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