Lurene Tuttle

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

135

Gender

Female

Birthday

1907-08-20

Day of death

1986-05-28 (78 years old)

Place of Birth

Pleasant Lake, Indiana, USA

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.

Known For

  • The Andy Griffith Show

    The Andy Griffith Show

  • Perry Mason

    Perry Mason

  • Perry Mason

    Perry Mason

  • Perry Mason

    Perry Mason

  • Perry Mason

    Perry Mason

  • Perry Mason

    Perry Mason

  • Perry Mason

    Perry Mason

  • Murder, She Wrote

    Murder, She Wrote

  • Adam-12

    Adam-12

  • Adam-12

    Adam-12

  • Have Gun, Will Travel

    Have Gun, Will Travel

  • Little House on the Prairie

    Little House on the Prairie

  • Mannix

    Mannix

  • Police Woman

    Police Woman

  • The Beverly Hillbillies

    The Beverly Hillbillies

  • My Three Sons

    My Three Sons

  • Dynasty

    Dynasty

  • Matinee Theater

    Matinee Theater

  • I Dream of Jeannie

    I Dream of Jeannie

  • The Twilight Zone

    The Twilight Zone

  • I Love Lucy

    I Love Lucy

  • Charlie's Angels

    Charlie's Angels

  • Trapper John, M.D.

    Trapper John, M.D.

  • Amazing Stories

    Amazing Stories

  • Hazel

    Hazel

  • Dr. Kildare

    Dr. Kildare

  • Alice

    Alice

  • Matt Houston

    Matt Houston

  • The Real McCoys

    The Real McCoys

  • Hart to Hart

    Hart to Hart

  • Petticoat Junction

    Petticoat Junction

  • Petticoat Junction

    Petticoat Junction

  • Petticoat Junction

    Petticoat Junction

  • St. Elsewhere

    St. Elsewhere

  • Leave It to Beaver

    Leave It to Beaver

  • Psycho

    Psycho

  • Wanted: Dead or Alive

    Wanted: Dead or Alive

  • The Munsters

    The Munsters

  • Lawman

    Lawman

  • Burke's Law

    Burke's Law

  • Medical Center

    Medical Center

  • The Rookies

    The Rookies

  • The Mary Tyler Moore Show

    The Mary Tyler Moore Show

  • Fantasy Island

    Fantasy Island

  • Julia

    Julia

  • Julia

    Julia

  • Dennis the Menace

    Dennis the Menace

  • The 20th Century Fox Hour

    The 20th Century Fox Hour

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Switch

    Switch

  • Switch

    Switch

  • Adventures in Paradise

    Adventures in Paradise

  • The Texan

    The Texan

  • The Millionaire

    The Millionaire

  • The Millionaire

    The Millionaire

  • Bourbon Street Beat

    Bourbon Street Beat

  • Pete and Gladys

    Pete and Gladys

  • The Barbara Stanwyck Show

    The Barbara Stanwyck Show

  • The Adventures of Jim Bowie

    The Adventures of Jim Bowie

  • Judd for the Defense

    Judd for the Defense

  • The Thin Man

    The Thin Man

  • Johnny Ringo

    Johnny Ringo

  • Mr. Novak

    Mr. Novak

  • Crazy like a Fox

    Crazy like a Fox

  • The DuPont Show with June Allyson

    The DuPont Show with June Allyson

  • Cavalcade of America

    Cavalcade of America

  • Adam's Rib

    Adam's Rib

  • Voyagers!

    Voyagers!

  • Testament

    Testament

  • Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

    Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

  • Human Experiments

    Human Experiments

  • Final Chapter: Walking Tall

    Final Chapter: Walking Tall

  • Walking Tall

    Walking Tall

  • You Are There

    You Are There

  • The Second Hundred Years

    The Second Hundred Years

  • Sweet Smell of Success

    Sweet Smell of Success

  • The Ghost & Mr. Chicken

    The Ghost & Mr. Chicken

  • Mrs. Sundance

    Mrs. Sundance

  • Johnny Midnight

    Johnny Midnight

  • Pistols 'n' Petticoats

    Pistols 'n' Petticoats

  • Carlton Your Doorman

    Carlton Your Doorman

  • Niagara

    Niagara

  • Walking Tall Part II

    Walking Tall Part II

  • Never Wave at a WAC

    Never Wave at a WAC

  • Three Lives

    Three Lives

  • Heaven Only Knows

    Heaven Only Knows

  • Homecoming

    Homecoming

  • The Americans

    The Americans

  • Ma Barker's Killer Brood

    Ma Barker's Killer Brood

  • Father of the Bride

    Father of the Bride

  • Don't Bother to Knock

    Don't Bother to Knock

  • Colt .45

    Colt .45

  • Thanksgiving in the Land of Oz

    Thanksgiving in the Land of Oz

  • For the Love of It

    For the Love of It

  • Room for One More

    Room for One More

  • Shooting Stars

    Shooting Stars

  • Shooting Stars

    Shooting Stars

  • Summer Playhouse

    Summer Playhouse

  • The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies

    The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies

  • Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

    Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

  • The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

    The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

  • Nightmare in the Sun

    Nightmare in the Sun

  • The Fortune Cookie

    The Fortune Cookie

  • Law and Order

    Law and Order

  • Goodbye, My Fancy

    Goodbye, My Fancy

  • Evil Town

    Evil Town

  • General Electric Theater

    General Electric Theater

  • General Electric Theater

    General Electric Theater

  • Life With Father

    Life With Father

  • White Mama

    White Mama

  • Macbeth

    Macbeth

  • Untamed Youth

    Untamed Youth

  • The Affairs of Dobie Gillis

    The Affairs of Dobie Gillis

  • Tomorrow Is Another Day

    Tomorrow Is Another Day

  • Sincerely Yours

    Sincerely Yours

  • Dr. Shagetz

    Dr. Shagetz

  • The Crash of Flight 401

    The Crash of Flight 401

  • The Restless Ones

    The Restless Ones

  • 24 Hour Psycho

    24 Hour Psycho

  • Give a Girl a Break

    Give a Girl a Break

  • The Glass Slipper

    The Glass Slipper

  • The Whip Hand

    The Whip Hand

  • A Life of Her Own

    A Life of Her Own

  • The Manitou

    The Manitou

  • It Came Upon the Midnight Clear

    It Came Upon the Midnight Clear

  • Stand Up and Cheer!

    Stand Up and Cheer!

  • Live Again, Die Again

    Live Again, Die Again

  • The Unchained Goddess

    The Unchained Goddess

  • Sadie Hawkins Day

    Sadie Hawkins Day

  • Critic's Choice

    Critic's Choice

  • Parts: The Clonus Horror

    Parts: The Clonus Horror

  • Tom, Dick and Harry

    Tom, Dick and Harry

  • Down and Dirty Duck

    Down and Dirty Duck

  • Slander

    Slander