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Lurene Tuttle
Actor
Died 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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Filmography
| 1987 | Evil Town · as Mildred Phelps |
| 1985 | Amazing Stories (TV Series) · as Harriet Wendse |
| 1984 | Crazy Like A Fox (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 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) · as Unknown |
| 1982 | Voyagers! (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1981 | Dynasty (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1980 | For the Love of It · as Blanche |
| 1979 | Human Experiments · as Granny |
| 1979 | The Clonus Horror · as Anna Noble |
| 1979 | Nutcracker Fantasy · as Aunt Greda |
| 1979 | The Dukes of Hazzard (TV Series) · as Granny Annie |
| 1979 | Hart to Hart (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1978 | The Manitou · as Mrs. Herz |
| 1978 | Crash · as actor |
| 1977 | Final Chapter: Walking Tall · as Grandma Pusser |
| 1977 | Fantasy Island (TV Series) · as Ethel Small |
| 1977 | The Love Boat (TV Series) · as Lady in Black |
| 1976 | Alice (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1976 | Charlie's Angels (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1975 | Walking Tall Part II · as Grandma Pusser |
| 1975 | The World Through the Eyes of Children · as Tuttle |
| 1975 | Dr. Shagetz · as Mildred Phelps |
| 1974 | Dirty Duck · as Duck's Mother (voice) |
| 1974 | Mrs. Sundance · as Mrs. Lee |
| 1974 | Heidi in the Mountains · as Clara's Grandmother |
| 1974 | These Are the Days (TV Series) · as actor |
| 1974 | Police Woman (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1974 | Little House on the Prairie (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1973 | Barnaby Jones (TV Series) · as Emily Carter |
| 1973 | Walking Tall · as Grandma |
| 1972 | The Rookies (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1970 | The Partridge Family (TV Series) · as Mrs. Sharp |
| 1970 | The Mary Tyler Moore Show (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1968 | The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit · as Aunt Martha |
| 1968 | The Name of the Game (TV Series) · as Highwater Annie |
| 1968 | The Mod Squad (TV Series) · as Female Clerk |
| 1968 | Julia (TV Series) · as Hannah Yarby |
| 1968 | Adam-12 (TV Series) · as Iris Kelly |
| 1967 | Mannix (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1966 | The Fortune Cookie · as Mother Hinkle |
| 1966 | The Ghost and Mr. Chicken · as Mrs. Natalie Miller |
| 1966 | Pistols 'n' Petticoats (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1966 | The Iron Horse (TV Series) · as Mrs. Emerson |
| 1965 | The Restless Ones · as David's Grandmother |
| 1965 | Nightmare in the Sun · as Gideon's wife |
| 1965 | I Dream of Jeannie (TV Series) · as Mama |
| 1964 | My Living Doll (TV Series) · as Mrs. Wentworth |
| 1964 | The Munsters (TV Series) · as Mrs. Morton |
| 1964 | Valentine's Day (TV Series) · as Vivian Marks |
| 1963 | Critic's Choice · as Mother in 'Sisters Three' |
| 1963 | My Favorite Martian (TV Series) · as Tessie |
| 1963 | Petticoat Junction (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1962 | The Beverly Hillbillies (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1961 | Father of the Bride (TV Series) · as Doris Dunston |
| 1961 | Hazel (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1960 | Psycho · as Mrs. Chambers |
| 1960 | Ma Barker's Killer Brood · as Ma Barker |
| 1960 | The Andy Griffith Show (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1960 | The Barbara Stanwyck Show (TV Series) · as Tessie |
| 1960 | My Three Sons (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1959 | Rawhide (TV Series) · as Mrs. Porter |
| 1959 | |
| 1959 | Dennis the Menace (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1959 | The Twilight Zone (TV Series) · as Secretary (uncredited) |
| 1959 | Shotgun Slade (TV Series) · as Grandma Ellie Casper |
| 1958 | The Ann Sothern Show (TV Series) · as Bertha Schyler |
| 1958 | The Texan (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1958 | Wanted: Dead or Alive (TV Series) · as Mrs. Walker |
| 1958 | Lawman (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1957 | Sweet Smell of Success · as Loretta Bartha |
| 1957 | Slander · as Mrs. Doyle |
| 1957 | Untamed Youth · as Judge Cecilia Steele Tropp |
| 1957 | Have Gun, Will Travel (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1957 | Bachelor Father (TV Series) · as Aunt Caroline Gregg |
| 1957 | Perry Mason (TV Series) · as Josephine Kempton |
| 1957 | The Restless Gun (TV Series) · as Hannah Gilford |
| 1957 | Trackdown (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1957 | Tales of Wells Fargo (TV Series) · as Madie Armstrong |
| 1957 | The Real McCoys (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1957 | Leave It to Beaver (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1957 | Wagon Train (TV Series) · as Mrs. Willoughby |
| 1957 | The Californians (TV Series) · as Belle Calhoun |
| 1956 | The Adventures of Jim Bowie (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1955 | The Glass Slipper · as Cousin Loulou |
| 1955 | Sincerely Yours · as Mrs. McGinley |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke (TV Series) · as Anna Wilson |
| 1955 | The Bob Cummings Show (TV Series) · as Dixie Yates |
| 1955 | My Friend Flicka (TV Series) · as Martha Hunter |
| 1953 | Niagara · as Mrs. Kettering |
| 1953 | Never Wave at a WAC · as Capt. Murchinson, Company CO |
| 1953 | Give a Girl a Break · as Mrs. Doolittle |
| 1953 | The Affairs of Dobie Gillis · as Mrs. Eleanor Hammer |
| 1953 | Make Room for Daddy (TV Series) · as Frank's Mother |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater (TV Series) · as Ginny Andrews |
| 1953 | The Loretta Young Show (TV Series) · as Angie |
| 1952 | Don't Bother to Knock · as Ruth Jones |
| 1952 | Room for One More · as Miss Kenyon |
| 1952 | The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet (TV Series) · as Store Complaints Clerk |
| 1952 | Cavalcade of America (TV Series) · as Betsy Peale |
| 1952 | The Unexpected (TV Series) · as Ruth |
| 1951 | Tomorrow Is Another Day · as Mrs. Dawson |
| 1951 | The Whip Hand · as Molly Loomis |
| 1951 | Goodbye, My Fancy · as Ellen Griswold |
| 1951 | I Love Lucy (TV Series) · as Club President |
| 1950 | The Admiral Was a Lady · as Clerk |
| 1950 | A Life of Her Own · as Secretary (uncredited) |
| 1950 | Watch the Birdie · as Millie |
| 1950 | The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (TV Series) · as Miss Bradley |
| 1948 | Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House · as Mary |
| 1948 | Homecoming · as Miss Stoker |
| 1948 | |
| 1934 | Stand Up and Cheer! · as Stenographer |