Lurene Tuttle
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.
124 acting credits
Acting · 124
Perry Mason
1957
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Mannix
1967
The Andy Griffith Show
1960
The Love Boat
1977
Charlie's Angels
1976
Little House on the Prairie
1974
Dynasty
1981
Adam-12
1968
St. Elsewhere
1982
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
The Twilight Zone
1959
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
Dr. Kildare
1961
Petticoat Junction
1963
My Three Sons
1960
Hart to Hart
1979
I Dream of Jeannie
1965
Fantasy Island
1978
Medical Center
1969
Lawman
1958
Burke's Law
1963
Alice
1976
Police Woman
1974
I Love Lucy
1951
Matinee Theater
1955
Trapper John, M.D.
1979
Leave It to Beaver
1957
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
1970
The Rookies
1972
Amazing Stories
1985
Gunsmoke
1955
The Munsters
1964
Psycho
1960
Matt Houston
1982
Hazel
1961
Adventures in Paradise
1959
Switch
1975
The Real McCoys
1957
The Texan
1958
Dennis the Menace
1959
Judd, for the Defense
1967
The Millionaire
1955
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
Crazy like a Fox
1984
The Partridge Family
1970
Cavalcade of America
1952
Mr. Novak
1963
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960
Johnny Ringo
1959
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
Bourbon Street Beat
1959
Pete and Gladys
1960
Julia
1968
Voyagers!
1982
The Thin Man
1957
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
1966
You Are There
1953
The Second Hundred Years
1967
The Americans
1961
Adam's Rib
1973
Father of the Bride
1961
Johnny Midnight
1960
Colt .45
1957
General Electric Theater
1953
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Walking Tall
1973
Testament
1983
Niagara
1953
Summer Playhouse
1954
Don't Bother to Knock
1952
Sweet Smell of Success
1957
Evil Town
1987
Room for One More
1952
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
1948
Macbeth
1948
Life With Father
1953
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
1966
Final Chapter: Walking Tall
1977
Critic's Choice
1963
The Fortune Cookie
1966
Human Experiments
1979
The Glass Slipper
1955
The Manitou
1978
The Crash of Flight 401
1978
Walking Tall Part II
1975
Nightmare in the Sun
1965
Shooting Stars
1983
The Affairs of Dobie Gillis
1953
Sincerely Yours
1955
Thanksgiving in the Land of Oz
1980
Law and Order
1976
Give a Girl a Break
1953
Homecoming
1948
Mrs. Sundance
1974
Stand Up and Cheer!
1934
For the Love of It
1980
Never Wave at a WAC
1953
Slander
1957
The Whip Hand
1951
A Life of Her Own
1950
White Mama
1980
Goodbye, My Fancy
1951
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1981
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
1984
Tom, Dick and Harry
1941
Hello Mother, Goodbye!
1974
Heaven Only Knows
1947
Dr. Shagetz
1975
Live Again, Die Again
1974
Tomorrow Is Another Day
1951
Down and Dirty Duck
1974
The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies
1981
The Restless Ones
1965
Ma Barker's Killer Brood
1960
Three Lives
1953
Untamed Youth
1957
Parts: The Clonus Horror
1979
The Unchained Goddess
1958
Carlton Your Doorman
1980
Sadie Hawkins Day
1944
Down and Dirty Duck
1974