Lurene Tuttle

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

136

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

  • 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

  • Mannix

    Mannix

  • Charlie's Angels

    Charlie's Angels

  • Little House on the Prairie

    Little House on the Prairie

  • The Andy Griffith Show

    The Andy Griffith Show

  • Dynasty

    Dynasty

  • The Twilight Zone

    The Twilight Zone

  • Adam-12

    Adam-12

  • Adam-12

    Adam-12

  • Have Gun, Will Travel

    Have Gun, Will Travel

  • The Beverly Hillbillies

    The Beverly Hillbillies

  • I Dream of Jeannie

    I Dream of Jeannie

  • Leave It to Beaver

    Leave It to Beaver

  • I Love Lucy

    I Love Lucy

  • My Three Sons

    My Three Sons

  • Alice

    Alice

  • Hart to Hart

    Hart to Hart

  • Petticoat Junction

    Petticoat Junction

  • Petticoat Junction

    Petticoat Junction

  • Petticoat Junction

    Petticoat Junction

  • St. Elsewhere

    St. Elsewhere

  • Hazel

    Hazel

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Dr. Kildare

    Dr. Kildare

  • Medical Center

    Medical Center

  • Wanted: Dead or Alive

    Wanted: Dead or Alive

  • The Munsters

    The Munsters

  • Psycho

    Psycho

  • Matinee Theater

    Matinee Theater

  • Burke's Law

    Burke's Law

  • Switch

    Switch

  • Switch

    Switch

  • Fantasy Island

    Fantasy Island

  • Lawman

    Lawman

  • Matt Houston

    Matt Houston

  • The Mary Tyler Moore Show

    The Mary Tyler Moore Show

  • Amazing Stories

    Amazing Stories

  • Trapper John, M.D.

    Trapper John, M.D.

  • Police Woman

    Police Woman

  • Dennis the Menace

    Dennis the Menace

  • The Rookies

    The Rookies

  • Adventures in Paradise

    Adventures in Paradise

  • The Texan

    The Texan

  • The Real McCoys

    The Real McCoys

  • The Partridge Family

    The Partridge Family

  • Mr. Novak

    Mr. Novak

  • Julia

    Julia

  • Julia

    Julia

  • The 20th Century Fox Hour

    The 20th Century Fox Hour

  • The Barbara Stanwyck Show

    The Barbara Stanwyck Show

  • Human Experiments

    Human Experiments

  • The Millionaire

    The Millionaire

  • The Millionaire

    The Millionaire

  • Johnny Ringo

    Johnny Ringo

  • Crazy like a Fox

    Crazy like a Fox

  • The Adventures of Jim Bowie

    The Adventures of Jim Bowie

  • Cavalcade of America

    Cavalcade of America

  • Walking Tall

    Walking Tall

  • Judd for the Defense

    Judd for the Defense

  • Voyagers!

    Voyagers!

  • Evil Town

    Evil Town

  • The Thin Man

    The Thin Man

  • The DuPont Show with June Allyson

    The DuPont Show with June Allyson

  • Slander

    Slander

  • White Mama

    White Mama

  • Bourbon Street Beat

    Bourbon Street Beat

  • Testament

    Testament

  • Pete and Gladys

    Pete and Gladys

  • You Are There

    You Are There

  • The Manitou

    The Manitou

  • Homecoming

    Homecoming

  • Johnny Midnight

    Johnny Midnight

  • Pistols 'n' Petticoats

    Pistols 'n' Petticoats

  • Niagara

    Niagara

  • Final Chapter: Walking Tall

    Final Chapter: Walking Tall

  • Sincerely Yours

    Sincerely Yours

  • The Second Hundred Years

    The Second Hundred Years

  • Shooting Stars

    Shooting Stars

  • Shooting Stars

    Shooting Stars

  • Father of the Bride

    Father of the Bride

  • Sweet Smell of Success

    Sweet Smell of Success

  • Untamed Youth

    Untamed Youth

  • Three Lives

    Three Lives

  • The Americans

    The Americans

  • Adam's Rib

    Adam's Rib

  • Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

    Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

  • The Ghost & Mr. Chicken

    The Ghost & Mr. Chicken

  • Walking Tall Part II

    Walking Tall Part II

  • Room for One More

    Room for One More

  • Colt .45

    Colt .45

  • The Fortune Cookie

    The Fortune Cookie

  • The Restless Ones

    The Restless Ones

  • Don't Bother to Knock

    Don't Bother to Knock

  • Live Again, Die Again

    Live Again, Die Again

  • Carlton Your Doorman

    Carlton Your Doorman

  • Heaven Only Knows

    Heaven Only Knows

  • Ma Barker's Killer Brood

    Ma Barker's Killer Brood

  • Law and Order

    Law and Order

  • Goodbye, My Fancy

    Goodbye, My Fancy

  • The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies

    The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies

  • Thanksgiving in the Land of Oz

    Thanksgiving in the Land of Oz

  • The Affairs of Dobie Gillis

    The Affairs of Dobie Gillis

  • For the Love of It

    For the Love of It

  • The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

    The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

  • The Unchained Goddess

    The Unchained Goddess

  • Never Wave at a WAC

    Never Wave at a WAC

  • Tomorrow Is Another Day

    Tomorrow Is Another Day

  • Nightmare in the Sun

    Nightmare in the Sun

  • Stand Up and Cheer!

    Stand Up and Cheer!

  • A Life of Her Own

    A Life of Her Own

  • The Glass Slipper

    The Glass Slipper

  • Summer Playhouse

    Summer Playhouse

  • Critic's Choice

    Critic's Choice

  • General Electric Theater

    General Electric Theater

  • General Electric Theater

    General Electric Theater

  • 24 Hour Psycho

    24 Hour Psycho

  • The Whip Hand

    The Whip Hand

  • Macbeth

    Macbeth

  • Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

    Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

  • Life With Father

    Life With Father

  • Give a Girl a Break

    Give a Girl a Break

  • Tom, Dick and Harry

    Tom, Dick and Harry

  • It Came Upon the Midnight Clear

    It Came Upon the Midnight Clear

  • Parts: The Clonus Horror

    Parts: The Clonus Horror

  • Down and Dirty Duck

    Down and Dirty Duck

  • Mrs. Sundance

    Mrs. Sundance

  • The Crash of Flight 401

    The Crash of Flight 401

  • Sadie Hawkins Day

    Sadie Hawkins Day

  • Dr. Shagetz

    Dr. Shagetz