Lurene Tuttle
Known for Acting · 125 credits
- Born
- 1907-08-20
- Died
- 1986-05-28
- Place of birth
- Pleasant Lake, Indiana, USA
- Also known as
- Lorene Tuttle
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."
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Known For
Perry Mason
1957
as Anna Houser / Sarette Winslow / Emma Bailey / Sarah Breel / Josephine Kempton / Henny McLeod
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Agnes Cochran
The Love Boat
1977
as Lady in Black
Little House on the Prairie
1974
as Anna Simms
The Andy Griffith Show
1960
as Annabelle Silby
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
1970
as Bella Swann (as Lorene Tuttle)
TV Shows (70)
Perry Mason
1957
as Anna Houser / Sarette Winslow / Emma Bailey / Sarah Breel / Josephine Kempton / Henny McLeod
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Agnes Cochran
The Love Boat
1977
as Lady in Black
Little House on the Prairie
1974
as Anna Simms
The Andy Griffith Show
1960
as Annabelle Silby
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
1970
as Bella Swann (as Lorene Tuttle)
Dynasty
1981
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
Adam-12
1968
as Iris Kelly / Mary O'Ryan
Mannix
1967
My Three Sons
1960
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
Petticoat Junction
1963
as Adelaide Keane / Mary Alice Perkins / Henrietta Greene
The Twilight Zone
1959
as Secretary (uncredited)
Charlie's Angels
1976
as Mrs. Machlin
Alice
1976
St. Elsewhere
1982
as Margaret Harper - Ellen's mother
Fantasy Island
1978
as Mary Emery
Hart to Hart
1979
Dr. Kildare
1961
as Mrs. Parker
Burke's Law
1963
as Amanda
I Love Lucy
1951
as Club President
American Playhouse
1982
as Rosemary Abhart
Matinee Theater
1955
Leave It to Beaver
1957
I Dream of Jeannie
1965
as Mama
Lawman
1958
Dennis the Menace
1959
Gunsmoke
1955
as Mrs. Cumbers / Anna Wilson
Police Woman
1974
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
as Mrs. Walker
Medical Center
1969
Trapper John, M.D.
1979
The Rookies
1972
Amazing Stories
1985
as Harriet Wendse
The Munsters
1964
as Mrs. Morton
The Partridge Family
1970
as Mrs. Sharp
Hazel
1961
The Millionaire
1955
as Maggie Tremayne / Polly Thorne
The Texan
1958
Matt Houston
1982
The Real McCoys
1957
Switch
1975
as Mary Beame / Rose
Adventures in Paradise
1959
as Penelope Hobart
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
Julia
1968
as Hannah Yarby
Mr. Novak
1963
as Mrs. Grange
Crazy like a Fox
1984
Judd, for the Defense
1967
Johnny Ringo
1959
as Mamie Murphy
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960
as Tessie
Voyagers!
1982
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959
as Lillian
Cavalcade of America
1952
as Betsy Peale
You Are There
1953
Johnny Midnight
1960
The Thin Man
1957
Pete and Gladys
1960
Bourbon Street Beat
1959
Movies (55)
Psycho
1960
as Mrs. Chambers
The Manitou
1978
as Mrs. Herz
Niagara
1953
as Mrs. Kettering
Macbeth
1948
as Gentlewoman / The Three
Walking Tall
1973
as Grandma
Testament
1983
as Rosemary Abhart
Sweet Smell of Success
1957
as Loretta Bartha (uncredited)
Down and Dirty Duck
1974
as Duck's Mother (voice)
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
1966
as Mrs. Natalie Miller
Stand Up and Cheer!
1934
as Stenographer
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
1984
as Mrs. Hunt
Human Experiments
1979
as Granny
Nightmare in the Sun
1965
as Gideon's wife
The Fortune Cookie
1966
as Mother Hinkle
Hello Mother, Goodbye!
1974
as Leona
Parts: The Clonus Horror
1979
as Anna Noble
Don't Bother to Knock
1952
as Ruth Jones
Heaven Only Knows
1947
as Mrs. O'Donnell
Slander
1957
as Mrs. Doyle
For the Love of It
1980
as Blanche
Walking Tall Part II
1975
as Grandma Pusser
The Glass Slipper
1955
as Cousin Loulou
Sincerely Yours
1955
as Mrs. McGinley
The Crash of Flight 401
1978
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
1948
as Mary
Give a Girl a Break
1953
as Mrs. Doolittle
Evil Town
1987
as Mildred Phelps
Goodbye, My Fancy
1951
as Ellen Griswold
Critic's Choice
1963
as Mother in "Sisters Three"
The Whip Hand
1951
as Molly Loomis
Live Again, Die Again
1974
as Betty Simpson
A Life of Her Own
1950
as Secretary (uncredited)
Tom, Dick and Harry
1941
as Girl Lead in Movie (voice) (uncredited)
Never Wave at a WAC
1953
as Capt. Murchinson, Company CO
Room for One More
1952
as Miss Kenyon
Untamed Youth
1957
as Judge Cecilia Steele Tropp
Ma Barker's Killer Brood
1960
as Ma Barker
Sadie Hawkins Day
1944
as Mammy Yocum / Daisy Mae (voice)
Final Chapter: Walking Tall
1977
as Grandma
Homecoming
1948
as Miss Stoker
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1981
as Miss Watson
White Mama
1980
as Mrs. McIntyre
Shooting Stars
1983
as Mrs. Brand / Mrs Brand
The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies
1981
as Mollie Heller
Carlton Your Doorman
1980
as Carlton's Mother (voice)
Mrs. Sundance
1974
as Mrs. Lee
The Affairs of Dobie Gillis
1953
as Mrs. Eleanor Hammer
The Unchained Goddess
1958
as Meteora the Goddess of Weather
The Restless Ones
1965
as David's Grandmother
Tomorrow Is Another Day
1951
as Mrs. Dawson
Law and Order
1976
as Mrs. Brian O'Malley, Sr.
Thanksgiving in the Land of Oz
1980
as Aunt Em (voice)
Three Lives
1953
as Mrs. Armstrong
Dr. Shagetz
1975
as Mildred Phelps
Down and Dirty Duck
1974
as Duck's Mother (Voice)
About Lurene Tuttle
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… With 125 credits spanning from 1934 to 1987, Lurene Tuttle has appeared in 55 films and 70 TV shows.
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- Psycho (1960) — as Mrs. Chambers
- The Manitou (1978) — as Mrs. Herz
- Niagara (1953) — as Mrs. Kettering
- Macbeth (1948) — as Gentlewoman / The Three
- Walking Tall (1973) — as Grandma
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