Lurene Tuttle
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
Perry Mason
Anna Houser
1957
Series
Perry Mason
Sarette Winslow
1957
Series
Perry Mason
Emma Bailey
1957
Series
Perry Mason
Sarah Breel
1957
Series
Perry Mason
Josephine Kempton
1957
Series
Perry Mason
Henny McLeod
1957
Series
Murder, She Wrote
Agnes Cochran
1984
Series
The Love Boat
Lady in Black
1977
Series
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Bella Swann (as Lorene Tuttle)
1970
Series
Little House on the Prairie
Anna Simms
1974
Series
The Andy Griffith Show
Annabelle Silby
1960
Series
Matinee Theater
1955
Series
Dynasty
1981
Series
The Twilight Zone
Secretary (uncredited)
1959
Series
Fantasy Island
Mary Emery
1978
Series
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
Series
St. Elsewhere
Margaret Harper - Ellen's mother
1982
Series
Adam-12
Iris Kelly
1968
Series
Adam-12
Mary O'Ryan
1968
Series
Mannix
1967
Series
Charlie's Angels
Mrs. Machlin
1976
Series
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
Series
Hart to Hart
1979
Series
Alice
1976
Series
My Three Sons
1960
Series
I Dream of Jeannie
Mama
1965
Film
Psycho
Mrs. Chambers
1960
Series
Dr. Kildare
Mrs. Parker
1961
Series
Leave It to Beaver
1957
Series
Petticoat Junction
Adelaide Keane
1963
Series
Petticoat Junction
Mary Alice Perkins
1963
Series
Petticoat Junction
Henrietta Greene
1963
Series
Gunsmoke
Mrs. Cumbers
1955
Series
Gunsmoke
Anna Wilson
1955
Series
Burke's Law
Amanda
1963
Series
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Mrs. Walker
1958
Series
I Love Lucy
Club President
1951
Series
Lawman
1958
Series
Medical Center
1969
Series
Police Woman
1974
Series
Amazing Stories
Harriet Wendse
1985
Series
The Partridge Family
Mrs. Sharp
1970
Series
The Munsters
Mrs. Morton
1964
Series
Trapper John, M.D.
1979
Series
American Playhouse
Rosemary Abhart
1982
Series
Adventures in Paradise
Penelope Hobart
1959
Series
The Rookies
1972
Series
Switch
Mary Beame
1975
Series
Switch
Rose
1975
Series
The Texan
1958
Series
Matt Houston
1982
Series
The Danny Thomas Show
Mrs. Martin
1953
Series
Crazy like a Fox
1984
Series
The Real McCoys
1957
Series
Hazel
1961
Series
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
Series
The Millionaire
Maggie Tremayne
1955
Series
The Millionaire
Polly Thorne
1955
Series
Dennis the Menace
1959
Series
Julia
1968
Series
Julia
Hannah Yarby
1968
Series
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
Series
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
Lillian
1959
Series
Mr. Novak
Mrs. Grange
1963
Series
Cavalcade of America
Betsy Peale
1952
Series
Bourbon Street Beat
1959
Series
Johnny Ringo
Mamie Murphy
1959
Series
Judd, for the Defense
1967
Series
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
Tessie
1960
Series
Pete and Gladys
1960
Series
You Are There
1953
Series
The Thin Man
1957
Series
Voyagers!
1982
Series
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
1966
Series
The Second Hundred Years
Annie
1967
Film
Walking Tall
Grandma
1973
Series
Adam's Rib
1973
Series
Father of the Bride
Doris Dunston
1961
Film
Macbeth
Gentlewoman / The Three
1948
Film
Niagara
Mrs. Kettering
1953
Film
Sweet Smell of Success
Loretta Bartha (uncredited)
1957
Series
Colt .45
Frances Benedict
1957
Film
The Manitou
Mrs. Herz
1978
Series
Johnny Midnight
1960
Series
The Americans
1961
Film
Don't Bother to Knock
Ruth Jones
1952
Film
The Fortune Cookie
Mother Hinkle
1966
Summer Playhouse
1954
Film
Testament
Rosemary Abhart
1983
Film
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
Mrs. Hunt
1984
Film
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
Mary
1948
Film
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
Mrs. Natalie Miller
1966
Film
Stand Up and Cheer!
Stenographer
1934
Series
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Marjorie
1951
Film
Slander
Mrs. Doyle
1957
Series
General Electric Theater
1953
Series
General Electric Theater
Ginny Andrews
1953
Film
Room for One More
Miss Kenyon
1952
Film
Final Chapter: Walking Tall
Grandma
1977
Film
Human Experiments
Granny
1979
Film
Walking Tall Part II
Grandma Pusser
1975
Life With Father
1953
Film
Heaven Only Knows
Mrs. O'Donnell
1947
Film
Down and Dirty Duck
Duck's Mother (voice)
1974
Film
Hello Mother, Goodbye!
Leona
1974
Film
Give a Girl a Break
Mrs. Doolittle
1953
Film
Nightmare in the Sun
Gideon's wife
1965
Film
Homecoming
Miss Stoker
1948
Film
Goodbye, My Fancy
Ellen Griswold
1951
Film
Parts: The Clonus Horror
Anna Noble
1979
Film
A Life of Her Own
Secretary (uncredited)
1950
Film
The Crash of Flight 401
1978
Film
The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies
Mollie Heller
1981
Film
Sincerely Yours
Mrs. McGinley
1955
Film
Tomorrow Is Another Day
Mrs. Dawson
1951
Film
Critic's Choice
Mother in Sisters Three
1963
Film
The Glass Slipper
Cousin Loulou
1955
Film
The Whip Hand
Molly Loomis
1951
Film
Live Again, Die Again
Betty Simpson
1974
Film
Evil Town
Mildred Phelps
1987
Film
Never Wave at a WAC
Murchinson
1953
Film
The Affairs of Dobie Gillis
Mrs. Eleanor Hammer
1953
Film
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Miss Watson
1981
Film
Tom, Dick and Harry
Girl Lead in Movie (voice) (uncredited)
1941
Film
White Mama
Mrs. McIntyre
1980
Film
Untamed Youth
Judge Cecilia Steele Tropp
1957
Film
Carlton Your Doorman
Carlton's Mother (voice)
1980
Film
Ma Barker's Killer Brood
Ma Barker
1960
Film
Law and Order
Mrs. Brian O'Malley, Sr.
1976
Film
Shooting Stars
Mrs. Brand
1983
Film
Shooting Stars
Mrs Brand
1983
Film
For the Love of It
Blanche
1980
Film
Thanksgiving in the Land of Oz
Aunt Em (voice)
1980
Film
Sadie Hawkins Day
Mammy Yocum / Daisy Mae (voice)
1944
The Unchained Goddess
Meteora the Goddess of Weather
1958
Film
Dr. Shagetz
Mildred Phelps
1975
Film
The Restless Ones
David's Grandmother
1965
Three Lives
Mrs. Armstrong
1953
Film
Mrs. Sundance
Mrs. Lee
1974
Down and Dirty Duck
Duck's Mother (Voice)
1974