Lurene Tuttle
Acting
- Born:
- 1907-08-20
- Died:
- 1986-05-28
- Place of birth:
- Pleasant Lake, Indiana, USA
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
Filmography
Evil Town
Amazing Stories
Crazy like a Fox
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
Murder, She Wrote
Testament
Shooting Stars
St. Elsewhere
Voyagers!
Matt Houston
American Playhouse
The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Dynasty
Thanksgiving in the Land of Oz
For the Love of It
Carlton Your Doorman
White Mama
Human Experiments
Trapper John, M.D.
Hart to Hart
Parts: The Clonus Horror
The Crash of Flight 401
The Manitou
Fantasy Island
The Love Boat
Final Chapter: Walking Tall
Charlie's Angels
Alice
Law and Order
Walking Tall Part II
Switch
Dr. Shagetz
Police Woman
Little House on the Prairie
Down and Dirty Duck
Down and Dirty Duck
Hello Mother, Goodbye!
Live Again, Die Again
Mrs. Sundance
Adam's Rib
Walking Tall
The Rookies
The Partridge Family
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Medical Center
Adam-12
Julia
Mannix
Judd, for the Defense
The Second Hundred Years
The Fortune Cookie
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
The Restless Ones
I Dream of Jeannie
Nightmare in the Sun
The Munsters
Petticoat Junction
Mr. Novak
Burke's Law
Critic's Choice
The Beverly Hillbillies
Father of the Bride
Hazel
Dr. Kildare
The Americans
The Andy Griffith Show
My Three Sons
Pete and Gladys
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
Psycho
Ma Barker's Killer Brood
Johnny Midnight
Bourbon Street Beat
Adventures in Paradise
Dennis the Menace
The Twilight Zone
Johnny Ringo
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
Lawman
The Texan
Wanted: Dead or Alive
The Unchained Goddess
Colt .45
Leave It to Beaver
The Real McCoys
Perry Mason
The Thin Man
Have Gun, Will Travel
Sweet Smell of Success
Untamed Youth
Slander
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
Sincerely Yours
Matinee Theater
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Gunsmoke
The Glass Slipper
The Millionaire
Summer Playhouse
Life With Father
Give a Girl a Break
The Danny Thomas Show
Three Lives
The Affairs of Dobie Gillis
General Electric Theater
You Are There
Niagara
Never Wave at a WAC
Cavalcade of America
Don't Bother to Knock
Room for One More
I Love Lucy
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
The Whip Hand
Tomorrow Is Another Day
Goodbye, My Fancy
A Life of Her Own
Macbeth
Homecoming
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
Heaven Only Knows
Sadie Hawkins Day
Tom, Dick and Harry
Stand Up and Cheer!