Lurene Tuttle
Born August 20, 1907 (Age: 118)
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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.
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."
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Filmography
24 Hour Psycho
1993
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as Mrs. Chambers (archive footage)
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Age: 85
Evil Town
1987
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as Mildred Phelps
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Age: 79
Testament
1983
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as Rosemary Abhart
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Age: 76
The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies
1981
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as Mollie Heller
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Age: 74
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1981
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as Miss Watson
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Age: 73
Thanksgiving in the Land of Oz
1980
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as Aunt Em (voice)
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Age: 73
For the Love of It
1980
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as Blanche
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Age: 73
Carlton Your Doorman
1980
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as Carlton's Mother (voice)
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Age: 72
White Mama
1980
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as Mrs. McIntyre
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Age: 72
The Crash of Flight 401
1978
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as
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Age: 71
The Manitou
1978
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as Mrs. Herz
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Age: 70
Down and Dirty Duck
1974
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as Duck's Mother (voice)
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Age: 66
Live Again, Die Again
1974
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as Betty Simpson
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Age: 66
Mrs. Sundance
1974
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as Mrs. Lee
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Age: 66
Walking Tall
1973
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as Grandma
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Age: 65
The Fortune Cookie
1966
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as Mother Hinkle
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Age: 59
The Restless Ones
1965
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as David's Grandmother
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Age: 58
Nightmare in the Sun
1965
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as Gideon's wife
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Age: 57
Critic's Choice
1963
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as Mother in "Sisters Three"
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Age: 55
Psycho
1960
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as Mrs. Chambers
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Age: 52
Ma Barker's Killer Brood
1960
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as Ma Barker
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Age: 52
No Image
The Unchained Goddess
1958
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as Meteora the Goddess of Weather
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Age: 50
Sincerely Yours
1955
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as Mrs. McGinley
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Age: 48
The Glass Slipper
1955
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as Cousin Loulou
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Age: 47
Give a Girl a Break
1953
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as Mrs. Doolittle
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Age: 46
No Image
Three Lives
1953
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as Mrs. Armstrong
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Age: 46
The Affairs of Dobie Gillis
1953
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as Mrs. Eleanor Hammer
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Age: 45
Never Wave at a WAC
1953
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as Capt. Murchinson, Company CO
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Age: 45
Niagara
1953
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as Mrs. Kettering
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Age: 45
A Life of Her Own
1950
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as Secretary (uncredited)
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Age: 43
Tom, Dick and Harry
1941
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as Girl Lead in Movie (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 33