Lurene Tuttle
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 20, 1907
- Died
- May 28, 1986
- Birthplace
- Pleasant Lake, Indiana, USA
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
Evil Town 1987
as Mildred Phelps
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear 1984
as Mrs. Hunt
Testament 1983
as Rosemary Abhart
Shooting Stars 1983
as Mrs. Brand, as Mrs Brand
The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies 1981
as Mollie Heller
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 1981
as Miss Watson
Thanksgiving in the Land of Oz 1980
as Aunt Em (voice)
For the Love of It 1980
as Blanche
Carlton Your Doorman 1980
as Carlton's Mother (voice)
White Mama 1980
as Mrs. McIntyre
Human Experiments 1979
as Granny
Parts: The Clonus Horror 1979
as Anna Noble
The Crash of Flight 401 1978
Actor
The Manitou 1978
as Mrs. Herz
Final Chapter: Walking Tall 1977
as Grandma
Law and Order 1976
as Mrs. Brian O'Malley, Sr.
Walking Tall Part II 1975
as Grandma Pusser
Dr. Shagetz 1975
as Mildred Phelps
- Down and Dirty Duck
Down and Dirty Duck 1974
as Duck's Mother (Voice)
Down and Dirty Duck 1974
as Duck's Mother (voice)
Hello Mother, Goodbye! 1974
as Leona
Live Again, Die Again 1974
as Betty Simpson
Mrs. Sundance 1974
as Mrs. Lee
Walking Tall 1973
as Grandma
The Fortune Cookie 1966
as Mother Hinkle
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken 1966
as Mrs. Natalie Miller
The Restless Ones 1965
as David's Grandmother
Nightmare in the Sun 1965
as Gideon's wife
Critic's Choice 1963
as Mother in Sisters Three
Psycho 1960
as Mrs. Chambers
Ma Barker's Killer Brood 1960
as Ma Barker
- The Unchained Goddess
The Unchained Goddess 1958
as Meteora the Goddess of Weather
Sweet Smell of Success 1957
as Loretta Bartha (uncredited)
Untamed Youth 1957
as Judge Cecilia Steele Tropp
Slander 1957
as Mrs. Doyle
Sincerely Yours 1955
as Mrs. McGinley
The Glass Slipper 1955
as Cousin Loulou
Give a Girl a Break 1953
as Mrs. Doolittle
- Three Lives
Three Lives 1953
as Mrs. Armstrong
The Affairs of Dobie Gillis 1953
as Mrs. Eleanor Hammer
Niagara 1953
as Mrs. Kettering
Never Wave at a WAC 1953
as Murchinson
Don't Bother to Knock 1952
as Ruth Jones
Room for One More 1952
as Miss Kenyon
The Whip Hand 1951
as Molly Loomis
Tomorrow Is Another Day 1951
as Mrs. Dawson
Goodbye, My Fancy 1951
as Ellen Griswold
A Life of Her Own 1950
as Secretary (uncredited)
Macbeth 1948
as Gentlewoman / The Three
Homecoming 1948
as Miss Stoker
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House 1948
as Mary
Heaven Only Knows 1947
as Mrs. O'Donnell
Sadie Hawkins Day 1944
as Mammy Yocum / Daisy Mae (voice)
Tom, Dick and Harry 1941
as Girl Lead in Movie (voice) (uncredited)
Stand Up and Cheer! 1934
as Stenographer
Credits from TMDB.