Acting
Lurene 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." Description above from the Wikipedia article Lurene Tuttle, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movies with Lurene Tuttle
Psycho
1960
Walking Tall
1973
Niagara
1953
Testament
1983
The Fortune Cookie
1966
The Manitou
1978
Macbeth
1948
Sweet Smell of Success
1957
Human Experiments
1979
Critic's Choice
1963
The Glass Slipper
1955
Stand Up and Cheer!
1934
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
1966
Don't Bother to Knock
1952
Slander
1957
Nightmare in the Sun
1965
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
1984
White Mama
1980
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
1948
The Crash of Flight 401
1978
Room for One More
1952
Heaven Only Knows
1947
Three Lives
1953
Sincerely Yours
1955
Untamed Youth
1957
Parts: The Clonus Horror
1979
Shooting Stars
1983
Tom, Dick and Harry
1941
Final Chapter: Walking Tall
1977
For the Love of It
1980
Law and Order
1976
Walking Tall Part II
1975
Homecoming
1948
A Life of Her Own
1950
Down and Dirty Duck
1974
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1981
The Whip Hand
1951
Give a Girl a Break
1953
Ma Barker's Killer Brood
1960
Goodbye, My Fancy
1951
Evil Town
1987
Never Wave at a WAC
1953
Dr. Shagetz
1975
Hello Mother, Goodbye!
1974
Mrs. Sundance
1974
Live Again, Die Again
1974
Carlton Your Doorman
1980
Tomorrow Is Another Day
1951
The Affairs of Dobie Gillis
1953
The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies
1981
The Unchained Goddess
1958
Thanksgiving in the Land of Oz
1980
The Restless Ones
1965
Sadie Hawkins Day
1944
Down and Dirty Duck
1974
TV Shows with Lurene Tuttle
Perry Mason
1957
Mannix
1967
Murder, She Wrote
1984
The Andy Griffith Show
1960
The Love Boat
1977
Little House on the Prairie
1974
Dynasty
1981
The Twilight Zone
1959
Charlie's Angels
1976
Adam-12
1968
Leave It to Beaver
1957
Alice
1976
My Three Sons
1960
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
1970
Lawman
1958
I Dream of Jeannie
1965
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
Burke's Law
1963
Petticoat Junction
1963
St. Elsewhere
1982
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
Dr. Kildare
1961
Police Woman
1974
Hart to Hart
1979
Fantasy Island
1978
I Love Lucy
1951
Amazing Stories
1985
Gunsmoke
1955
Trapper John, M.D.
1979
The Munsters
1964
The Rookies
1972
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
Medical Center
1969
Matinee Theater
1955
Switch
1975
Hazel
1961
The Texan
1958
The Millionaire
1955
Johnny Ringo
1959
Matt Houston
1982
The Partridge Family
1970
Mr. Novak
1963
Crazy like a Fox
1984
Adventures in Paradise
1959
Dennis the Menace
1959
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
The Real McCoys
1957
Julia
1968
Voyagers!
1982
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
Judd, for the Defense
1967
You Are There
1953
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959
Johnny Midnight
1960
Cavalcade of America
1952
The Thin Man
1957
The Americans
1961
Bourbon Street Beat
1959
Pete and Gladys
1960
The Second Hundred Years
1967
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
1966
Colt .45
1957
Adam's Rib
1973
Father of the Bride
1961
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
General Electric Theater
1953
Summer Playhouse
1954
Life With Father
1953