Lurene Tuttle

Lurene Tuttle

Known For:Acting
Gender:Female
Birthday:1907-08-20
Place of Birth:Pleasant Lake, Indiana, USA
Also Known As: Lorene Tuttle /
Known For: Acting Gender: Female Birthday: 1907-08-20 More

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​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.
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Amazing Stories
Sci-Fi & Fantasy Drama Comedy Family Mystery Crime
Murder, She Wrote
Mystery Crime Drama
Testament
Drama Science Fiction
Shooting Stars
Comedy Action TV Movie
Voyagers!
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Dynasty
Soap Drama
Thanksgiving in the Land of Oz
Fantasy Family TV Movie Animation
For the Love of It
Action Adventure Comedy TV Movie
White Mama
Drama TV Movie
Hart to Hart
Action & Adventure Drama Crime
Parts: The Clonus Horror
Horror Science Fiction
The Manitou
Horror Science Fiction
Fantasy Island
Sci-Fi & Fantasy Drama Comedy
Final Chapter: Walking Tall
Action Crime Drama Thriller
Charlie's Angels
Action & Adventure
Alice
Comedy Drama
Law and Order
Crime Drama TV Movie
Walking Tall Part II
Action Adventure Drama Crime
Switch
Action & Adventure Drama
Police Woman
Action & Adventure Crime Drama
Down and Dirty Duck
Animation Comedy
Live Again, Die Again
Science Fiction Thriller TV Movie
Mrs. Sundance
Western TV Movie
Walking Tall
Action Crime Drama
Adam-12
Crime Drama
Mannix
Action & Adventure Crime Mystery Drama
The Ghost & Mr. Chicken
Comedy Family Mystery Romance
I Dream of Jeannie
Sci-Fi & Fantasy Comedy Family
The Munsters
Comedy Sci-Fi & Fantasy Family
Psycho
Horror Thriller Mystery
Adventures in Paradise
Action & Adventure Drama
The Twilight Zone
Sci-Fi & Fantasy Mystery Drama
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Western Action & Adventure Drama
Perry Mason
Mystery Drama Crime
Have Gun, Will Travel
Western Action & Adventure Drama
Untamed Youth
Crime Drama Music
Sincerely Yours
Music Romance Drama
Gunsmoke
Western Action & Adventure Drama
The Glass Slipper
Music Fantasy Romance Comedy
Give a Girl a Break
Music Comedy Romance
Never Wave at a WAC
Comedy Adventure Romance
Niagara
Thriller Crime
I Love Lucy
Comedy Family
The Whip Hand
Thriller Mystery Science Fiction
Tomorrow Is Another Day
Drama Thriller Crime
Homecoming
Drama Romance War
Heaven Only Knows
Adventure Comedy Family Fantasy Western
Stand Up and Cheer!
Comedy Music Family
  • name:Lurene Tuttle
  • Known For:Acting
  • Gender:Female
  • Birthday:1907-08-20
  • Place of Birth:Pleasant Lake, Indiana, USA
  • 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.
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