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Lurene Tuttle

Actor
Born August 20, 1907Died May 28, 1986 (78 years)
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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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Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Niagara
  • Bonanza
  • The Beverly Hillbillies
  • Walking Tall
  • Petticoat Junction
  • My Favorite Martian
  • Wanted: Dead or Alive
  • Dennis the Menace
  • The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet
  • The Real McCoys
  • Make Room for Daddy
  • Ma Barker's Killer Brood
  • The Adventures of Jim Bowie
  • The Californians

Known For

  • The Fortune Cookie
  • Niagara
  • Don't Bother to Knock
  • The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
  • Room for One More
  • Testament
  • Julia
  • Tomorrow Is Another Day
  • Ma Barker's Killer Brood
  • The Manitou
  • Walking Tall
  • Goodbye, My Fancy
  • Human Experiments
  • Untamed Youth
  • The Glass Slipper
  • The Great Grape Ape Show
  • The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit
  • The Affairs of Dobie Gillis
  • Homecoming
  • The Whip Hand
  • Nutcracker Fantasy
  • Give a Girl a Break
  • Dirty Duck
  • Final Chapter: Walking Tall

Filmography

1993
24 Hour Psycho · as Mrs. Chambers (archive Footage)
1985
Evil Town · as Mildred Phelps
1985
Amazing Stories (1985) (TV Series) · as Harriet Wendse
1985
Hollywood Beat (TV Series) · as Old Lady
1984
Crazy Like A Fox (TV Series)
1984
1984
Murder, She Wrote (TV Series) · as Agnes Cochran
1983
Testament · as Rosemary Abhart
1983
Shooting Stars · as Mrs Brand
1982
St. Elsewhere (TV Series)
1982
Voyagers! (TV Series)
1982
Matt Houston (TV Series)
1981
Strike Force (TV Series) · as Old Lady
1981
1981
1981
Dynasty (TV Series)
1980
For the Love of It · as Blanche
1980
White Mama · as Mrs. Mcintyre
1979
Human Experiments · as Granny
1979
Trapper John, M.D. (TV Series)
1979
Hart to Hart (TV Series)
1979
The Clonus Horror · as Anna Noble
1979
Nutcracker Fantasy · as Aunt Gerda
1979
The Dukes of Hazzard (TV Series) · as Granny Annie
1978
1978
The Manitou · as Mrs. Herz
1977
1977
The Love Boat (TV Series) · as Lady In Black
1977
Fantasy Island (TV Series) · as Mary Emery
1976
Charlie's Angels (TV Series) · as Mrs. Machlin
1976
Alice (TV Series)
1976
Law and Order · as Mrs. Brian O'malley, Sr.
1975
1975
Part 2: Walking Tall · as Grandma Pusser
1975
The Great Grape Ape Show (TV Series) · as Cast
1975
Switch (TV Series) · as Mary Beame
1975
The Story of Heidi · as Clara's Grandmother
1974
Dr. Shagetz · as Mildred Phelps
1974
Police Woman (TV Series)
1974
These Are the Days (TV Series) · as Librarian
1974
Dirty Duck · as Duck's Mother (voice)
1974
1974
1974
Live Again, Die Again · as Betty Simpson
1974
The Cowboys (TV Series) · as Grandma Jesse
1974
Mrs. Sundance · as Mrs. Lee
1973
Adam's Rib (TV Series)
1973
Walking Tall · as Grandma
1973
Barnaby Jones (TV Series) · as Emily Carter
1972
The Rookies (TV Series)
1971
The Jimmy Stewart Show (TV Series) · as Bertha Lang
1971
The Smith Family (TV Series) · as Edith Mcmichael
1970
The Partridge Family (TV Series) · as Mrs. Sharp
1970
The Mary Tyler Moore Show (TV Series) · as Bella Swann (as Lorene Tuttle)
1969
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (TV Series) · as Mrs. Burkowski
1969
Medical Center (TV Series)
1968
1968
The Mod Squad (TV Series) · as Female Clerk
1968
Adam-12 (TV Series) · as Mary O'ryan
1968
The Name of the Game (TV Series) · as Highwater Annie
1968
Julia (TV Series) · as Hannah Yarby
1967
Mannix (TV Series)
1967
1967
1966
The Fortune Cookie · as Mother Hinkle
1966
1966
The Iron Horse (TV Series) · as Mrs. Emerson
1966
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken · as Mrs. Natalie Miller
1965
The Restless Ones · as David's Grandmother
1965
I Dream of Jeannie (TV Series) · as Mama
1965
Tammy (TV Series) · as Nellie
1965
Nightmare in the Sun · as Gideon's Wife
1964
Karen (1964) (TV Series) · as Mrs. Waller
1964
My Living Doll (TV Series) · as Mrs. Wentworth
1964
Valentine's Day (TV Series) · as Vivian Marks
1964
The Munsters (TV Series) · as Mrs. Morton
1963
My Favorite Martian (TV Series) · as Tessie
1963
Mr. Novak (TV Series) · as Mrs. Grange
1963
Petticoat Junction (TV Series) · as Henrietta Greene
