Acting · Pleasant Lake, Indiana, USA · Born August 20, 1907
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.
MovieEvil Town
1987
as Mildred Phelps
TVAmazing Stories
1985
as Harriet Wendse
TVCrazy like a Fox
1984
MovieIt Came Upon the Midnight Clear
1984
as Mrs. Hunt
TVMurder, She Wrote
1984
as Agnes Cochran
MovieTestament
1983
as Rosemary Abhart
MovieShooting Stars
1983
as Mrs. Brand
TVSt. Elsewhere
1982
as Margaret Harper - Ellen's mother
TVVoyagers!
1982
TVMatt Houston
1982
TVAmerican Playhouse
1982
as Rosemary Abhart
MovieThe Return of the Beverly Hillbillies
1981
as Mollie Heller
MovieThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1981
as Miss Watson
TVDynasty
1981
MovieThanksgiving in the Land of Oz
1980
as Aunt Em (voice)
MovieFor the Love of It
1980
as Blanche
MovieCarlton Your Doorman
1980
as Carlton's Mother (voice)
MovieWhite Mama
1980
as Mrs. McIntyre
MovieHuman Experiments
1979
as Granny
TVTrapper John, M.D.
1979
TVHart to Hart
1979
MovieParts: The Clonus Horror
1979
as Anna Noble
MovieThe Crash of Flight 401
1978
MovieThe Manitou
1978
as Mrs. Herz
TVFantasy Island
1978
as Mary Emery
TVThe Love Boat
1977
as Lady in Black
MovieFinal Chapter: Walking Tall
1977
as Grandma
TVCharlie's Angels
1976
as Mrs. Machlin
TVAlice
1976
MovieLaw and Order
1976
as Mrs. Brian O'Malley, Sr.
MovieWalking Tall Part II
1975
as Grandma Pusser
TVSwitch
1975
as Mary Beame
MovieDr. Shagetz
1975
as Mildred Phelps
TVPolice Woman
1974
TVLittle House on the Prairie
1974
as Anna Simms
Down and Dirty Duck
1974
as Duck's Mother (Voice)
MovieDown and Dirty Duck
1974
as Duck's Mother (voice)
MovieHello Mother, Goodbye!
1974
as Leona
MovieLive Again, Die Again
1974
as Betty Simpson
MovieMrs. Sundance
1974
as Mrs. Lee
TVAdam's Rib
1973
MovieWalking Tall
1973
as Grandma
TVThe Rookies
1972
TVThe Partridge Family
1970
as Mrs. Sharp
TVThe Mary Tyler Moore Show
1970
as Bella Swann (as Lorene Tuttle)
TVMedical Center
1969
TVAdam-12
1968
as Iris Kelly
TVJulia
1968
TVMannix
1967
TVJudd, for the Defense
1967
TVThe Second Hundred Years
1967
as Annie
MovieThe Fortune Cookie
1966
as Mother Hinkle
TVPistols 'n' Petticoats
1966
MovieThe Ghost and Mr. Chicken
1966
as Mrs. Natalie Miller
MovieThe Restless Ones
1965
as David's Grandmother
TVI Dream of Jeannie
1965
as Mama
MovieNightmare in the Sun
1965
as Gideon's wife
TVThe Munsters
1964
as Mrs. Morton
TVPetticoat Junction
1963
as Adelaide Keane
TVMr. Novak
1963
as Mrs. Grange
TVBurke's Law
1963
as Amanda
MovieCritic's Choice
1963
as Mother in "Sisters Three"
TVThe Beverly Hillbillies
1962
TVFather of the Bride
1961
as Doris Dunston
TVHazel
1961
TVDr. Kildare
1961
as Mrs. Parker
TVThe Americans
1961
TVThe Andy Griffith Show
1960
as Annabelle Silby
TVMy Three Sons
1960
TVPete and Gladys
1960
TVThe Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960
as Tessie
MoviePsycho
1960
as Mrs. Chambers
MovieMa Barker's Killer Brood
1960
as Ma Barker
TVJohnny Midnight
1960
TVBourbon Street Beat
1959
TVAdventures in Paradise
1959
as Penelope Hobart
TVDennis the Menace
1959
TVThe Twilight Zone
1959
as Secretary (uncredited)
TVJohnny Ringo
1959
as Mamie Murphy
TVThe DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959
as Lillian
TVLawman
1958
TVThe Texan
1958
TVWanted: Dead or Alive
1958
as Mrs. Walker
The Unchained Goddess
1958
as Meteora the Goddess of Weather
TVColt .45
1957
as Frances Benedict
TVLeave It to Beaver
1957
TVThe Real McCoys
1957
TVPerry Mason
1957
as Anna Houser
TVThe Thin Man
1957
TVHave Gun, Will Travel
1957
MovieSweet Smell of Success
1957
as Loretta Bartha (uncredited)
MovieUntamed Youth
1957
as Judge Cecilia Steele Tropp
MovieSlander
1957
as Mrs. Doyle
TVThe Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
MovieSincerely Yours
1955
as Mrs. McGinley
TVMatinee Theater
1955
TVThe 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
TVGunsmoke
1955
as Mrs. Cumbers
MovieThe Glass Slipper
1955
as Cousin Loulou
TVThe Millionaire
1955
as Maggie Tremayne
Summer Playhouse
1954
Life With Father
1953
MovieGive a Girl a Break
1953
as Mrs. Doolittle
Three Lives
1953
as Mrs. Armstrong
MovieThe Affairs of Dobie Gillis
1953
as Mrs. Eleanor Hammer
TVGeneral Electric Theater
1953
TVYou Are There
1953
MovieNiagara
1953
as Mrs. Kettering
MovieNever Wave at a WAC
1953
as Capt. Murchinson, Company CO
TVCavalcade of America
1952
as Betsy Peale
MovieDon't Bother to Knock
1952
as Ruth Jones
MovieRoom for One More
1952
as Miss Kenyon
TVI Love Lucy
1951
as Club President
TVSchlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Marjorie
MovieThe Whip Hand
1951
as Molly Loomis
MovieTomorrow Is Another Day
1951
as Mrs. Dawson
MovieGoodbye, My Fancy
1951
as Ellen Griswold
MovieA Life of Her Own
1950
as Secretary (uncredited)
MovieMacbeth
1948
as Gentlewoman / The Three
MovieHomecoming
1948
as Miss Stoker
MovieMr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
1948
as Mary
MovieHeaven Only Knows
1947
as Mrs. O'Donnell
MovieSadie Hawkins Day
1944
as Mammy Yocum / Daisy Mae (voice)
MovieTom, Dick and Harry
1941
as Girl Lead in Movie (voice) (uncredited)
MovieStand Up and Cheer!
1934
as Stenographer
