Lurene Tuttle
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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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Acted in
24 Hour Psycho
1993
as Mrs. Chambers (archive footage)
Evil Town
1987
as Mildred Phelps
Amazing Stories
1985
as Harriet Wendse
Crazy like a Fox
1984
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Agnes Cochran
Testament
1983
as Rosemary Abhart
Shooting Stars
1983
as Mrs. Brand
Shooting Stars
1983
as Mrs Brand
St. Elsewhere
1982
Voyagers!
1982
Matt Houston
1982
The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies
1981
as Mollie Heller
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1981
as Miss Watson
Dynasty
1981
Thanksgiving in the Land of Oz
1980
as Aunt Em (voice)
For the Love of It
1980
as Blanche
Carlton Your Doorman
1980
as Carlton's Mother (voice)
White Mama
1980
as Mrs. McIntyre
Human Experiments
1979
as Granny
Trapper John, M.D.
1979
Hart to Hart
1979
Parts: The Clonus Horror
1979
as Anna Noble
The Crash of Flight 401
1978
The Manitou
1978
as Mrs. Herz
Final Chapter: Walking Tall
1977
as Grandma
Charlie's Angels
1976
as Mrs. Machlin
Alice
1976
Law and Order
1976
as Mrs. Brian O'Malley, Sr.
Walking Tall Part II
1975
as Grandma Pusser
Switch
1975
as Mary Beame
Switch
1975
as Rose
Dr. Shagetz
1975
as Mildred Phelps
Police Woman
1974
Little House on the Prairie
1974
Down and Dirty Duck
1974
as Duck's Mother (voice)
Live Again, Die Again
1974
as Betty Simpson
Mrs. Sundance
1974
as Mrs. Lee
Adam's Rib
1973
Walking Tall
1973
as Grandma
The Rookies
1972
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
1970
as Bella Swann (as Lorene Tuttle)
Medical Center
1969
Adam-12
1968
as Iris Kelly
Adam-12
1968
as Mary O'Ryan
Julia
1968
Julia
1968
as Hannah Yarby
Mannix
1967
Judd for the Defense
1967
The Second Hundred Years
1967
The Fortune Cookie
1966
as Mother Hinkle
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
1966
The Ghost & Mr. Chicken
1966
as Mrs. Natalie Miller
The Restless Ones
1965
as David's Grandmother
I Dream of Jeannie
1965
as Mama
Nightmare in the Sun
1965
as Gideon's wife
The Munsters
1964
as Mrs. Morton
Petticoat Junction
1963
as Adelaide Keane
Mr. Novak
1963
as Mrs. Grange
Petticoat Junction
1963
as Mary Alice Perkins
Petticoat Junction
1963
as Henrietta Greene
Burke's Law
1963
as Amanda
Critic's Choice
1963
as Mother in "Sisters Three"
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
Father of the Bride
1961
as Doris Dunston
Hazel
1961
Dr. Kildare
1961
as Mrs. Parker
The Americans
1961
The Andy Griffith Show
1960
as Annabelle Silby
My Three Sons
1960
Pete and Gladys
1960
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960
as Tessie
Psycho
1960
as Mrs. Chambers
Ma Barker's Killer Brood
1960
as Ma Barker
Johnny Midnight
1960
Bourbon Street Beat
1959
Adventures in Paradise
1959
as Penelope Hobart
Dennis the Menace
1959
The Twilight Zone
1959
as Secretary (uncredited)
Johnny Ringo
1959
as Mamie Murphy
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959
as Lillian
Lawman
1958
The Texan
1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
as Mrs. Walker
The Unchained Goddess
1958
as Meteora the Goddess of Weather
Colt .45
1957
as Frances Benedict
Leave It to Beaver
1957
The Real McCoys
1957
Perry Mason
1957
as Anna Houser
Perry Mason
1957
as Sarette Winslow
Perry Mason
1957
as Emma Bailey
Perry Mason
1957
as Sarah Breel
Perry Mason
1957
as Josephine Kempton
Perry Mason
1957
as Henny McLeod
The Thin Man
1957
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
Sweet Smell of Success
1957
as Loretta Bartha (uncredited)
Untamed Youth
1957
as Judge Cecilia Steele Tropp
Slander
1957
as Mrs. Doyle
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
Sincerely Yours
1955
as Mrs. McGinley
Matinee Theater
1955
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
Gunsmoke
1955
as Mrs. Cumbers
Gunsmoke
1955
as Anna Wilson
The Glass Slipper
1955
as Cousin Loulou
The Millionaire
1955
as Maggie Tremayne
The Millionaire
1955
as Polly Thorne
Summer Playhouse
1954
Life With Father
1953
Give a Girl a Break
1953
as Mrs. Doolittle
Three Lives
1953
as Mrs. Armstrong
The Affairs of Dobie Gillis
1953
as Mrs. Eleanor Hammer
General Electric Theater
1953
You Are There
1953
General Electric Theater
1953
as Ginny Andrews
Never Wave at a WAC
1953
as Capt. Murchinson, Company CO
Niagara
1953
as Mrs. Kettering
Cavalcade of America
1952
as Betsy Peale
Don't Bother to Knock
1952
as Ruth Jones
Room for One More
1952
as Miss Kenyon
I Love Lucy
1951
as Club President
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Marjorie
The Whip Hand
1951
as Molly Loomis
Tomorrow Is Another Day
1951
as Mrs. Dawson
Goodbye, My Fancy
1951
as Ellen Griswold
A Life of Her Own
1950
as Secretary (uncredited)
Macbeth
1948
as Gentlewoman / The Three
Homecoming
1948
as Miss Stoker
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
1948
as Mary
Heaven Only Knows
1947
as Mrs. O'Donnell
Tom, Dick and Harry
1941
as Girl Lead in Movie (voice) (uncredited)
Stand Up and Cheer!
1934
as Stenographer