Lurene Tuttle
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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
Credits
Psycho (1960)
as Mrs. Chambers
Walking Tall (1973)
as Grandma
Niagara (1953)
as Mrs. Kettering
Testament (1983)
as Rosemary Abhart
Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
as Loretta Bartha (uncredited)
The Fortune Cookie (1966)
as Mother Hinkle
Human Experiments (1979)
as Granny
Macbeth (1948)
as Gentlewoman / The Three
The Manitou (1978)
as Mrs. Herz
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966)
as Mrs. Natalie Miller
Don't Bother to Knock (1952)
as Ruth Jones
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948)
as Mary
Critic's Choice (1963)
as Mother in "Sisters Three"
Untamed Youth (1957)
as Judge Cecilia Steele Tropp
White Mama (1980)
as Mrs. McIntyre
Three Lives (1953)
as Mrs. Armstrong
Tom, Dick and Harry (1941)
as Girl Lead in Movie (voice) (uncredited)
Evil Town (1987)
as Mildred Phelps
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (1984)
as Mrs. Hunt
The Glass Slipper (1955)
as Cousin Loulou
Slander (1957)
as Mrs. Doyle
Stand Up and Cheer! (1934)
as Stenographer
Sincerely Yours (1955)
as Mrs. McGinley
Room for One More (1952)
as Miss Kenyon
The Crash of Flight 401 (1978)
Actor
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1981)
as Miss Watson
Shooting Stars (1983)
as Mrs. Brand
Final Chapter: Walking Tall (1977)
as Grandma
Walking Tall Part II (1975)
as Grandma Pusser
Homecoming (1948)
as Miss Stoker
Law and Order (1976)
as Mrs. Brian O'Malley, Sr.
Down and Dirty Duck (1974)
as Duck's Mother (voice)
Ma Barker's Killer Brood (1960)
as Ma Barker
Nightmare in the Sun (1965)
as Gideon's wife
Never Wave at a WAC (1953)
as Capt. Murchinson, Company CO
Parts: The Clonus Horror (1979)
as Anna Noble
For the Love of It (1980)
as Blanche
Goodbye, My Fancy (1951)
as Ellen Griswold
The Unchained Goddess (1958)
as Meteora the Goddess of Weather
A Life of Her Own (1950)
as Secretary (uncredited)
Tomorrow Is Another Day (1951)
as Mrs. Dawson
Dr. Shagetz (1975)
as Mildred Phelps
The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies (1981)
as Mollie Heller
Mrs. Sundance (1974)
as Mrs. Lee
The Affairs of Dobie Gillis (1953)
as Mrs. Eleanor Hammer
The Whip Hand (1951)
as Molly Loomis
Give a Girl a Break (1953)
as Mrs. Doolittle
Carlton Your Doorman (1980)
as Carlton's Mother (voice)
Live Again, Die Again (1974)
as Betty Simpson
Heaven Only Knows (1947)
as Mrs. O'Donnell
Hello Mother, Goodbye! (1974)
as Leona
The Restless Ones (1965)
as David's Grandmother
Thanksgiving in the Land of Oz (1980)
as Aunt Em (voice)
Sadie Hawkins Day (1944)
as Mammy Yocum / Daisy Mae (voice)
Down and Dirty Duck (1974)
as Duck's Mother (Voice)