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

  • The Twilight Zone

    The Twilight Zone

  • Charlie's Angels

    Charlie's Angels

  • Dr. Kildare

    Dr. Kildare

  • The Andy Griffith Show

    The Andy Griffith Show

  • Little House on the Prairie

    Little House on the Prairie

  • St. Elsewhere

    St. Elsewhere

  • Dynasty

    Dynasty

  • Have Gun, Will Travel

    Have Gun, Will Travel

  • The Beverly Hillbillies

    The Beverly Hillbillies

  • Mannix

    Mannix

  • Adam-12

    Adam-12

  • Adam-12

    Adam-12

  • Leave It to Beaver

    Leave It to Beaver

  • Hart to Hart

    Hart to Hart

  • The Munsters

    The Munsters

  • Amazing Stories

    Amazing Stories

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Police Woman

    Police Woman

  • I Dream of Jeannie

    I Dream of Jeannie

  • Alice

    Alice

  • Psycho

    Psycho

  • Crazy like a Fox

    Crazy like a Fox

  • The Mary Tyler Moore Show

    The Mary Tyler Moore Show

  • Fantasy Island

    Fantasy Island

  • I Love Lucy

    I Love Lucy

  • Wanted: Dead or Alive

    Wanted: Dead or Alive

  • Lawman

    Lawman

  • Petticoat Junction

    Petticoat Junction

  • Petticoat Junction

    Petticoat Junction

  • Petticoat Junction

    Petticoat Junction

  • My Three Sons

    My Three Sons

  • Testament

    Testament

  • The Rookies

    The Rookies

  • Matinee Theater

    Matinee Theater

  • Medical Center

    Medical Center

  • Adventures in Paradise

    Adventures in Paradise

  • Burke's Law

    Burke's Law

  • Trapper John, M.D.

    Trapper John, M.D.

  • The Texan

    The Texan

  • White Mama

    White Mama

  • Dennis the Menace

    Dennis the Menace

  • Homecoming

    Homecoming

  • Matt Houston

    Matt Houston

  • Switch

    Switch

  • Switch

    Switch

  • Hazel

    Hazel

  • The 20th Century Fox Hour

    The 20th Century Fox Hour

  • Walking Tall

    Walking Tall

  • Johnny Ringo

    Johnny Ringo

  • Sincerely Yours

    Sincerely Yours

  • The Real McCoys

    The Real McCoys

  • The Millionaire

    The Millionaire

  • The Millionaire

    The Millionaire

  • The DuPont Show with June Allyson

    The DuPont Show with June Allyson

  • The Barbara Stanwyck Show

    The Barbara Stanwyck Show

  • The Partridge Family

    The Partridge Family

  • The Thin Man

    The Thin Man

  • Judd for the Defense

    Judd for the Defense

  • The Adventures of Jim Bowie

    The Adventures of Jim Bowie

  • Mr. Novak

    Mr. Novak

  • Cavalcade of America

    Cavalcade of America

  • Goodbye, My Fancy

    Goodbye, My Fancy

  • Slander

    Slander

  • The Manitou

    The Manitou

  • Bourbon Street Beat

    Bourbon Street Beat

  • Julia

    Julia

  • Julia

    Julia

  • Voyagers!

    Voyagers!

  • Shooting Stars

    Shooting Stars

  • Shooting Stars

    Shooting Stars

  • Stand Up and Cheer!

    Stand Up and Cheer!

  • Macbeth

    Macbeth

  • 24 Hour Psycho

    24 Hour Psycho

  • You Are There

    You Are There

  • Law and Order

    Law and Order

  • Johnny Midnight

    Johnny Midnight

  • The Restless Ones

    The Restless Ones

  • Evil Town

    Evil Town

  • Heaven Only Knows

    Heaven Only Knows

  • Pete and Gladys

    Pete and Gladys

  • The Americans

    The Americans

  • It Came Upon the Midnight Clear

    It Came Upon the Midnight Clear

  • Parts: The Clonus Horror

    Parts: The Clonus Horror

  • Adam's Rib

    Adam's Rib

  • The Whip Hand

    The Whip Hand

  • Life With Father

    Life With Father

  • The Second Hundred Years

    The Second Hundred Years

  • Colt .45

    Colt .45

  • Pistols 'n' Petticoats

    Pistols 'n' Petticoats

  • Nightmare in the Sun

    Nightmare in the Sun

  • Niagara

    Niagara

  • Father of the Bride

    Father of the Bride

  • Human Experiments

    Human Experiments

  • Room for One More

    Room for One More

  • Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

    Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

  • Sadie Hawkins Day

    Sadie Hawkins Day

  • The Fortune Cookie

    The Fortune Cookie

  • Summer Playhouse

    Summer Playhouse

  • Sweet Smell of Success

    Sweet Smell of Success

  • Don't Bother to Knock

    Don't Bother to Knock

  • Down and Dirty Duck

    Down and Dirty Duck

  • Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

    Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

  • General Electric Theater

    General Electric Theater

  • General Electric Theater

    General Electric Theater

  • The Ghost and Mr. Chicken

    The Ghost and Mr. Chicken

  • Critic's Choice

    Critic's Choice

  • The Crash of Flight 401

    The Crash of Flight 401

  • The Glass Slipper

    The Glass Slipper

  • Tom, Dick and Harry

    Tom, Dick and Harry

  • Mrs. Sundance

    Mrs. Sundance

  • For the Love of It

    For the Love of It

  • Never Wave at a WAC

    Never Wave at a WAC

  • A Life of Her Own

    A Life of Her Own

  • Final Chapter: Walking Tall

    Final Chapter: Walking Tall

  • Walking Tall Part II

    Walking Tall Part II

  • Three Lives

    Three Lives

  • Untamed Youth

    Untamed Youth

  • Give a Girl a Break

    Give a Girl a Break

  • The Affairs of Dobie Gillis

    The Affairs of Dobie Gillis

  • Ma Barker's Killer Brood

    Ma Barker's Killer Brood

  • The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

    The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

  • Live Again, Die Again

    Live Again, Die Again

  • The Unchained Goddess

    The Unchained Goddess

  • Thanksgiving in the Land of Oz

    Thanksgiving in the Land of Oz

  • The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies

    The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies

  • Dr. Shagetz

    Dr. Shagetz

  • Tomorrow Is Another Day

    Tomorrow Is Another Day

  • Carlton Your Doorman

    Carlton Your Doorman