Cast
Lurene Tuttle
Acting
Cast
Lurene Tuttle
Known for
Acting
Born
1907-08-20
From
Pleasant Lake, Indiana, USA
Died
1986-05-28
Also known as Lorene Tuttle
Biography
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.
Psycho
as Mrs. Chambers
Niagara
as Mrs. Kettering
Stand Up and Cheer!
as Stenographer
Walking Tall
as Grandma
Testament
as Rosemary Abhart
Evil Town
as Mildred Phelps
Homecoming
as Miss Stoker
Shooting Stars
as Mrs. Brand
Shooting Stars
as Mrs Brand
The Manitou
as Mrs. Herz
Sweet Smell of Success
as Loretta Bartha (uncredited)
Macbeth
as Gentlewoman / The Three
Don't Bother to Knock
as Ruth Jones
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
as Mary
Room for One More
as Miss Kenyon
Three Lives
as Mrs. Armstrong
Walking Tall Part II
as Grandma Pusser
Sincerely Yours
as Mrs. McGinley
The Fortune Cookie
as Mother Hinkle
Mrs. Sundance
as Mrs. Lee
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
as Mrs. Hunt
Nightmare in the Sun
as Gideon's wife
Critic's Choice
as Mother in "Sisters Three"
Human Experiments
as Granny
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
as Mrs. Natalie Miller
For the Love of It
as Blanche
The Crash of Flight 401
A Life of Her Own
as Secretary (uncredited)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
as Miss Watson
Down and Dirty Duck
as Duck's Mother (voice)
The Glass Slipper
as Cousin Loulou
Final Chapter: Walking Tall
as Grandma
The Affairs of Dobie Gillis
as Mrs. Eleanor Hammer
Tomorrow Is Another Day
as Mrs. Dawson
White Mama
as Mrs. McIntyre
Law and Order
as Mrs. Brian O'Malley, Sr.
The Whip Hand
as Molly Loomis
Thanksgiving in the Land of Oz
as Aunt Em (voice)
Tom, Dick and Harry
as Girl Lead in Movie (voice) (uncredited)
Slander
as Mrs. Doyle
Untamed Youth
as Judge Cecilia Steele Tropp
Carlton Your Doorman
as Carlton's Mother (voice)
Goodbye, My Fancy
as Ellen Griswold
Never Wave at a WAC
as Capt. Murchinson, Company CO
Hello Mother, Goodbye!
as Leona
Ma Barker's Killer Brood
as Ma Barker
The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies
as Mollie Heller
Dr. Shagetz
as Mildred Phelps
Live Again, Die Again
as Betty Simpson
Heaven Only Knows
as Mrs. O'Donnell
Parts: The Clonus Horror
as Anna Noble
Give a Girl a Break
as Mrs. Doolittle
The Restless Ones
as David's Grandmother
The Unchained Goddess
as Meteora the Goddess of Weather
Sadie Hawkins Day
as Mammy Yocum / Daisy Mae (voice)
Down and Dirty Duck
as Duck's Mother (Voice)