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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
all 131
TV Shows 69
Movies 62
Voice 3

24 Hour Psycho (1993)

Evil Town (1987)

Amazing Stories (1985)

Murder, She Wrote (1984)

Testament (1983)

Shooting Stars (1983)

The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies (1981)

Thanksgiving in the Land of Oz (1980)

White Mama (1980)

Parts: The Clonus Horror (1979)

Nutcracker Fantasy (1979)

The Manitou (1978)

Charlie's Angels (1976)

Law and Order (1976)

Walking Tall Part II (1975)

Switch (1975)

Dr. Shagetz (1975)

Down and Dirty Duck (1974)

Live Again, Die Again (1974)

Mrs. Sundance (1974)

Heidi in the Mountains (1974)

Walking Tall (1973)

The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970)

Adam-12 (1968)

Julia (1968)

The Fortune Cookie (1966)

The Ghost & Mr. Chicken (1966)

The Restless Ones (1965)

Nightmare in the Sun (1965)

The Munsters (1964)

Petticoat Junction (1963)

Mr. Novak (1963)

Burke's Law (1963)

Critic's Choice (1963)

Father of the Bride (1961)

Dr. Kildare (1961)

The Andy Griffith Show (1960)

Psycho (1960)

Ma Barker's Killer Brood (1960)

Johnny Midnight (1960)

Adventures in Paradise (1959)

The Twilight Zone (1959)

Johnny Ringo (1959)

Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958)

The Unchained Goddess (1958)

Colt .45 (1957)

Goodyear Theatre (1957)

Perry Mason (1957)

Sweet Smell of Success (1957)

Untamed Youth (1957)

Slander (1957)

Sincerely Yours (1955)

Gunsmoke (1955)

The Glass Slipper (1955)

The Millionaire (1955)

Life With Father (1953)

Give a Girl a Break (1953)

Three Lives (1953)

The Affairs of Dobie Gillis (1953)

General Electric Theater (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)

The Whip Hand (1951)

Tomorrow Is Another Day (1951)

Goodbye, My Fancy (1951)

A Life of Her Own (1950)

Macbeth (1948)

Homecoming (1948)

Heaven Only Knows (1947)

Porkuliar Piggy (1944)

Sadie Hawkins Day (1944)

Amoozin' But Confoozin' (1944)

Cinderella Goes To A Party (1942)

Tom, Dick and Harry (1941)

Stand Up and Cheer! (1934)
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1907-08-20
Deathday1986-05-28 (78 years old)
Birth PlacePleasant Lake, United States
ChildrenBarbara Ruick
CitizenshipsUnited States
Also Known AsLorene Tuttle
Awardsstar on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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