Lurene Tuttle
Born
August 20, 1907
Died
May 28, 1986 (78 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Pleasant Lake, Indiana, USA
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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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Known For
24 Hour Psycho
Mrs. Chambers (archive footage)
1993
Evil Town
Mildred Phelps
1987
Amazing Stories
Harriet Wendse · (1 episode)
1985
Crazy like a Fox
(1 episode)
1984
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
Mrs. Hunt
1984
Murder, She Wrote
Agnes Cochran · (1 episode)
1984
Testament
Rosemary Abhart
1983
Shooting Stars
Mrs. Brand
1983
Shooting Stars
Mrs Brand
1983
St. Elsewhere
(1 episode)
1982
Voyagers!
(1 episode)
1982
Matt Houston
(1 episode)
1982
The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies
Mollie Heller
1981
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Miss Watson
1981
Dynasty
(2 episodes)
1981
Thanksgiving in the Land of Oz
Aunt Em (voice)
1980
For the Love of It
Blanche
1980
Carlton Your Doorman
Carlton's Mother (voice)
1980
White Mama
Mrs. McIntyre
1980
Human Experiments
Granny
1979
Trapper John, M.D.
(2 episodes)
1979
Hart to Hart
(1 episode)
1979
Parts: The Clonus Horror
Anna Noble
1979
The Crash of Flight 401
1978
The Manitou
Mrs. Herz
1978
Fantasy Island
Mary Emery · (1 episode)
1978
Final Chapter: Walking Tall
Grandma
1977
Charlie's Angels
Mrs. Machlin · (1 episode)
1976
Alice
(1 episode)
1976
Law and Order
Mrs. Brian O'Malley, Sr.
1976
Walking Tall Part II
Grandma Pusser
1975
Switch
Mary Beame · (1 episode)
1975
Switch
Rose · (1 episode)
1975
Dr. Shagetz
Mildred Phelps
1975
Police Woman
(1 episode)
1974
Little House on the Prairie
(2 episodes)
1974
Down and Dirty Duck
Duck's Mother (voice)
1974
Live Again, Die Again
Betty Simpson
1974
Mrs. Sundance
Mrs. Lee
1974
Adam's Rib
(1 episode)
1973
Walking Tall
Grandma
1973
The Rookies
(1 episode)
1972
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Bella Swann (as Lorene Tuttle) · (1 episode)
1970
Medical Center
(1 episode)
1969
Adam-12
Iris Kelly · (1 episode)
1968
Adam-12
Mary O'Ryan · (1 episode)
1968
Julia
(5 episodes)
1968
Julia
Hannah Yarby · (86 episodes)
1968
Mannix
(1 episode)
1967
Judd for the Defense
(1 episode)
1967
The Second Hundred Years
(1 episode)
1967
The Fortune Cookie
Mother Hinkle
1966
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
(1 episode)
1966
The Ghost & Mr. Chicken
Mrs. Natalie Miller
1966
The Restless Ones
David's Grandmother
1965
I Dream of Jeannie
Mama · (1 episode)
1965
Nightmare in the Sun
Gideon's wife
1965
The Munsters
Mrs. Morton · (1 episode)
1964
Petticoat Junction
Adelaide Keane · (1 episode)
1963
Mr. Novak
Mrs. Grange · (1 episode)
1963
Petticoat Junction
Mary Alice Perkins · (1 episode)
1963
Petticoat Junction
Henrietta Greene · (1 episode)
1963
Burke's Law
Amanda · (1 episode)
1963
Critic's Choice
Mother in "Sisters Three"
1963
The Beverly Hillbillies
(1 episode)
1962
Father of the Bride
Doris Dunston · (34 episodes)
1961
Hazel
(1 episode)
1961
Dr. Kildare
Mrs. Parker · (1 episode)
1961
The Americans
(1 episode)
1961
The Andy Griffith Show
Annabelle Silby · (2 episodes)
1960
My Three Sons
(1 episode)
1960
Pete and Gladys
(2 episodes)
1960
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
Tessie · (1 episode)
1960
Psycho
Mrs. Chambers
1960
Ma Barker's Killer Brood
Ma Barker
1960
Johnny Midnight
(2 episodes)
1960
Bourbon Street Beat
(1 episode)
1959
Adventures in Paradise
Penelope Hobart · (1 episode)
1959
Dennis the Menace
(1 episode)
1959
The Twilight Zone
Secretary (uncredited) · (1 episode)
1959
Johnny Ringo
Mamie Murphy · (1 episode)
1959
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
Lillian · (1 episode)
1959
Lawman
(1 episode)
1958
The Texan
(1 episode)
1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Mrs. Walker · (1 episode)
1958
The Unchained Goddess
Meteora the Goddess of Weather
1958
Colt .45
Frances Benedict · (1 episode)
1957
Leave It to Beaver
(2 episodes)
1957
The Real McCoys
(2 episodes)
1957
Perry Mason
Anna Houser · (1 episode)
1957
Perry Mason
Sarette Winslow · (1 episode)
1957
Perry Mason
Emma Bailey · (1 episode)
1957
Perry Mason
Sarah Breel · (1 episode)
1957
Perry Mason
Josephine Kempton · (1 episode)
1957
Perry Mason
Henny McLeod · (1 episode)
1957
The Thin Man
(1 episode)
1957
Have Gun, Will Travel
(1 episode)
1957
Sweet Smell of Success
Loretta Bartha (uncredited)
1957
Untamed Youth
Judge Cecilia Steele Tropp
1957
Slander
Mrs. Doyle
1957
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
(2 episodes)
1956
Sincerely Yours
Mrs. McGinley
1955
Matinee Theater
(2 episodes)
1955
The 20th Century Fox Hour
(1 episode)
1955
Gunsmoke
Mrs. Cumbers · (1 episode)
1955
Gunsmoke
Anna Wilson · (1 episode)
1955
The Glass Slipper
Cousin Loulou
1955
The Millionaire
Maggie Tremayne · (1 episode)
1955
The Millionaire
Polly Thorne · (1 episode)
1955
Summer Playhouse
(1 episode)
1954
Life With Father
(27 episodes)
1953
Give a Girl a Break
Mrs. Doolittle
1953
Three Lives
Mrs. Armstrong
1953
The Affairs of Dobie Gillis
Mrs. Eleanor Hammer
1953
General Electric Theater
(1 episode)
1953
You Are There
(1 episode)
1953
General Electric Theater
Ginny Andrews · (1 episode)
1953
Never Wave at a WAC
Capt. Murchinson, Company CO
1953
Niagara
Mrs. Kettering
1953
Cavalcade of America
Betsy Peale · (1 episode)
1952
Don't Bother to Knock
Ruth Jones
1952
Room for One More
Miss Kenyon
1952
I Love Lucy
Club President · (1 episode)
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Marjorie · (1 episode)
1951
The Whip Hand
Molly Loomis
1951
Tomorrow Is Another Day
Mrs. Dawson
1951
Goodbye, My Fancy
Ellen Griswold
1951
A Life of Her Own
Secretary (uncredited)
1950
Macbeth
Gentlewoman / The Three
1948
Homecoming
Miss Stoker
1948
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
Mary
1948
Heaven Only Knows
Mrs. O'Donnell
1947
Sadie Hawkins Day
Mammy Yocum / Daisy Mae (voice)
1944
Tom, Dick and Harry
Girl Lead in Movie (voice) (uncredited)
1941
Stand Up and Cheer!
Stenographer
1934