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.
Psycho
(Mrs. Chambers)
The Fortune Cookie
(Mother Hinkle)
Critic's Choice
(Mother in "Sisters Three")
Don't Bother to Knock
(Ruth Jones)
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
(Mary)
The Crash of Flight 401
The Ghost & Mr. Chicken
(Mrs. Natalie Miller)
The Manitou
(Mrs. Herz)
Tomorrow Is Another Day
(Mrs. Dawson)
The Whip Hand
(Molly Loomis)
Room for One More
(Miss Kenyon)
24 Hour Psycho
(Mrs. Chambers (archive footage))
Niagara
(Mrs. Kettering)
Human Experiments
(Granny)
Walking Tall Part II
(Grandma Pusser)
Down and Dirty Duck
(Duck's Mother (voice))
Slander
(Mrs. Doyle)
Ma Barker's Killer Brood
(Ma Barker)
Parts: The Clonus Horror
(Anna Noble)
Never Wave at a WAC
(Capt. Murchinson, Company CO)
Nightmare in the Sun
(Gideon's wife)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
(Miss Watson)
Give a Girl a Break
(Mrs. Doolittle)
Goodbye, My Fancy
(Ellen Griswold)
The Glass Slipper
(Cousin Loulou)
Walking Tall
(Grandma)
Law and Order
(Mrs. Brian O'Malley, Sr.)
Final Chapter: Walking Tall
(Grandma)
Sincerely Yours
(Mrs. McGinley)
The Affairs of Dobie Gillis
(Mrs. Eleanor Hammer)
White Mama
(Mrs. McIntyre)
For the Love of It
(Blanche)
Shooting Stars
(Mrs. Brand)
Sweet Smell of Success
(Loretta Bartha (uncredited))
The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies
(Mollie Heller)
Shooting Stars
(Mrs Brand)
Testament
(Rosemary Abhart)
Thanksgiving in the Land of Oz
(Aunt Em (voice))
Carlton Your Doorman
(Carlton's Mother (voice))
Dr. Shagetz
(Mildred Phelps)
Evil Town
(Mildred Phelps)
The Unchained Goddess
(Meteora the Goddess of Weather)
Heaven Only Knows
(Mrs. O'Donnell)
Untamed Youth
(Judge Cecilia Steele Tropp)
Macbeth
(Gentlewoman / The Three)
Live Again, Die Again
(Betty Simpson)
Mrs. Sundance
(Mrs. Lee)
Tom, Dick and Harry
(Girl Lead in Movie (voice) (uncredited))
A Life of Her Own
(Secretary (uncredited))
Homecoming
(Miss Stoker)
The Restless Ones
(David's Grandmother)
Three Lives
(Mrs. Armstrong)
Stand Up and Cheer!
(Stenographer)
St. Elsewhere
The Andy Griffith Show
(Annabelle Silby)
Murder, She Wrote
(Agnes Cochran)
Alice
Burke's Law
(Amanda)
The Rookies
Bourbon Street Beat
Trapper John, M.D.
My Three Sons
Little House on the Prairie
I Dream of Jeannie
(Mama)
The Munsters
(Mrs. Morton)
The Beverly Hillbillies
I Love Lucy
(Club President)
Dynasty
Petticoat Junction
(Adelaide Keane)
Charlie's Angels
(Mrs. Machlin)
Mannix
Medical Center
Hart to Hart
Gunsmoke
(Mrs. Cumbers)
Perry Mason
(Anna Houser)
General Electric Theater
Voyagers!
Leave It to Beaver
Crazy like a Fox
The Twilight Zone
(Secretary (uncredited))
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
Dennis the Menace
Have Gun, Will Travel
Police Woman
Switch
(Mary Beame)
Julia
Julia
(Hannah Yarby)
The Millionaire
(Maggie Tremayne)
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
(Marjorie)
The Thin Man
Matt Houston
The Real McCoys
Hazel
Adventures in Paradise
(Penelope Hobart)
Pete and Gladys
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Judd for the Defense
Matinee Theater
The Second Hundred Years
You Are There
Father of the Bride
(Doris Dunston)
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
Wanted: Dead or Alive
(Mrs. Walker)
Lawman
Mr. Novak
(Mrs. Grange)
The Texan
Life With Father
Cavalcade of America
(Betsy Peale)
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
(Bella Swann (as Lorene Tuttle))
Johnny Ringo
(Mamie Murphy)
Dr. Kildare
(Mrs. Parker)
Summer Playhouse
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
(Lillian)
Johnny Midnight
Switch
(Rose)
The Americans
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
(Tessie)
Amazing Stories
(Harriet Wendse)
Adam-12
(Iris Kelly)
Petticoat Junction
(Mary Alice Perkins)
Gunsmoke
(Anna Wilson)
General Electric Theater
(Ginny Andrews)
The Millionaire
(Polly Thorne)
Adam-12
(Mary O'Ryan)
Petticoat Junction
(Henrietta Greene)
Adam's Rib
Perry Mason
(Sarette Winslow)
Perry Mason
(Emma Bailey)
Perry Mason
(Sarah Breel)
Perry Mason
(Josephine Kempton)
Perry Mason
(Henny McLeod)
Colt .45
(Frances Benedict)
Fantasy Island
(Mary Emery)