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.

Known For	Acting
Most Rating	13.073
Birthday	1907-08-20
Place of Birth	Pleasant Lake, Indiana, USA
Also Known As	Lorene Tuttle,

Psycho

The Fortune Cookie

Don't Bother to Knock

Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

The Ghost & Mr. Chicken

The Manitou

Tomorrow Is Another Day

The Whip Hand

Room for One More

Niagara

Walking Tall Part II

Human Experiments

Down and Dirty Duck

Slander

Ma Barker's Killer Brood

Parts: The Clonus Horror

Nightmare in the Sun

Never Wave at a WAC

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Give a Girl a Break

Goodbye, My Fancy

The Glass Slipper

Sincerely Yours

The Affairs of Dobie Gillis

White Mama

Shooting Stars

Carlton Your Doorman

Testament

Dr. Shagetz

Evil Town

The Unchained Goddess

Heaven Only Knows

Untamed Youth

Macbeth

Live Again, Die Again

Mrs. Sundance

Tom, Dick and Harry

A Life of Her Own

Homecoming

The Restless Ones

Three Lives

Law and Order

For the Love of It

Shooting Stars

Sweet Smell of Success

The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies

Thanksgiving in the Land of Oz

Critic's Choice

The Crash of Flight 401

24 Hour Psycho

Walking Tall

Final Chapter: Walking Tall