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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."
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Filmography
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TV Shows 68
Movies 61
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24 Hour Psycho (1993)
Evil Town (1987)
Amazing Stories (1985)
Crazy like a Fox (1984)
Murder, She Wrote (1984)
Testament (1983)
Shooting Stars (1983)
St. Elsewhere (1982)
Voyagers! (1982)
Matt Houston (1982)
The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies (1981)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1981)
Dynasty (1981)
Thanksgiving in the Land of Oz (1980)
For the Love of It (1980)
Carlton Your Doorman (1980)
White Mama (1980)
Human Experiments (1979)
Trapper John, M.D. (1979)
Hart to Hart (1979)
Parts: The Clonus Horror (1979)
Nutcracker Fantasy (1979)
The Crash of Flight 401 (1978)
The Manitou (1978)
Final Chapter---Walking Tall (1977)
Charlie's Angels (1976)
Alice (1976)
Law and Order (1976)
Walking Tall Part II (1975)
Switch (1975)
The Great Grape Ape Show (1975)
Dr. Shagetz (1975)
Police Woman (1974)
Little House on the Prairie (1974)
Down and Dirty Duck (1974)
Hello Mother, Goodbye! (1974)
Hello Mother, Goodbye! (1974)
Live Again, Die Again (1974)
Mrs. Sundance (1974)
Heidi in the Mountains (1974)
Adam's Rib (1973)
Walking Tall (1973)
The Rookies (1972)
The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970)
Medical Center (1969)
The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit (1968)
Adam-12 (1968)
Julia (1968)
Mannix (1967)
Judd for the Defense (1967)
The Second Hundred Years (1967)
The Fortune Cookie (1966)
Pistols 'n' Petticoats (1966)
The Ghost & Mr. Chicken (1966)
The Restless Ones (1965)
I Dream of Jeannie (1965)
Nightmare in the Sun (1965)
The Munsters (1964)
Petticoat Junction (1963)
Mr. Novak (1963)
Burke's Law (1963)
Critic's Choice (1963)
The Beverly Hillbillies (1962)
Father of the Bride (1961)
Hazel (1961)
Dr. Kildare (1961)
The Americans (1961)
The Andy Griffith Show (1960)
My Three Sons (1960)
Pete and Gladys (1960)
The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1960)
Psycho (1960)
Ma Barker's Killer Brood (1960)
Johnny Midnight (1960)
Bourbon Street Beat (1959)
Adventures in Paradise (1959)
Dennis the Menace (1959)
Johnny Ringo (1959)
The Twilight Zone (1959)
The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1959)
Lawman (1958)
The Texan (1958)
Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958)
The Unchained Goddess (1958)
Leave It to Beaver (1957)
The Real McCoys (1957)
Goodyear Theatre (1957)
Perry Mason (1957)
The Thin Man (1957)
Have Gun, Will Travel (1957)
Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
Untamed Youth (1957)
Slander (1957)
The Adventures of Jim Bowie (1956)
Sincerely Yours (1955)
Matinee Theater (1955)
The 20th Century Fox Hour (1955)
Gunsmoke (1955)
The Glass Slipper (1955)
The Millionaire (1955)
Summer Playhouse (1954)
Life With Father (1953)
Give a Girl a Break (1953)
Three Lives (1953)
The Affairs of Dobie Gillis (1953)
General Electric Theater (1953)
You Are There (1953)
Never Wave at a WAC (1953)
Niagara (1953)
Cavalcade of America (1952)
Don't Bother to Knock (1952)
Room for One More (1952)
I Love Lucy (1951)
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951)
The Whip Hand (1951)
Tomorrow Is Another Day (1951)
Goodbye, My Fancy (1951)
A Life of Her Own (1950)
Macbeth (1948)
Homecoming (1948)
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948)
Heaven Only Knows (1947)
Kickapoo Juice (1944)
Porkuliar Piggy (1944)
A Pee-kool-yar Sit-chee-ay-shun (1944)
Sadie Hawkins Day (1944)
Amoozin' But Confoozin' (1944)
Cinderella Goes To A Party (1942)
Tom, Dick and Harry (1941)
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1907-08-20
Deathday1986-05-28 (78 years old)
Birth PlacePleasant Lake, United States of America
ChildrenBarbara Ruick
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsLorene Tuttle
Awardsstar on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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