
Lurene Tuttle
Born: 1907-08-20
Place of Birth: Pleasant Lake, Indiana, USA
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.
Known For

Psycho

Human Experiments

The Manitou

Walking Tall

Untamed Youth

Testament

Slander

White Mama

Homecoming

Evil Town

The Fortune Cookie

Shooting Stars

Shooting Stars

Sincerely Yours

Room for One More

Niagara

Macbeth

Sweet Smell of Success

24 Hour Psycho

Heaven Only Knows

Walking Tall Part II

The Glass Slipper

Stand Up and Cheer!

Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

The Ghost & Mr. Chicken

Don't Bother to Knock

Parts: The Clonus Horror

Carlton Your Doorman

Critic's Choice

Nightmare in the Sun

Ma Barker's Killer Brood

The Whip Hand

Law and Order

The Crash of Flight 401

Goodbye, My Fancy

It Came Upon the Midnight Clear

Give a Girl a Break

Down and Dirty Duck

The Affairs of Dobie Gillis

Final Chapter: Walking Tall

Mrs. Sundance

Tom, Dick and Harry

Never Wave at a WAC

A Life of Her Own

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies

Sadie Hawkins Day

Dr. Shagetz

Thanksgiving in the Land of Oz

Tomorrow Is Another Day

For the Love of It

The Restless Ones