1963
Burke's Law (TV Series) · as Amanda
1963
Critic's Choice · as Mother In "sisters Three"
1962
1962
The Wide Country (TV Series) · as Minnie Sturgis
1962
Saints and Sinners (TV Series) · as Rose Barton
1961
Alcoa Premiere (TV Series) · as Theresa Summer
1961
Father of the Bride (TV Series) · as Doris Dunston
1961
Dr. Kildare (TV Series) · as Mrs. Parker
1961
Hazel (TV Series)
1961
Ripcord (TV Series) · as Helen Brandon
1961
The Asphalt Jungle (TV Series) · as Mrs. Heldon
1961
The Americans (TV Series)
1960
The Andy Griffith Show (TV Series) · as Annabelle Silby
1960
Insight (TV Series) · as Landlady
1960
Michael Shayne (TV Series) · as Elizabeth Blair
1960
My Three Sons (TV Series)
1960
Pete and Gladys (TV Series)
1960
The Barbara Stanwyck Show (TV Series) · as Tessie
1960
Psycho · as Mrs. Chambers
1960
1960
Johnny Midnight (TV Series)
1959
Shotgun Slade (TV Series) · as Grandma Ellie Casper
1959
Adventures in Paradise (TV Series) · as Penelope Hobart
1959
1959
1959
The Twilight Zone (TV Series) · as Secretary (uncredited)
1959
Johnny Ringo (TV Series) · as Mamie Murphy
1959
The June Allyson Show (TV Series) · as Lillian
1959
Bonanza (TV Series) · as Mrs. Cutler
1959
Rawhide (TV Series) · as Mrs. Porter
1958
The Ann Sothern Show (TV Series) · as Bertha Schyler
1958
Lawman (TV Series)
1958
The Texan (TV Series)
1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive (TV Series) · as Mrs. Walker
1958
Buckskin (TV Series) · as Edith
1958
The Unchained Goddess · as Meteora The Goddess Of Weather
1957
Colt .45 (TV Series) · as Frances Benedict
1957
1957
The Gray Ghost (TV Series) · as Olivia Turner
1957
Goodyear Theatre (TV Series) · as Caroline Randall
1957
The Californians (TV Series) · as Belle Calhoun
1957
The Restless Gun (TV Series) · as Hannah Gilford
1957
Perry Mason (TV Series) · as Anna Houser
1957
The Thin Man (TV Series)
1957
Wagon Train (TV Series) · as Mrs. Willoughby
1957
Bachelor Father (TV Series) · as Aunt Caroline Gregg
1957
1957
Sweet Smell of Success · as Loretta Bartha (uncredited)
1957
Leave It to Beaver (TV Series)
1957
Tales of Wells Fargo (TV Series) · as Madie Armstrong
1957
Untamed Youth · as Judge Cecilia Steele Tropp
1957
Slander · as Mrs. Doyle
1956
Playhouse 90 (TV Series) · as Susan Stringham
1956
Broken Arrow (TV Series) · as Kate Connors
1956
1955
The Glass Slipper · as Cousin Loulou
1955
Sincerely Yours · as Mrs. Mcginley
1955
Matinee Theater (TV Series)
1955
1955
My Friend Flicka (TV Series) · as Martha Hunter
1955
The Joseph Cotten Show: On Trial (TV Series) · as Margery Hay
1955
Gunsmoke (TV Series) · as Anna Wilson
1955
The Millionaire (TV Series) · as Polly Thorne
1955
Soldiers of Fortune (TV Series) · as Henrietta Baldwin
1955
The Bob Cummings Show (TV Series) · as Dixie Yates
1954
Studio 57 (TV Series) · as Mrs. Carlson
1953
Life With Father (TV Series)
1953
Give a Girl a Break · as Mrs. Doolittle
1953
Make Room for Daddy (TV Series) · as Miss Burns
1953
The Loretta Young Show (TV Series) · as Angie
1953
The Affairs of Dobie Gillis · as Mrs. Eleanor Hammer
1953
You Are There (TV Series)
1953
General Electric Theater (TV Series) · as Ginny Andrews
1953
Never Wave at a WAC · as Capt. Murchinson, Company Co
1953
Niagara · as Mrs. Kettering
1952
The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet (TV Series) · as Store Complaints Clerk
1952
Cavalcade of America (TV Series) · as Betsy Peale
1952
This Is The Life (TV Series) · as Martha
1952
Don't Bother to Knock · as Ruth Jones
1952
The Unexpected (TV Series) · as Ruth
1952
Room for One More · as Miss Kenyon
1951
I Love Lucy (TV Series) · as Club President
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (TV Series) · as Marjorie
1951
The Whip Hand · as Molly Loomis
1951
Tomorrow Is Another Day · as Mrs. Dawson
1951
Goodbye, My Fancy · as Ellen Griswold
1950
Watch the Birdie · as Millie
1950
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (TV Series) · as Miss Bradley
1950
A Life of Her Own · as Secretary (uncredited)
1950
1948
Macbeth · as Gentlewoman / The Three
1948
1948
Homecoming · as Miss Stoker
1947
Heaven Only Knows · as Mrs. O'donnell
1942
1941
Tom, Dick and Harry · as Girl Lead In Movie (voice) (uncredited)
1934
Stand Up and Cheer! · as Stenographer

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