck's Mother (voice)
movieLive Again, Die Again
1974
Betty Simpson
movieMrs. Sundance
1974
Mrs. Lee
movieWalking Tall
1973
Grandma
tvThe Partridge Family
1970
Mrs. Sharp
tvThe Mary Tyler Moore Show
1970
Bella Swann (as Lorene Tuttle)
tvAdam-12
1968
Iris Kelly / Mary O'Ryan
tvJulia
1968
Hannah Yarby
movieThe Fortune Cookie
1966
Mother Hinkle
movieThe Ghost and Mr. Chicken
1966
Mrs. Natalie Miller
movieThe Restless Ones
1965
David's Grandmother
movieNightmare in the Sun
1965
Gideon's wife
tvThe Munsters
1964
Mrs. Morton
tvPetticoat Junction
1963
Adelaide Keane / Mary Alice Perkins / Henrietta Greene
tvMr. Novak
1963
Mrs. Grange
tvBurke's Law
1963
Amanda
movieCritic's Choice
1963
Mother in "Sisters Three"
tvFather of the Bride
1961
Doris Dunston
tvDr. Kildare
1961
Mrs. Parker
tvThe Andy Griffith Show
1960
Annabelle Silby
moviePsycho
1960
Mrs. Chambers
movieMa Barker's Killer Brood
1960
Ma Barker
tvAdventures in Paradise
1959
Penelope Hobart
tvThe Twilight Zone
1959
Secretary (uncredited)
tvJohnny Ringo
1959
Mamie Murphy
tvWanted: Dead or Alive
1958
Mrs. Walker
The Unchained Goddess
1958
Meteora the Goddess of Weather
tvColt .45
1957
Frances Benedict
tvPerry Mason
1957
Anna Houser / Sarette Winslow / Emma Bailey / Sarah Breel / Josephine Kempton / Henny McLeod
movieSweet Smell of Success
1957
Loretta Bartha (uncredited)
movieUntamed Youth
1957
Judge Cecilia Steele Tropp
movieSlander
1957
Mrs. Doyle
movieSincerely Yours
1955
Mrs. McGinley
tvGunsmoke
1955
Mrs. Cumbers / Anna Wilson
movieThe Glass Slipper
1955
Cousin Loulou
tvThe Millionaire
1955
Maggie Tremayne / Polly Thorne
movieGive a Girl a Break
1953
Mrs. Doolittle
Three Lives
1953
Mrs. Armstrong
movieThe Affairs of Dobie Gillis
1953
Mrs. Eleanor Hammer
tvGeneral Electric Theater
1953
Ginny Andrews
movieNiagara
1953
Mrs. Kettering
movieNever Wave at a WAC
1953
Capt. Murchinson, Company CO
tvCavalcade of America
1952
Betsy Peale
movieDon't Bother to Knock
1952
Ruth Jones
movieRoom for One More
1952
Miss Kenyon
tvI Love Lucy
1951
Club President
tvSchlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Marjorie
movieThe Whip Hand
1951
Molly Loomis
movieTomorrow Is Another Day
1951
Mrs. Dawson
movieGoodbye, My Fancy
1951
Ellen Griswold
movieA Life of Her Own
1950
Secretary (uncredited)
movieMacbeth
1948
Gentlewoman / The Three
movieHomecoming
1948
Miss Stoker
movieHeaven Only Knows
1947
Mrs. O'Donnell
movieSadie Hawkins Day
1944
Mammy Yocum / Daisy Mae (voice)
movieTom, Dick and Harry
1941
Girl Lead in Movie (voice) (uncredited)
movieStand Up and Cheer!
1934
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