Lurene Tuttle
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Careers this long are unusual: Lurene Tuttle is an American actress whose work covers more eras of the industry than most. Among all the titles, 'Psycho' is the one that reached the widest audience. 'Niagara' is a second title with real reach. 76 appearances between the two screens is the plain arithmetic of it.
Lurene Tuttle
39 Movies
37 Series
Careers this long are unusual: Lurene Tuttle is an American actress whose work covers more eras of the industry than most. Among all the titles, 'Psycho' is the one that reached the widest audience. 'Niagara' is a second title with real reach. 76 appearances between the two screens is the plain arithmetic of it.
Movies
Plays Mrs. Chambers
Psycho
1960
Plays Grandma
Walking Tall
1973
Plays Mrs. Kettering
Niagara
1953
Plays Mrs. Herz
The Manitou
1978
Plays Gentlewoman / The Three
Macbeth
1948
Plays Rosemary Abhart
Testament
1983
Plays Granny
Human Experiments
1979
Plays Mother Hinkle
The Fortune Cookie
1966
Plays Mrs. Natalie Miller
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
1966
Plays Mary
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
1948
Plays Ruth Jones
Don't Bother to Knock
1952
Plays Miss Kenyon
Room for One More
1952
Plays Mrs. Doyle
Slander
1957
Plays Grandma
Final Chapter: Walking Tall
1977
Plays Duck's Mother (voice)
Down and Dirty Duck
1974
Plays Stenographer
Stand Up and Cheer!
1934
Plays Grandma Pusser
Walking Tall Part II
1975
Plays Mrs. O'Donnell
Heaven Only Knows
1947
Plays Gideon's wife
Nightmare in the Sun
1965
Plays Cousin Loulou
The Glass Slipper
1955
Plays Mrs. Dawson
Tomorrow Is Another Day
1951
Plays Mother in Sisters Three
Critic's Choice
1963
Plays Anna Noble
Parts: The Clonus Horror
1979
Plays Mrs. Doolittle
Give a Girl a Break
1953
Plays Mrs. McGinley
Sincerely Yours
1955
Plays Ellen Griswold
Goodbye, My Fancy
1951
Plays Miss Stoker
Homecoming
1948
Plays Mildred Phelps
Evil Town
1987
Plays Ma Barker
Ma Barker's Killer Brood
1960
Plays Mrs. Eleanor Hammer
The Affairs of Dobie Gillis
1953
Plays Murchinson
Never Wave at a WAC
1953
Plays Carlton's Mother (voice)
Carlton Your Doorman
1980
Plays Molly Loomis
The Whip Hand
1951
Plays David's Grandmother
The Restless Ones
1965
TV Shows
Plays Hannah Yarby
Julia
1968
Plays Doris Dunston
Father of the Bride
1961
Plays Annabelle Silby
The Andy Griffith Show
1960
Plays Anna Simms
Little House on the Prairie
1974
Plays Margaret Harper - Ellen's mother
St. Elsewhere
1982
Plays Agnes Cochran
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Plays Amanda
Burke's Law
1963
Plays Mama
I Dream of Jeannie
1965
Plays Mrs. Morton
The Munsters
1964
Plays Club President
I Love Lucy
1951
Plays Adelaide Keane
Petticoat Junction
1963
Plays Mrs. Machlin
Charlie's Angels
1976
Plays Mrs. Cumbers
Gunsmoke
1955
Plays Anna Houser
Perry Mason
1957
Plays Mary Beame
Switch
1975
Plays Maggie Tremayne
The Millionaire
1955
Plays Marjorie
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Plays Penelope Hobart
Adventures in Paradise
1959
Plays Mrs. Walker
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
Plays Mrs. Grange
Mr. Novak
1963
Plays Betsy Peale
Cavalcade of America
1952
Plays Bella Swann (as Lorene Tuttle)
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
1970
Plays Mamie Murphy
Johnny Ringo
1959
Plays Mrs. Parker
Dr. Kildare
1961
Plays Lillian
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959
Plays Tessie
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960
Plays Harriet Wendse
Amazing Stories
1985
Plays Iris Kelly
Adam-12
1968
Plays Ginny Andrews
General Electric Theater
1953
Plays Frances Benedict
Colt .45
1957
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Evil Town
Full Filmography
Evil Town
Mildred Phelps
1987
Film
Murder, She Wrote
Agnes Cochran · 1 episode
1985
TV
Amazing Stories
Harriet Wendse · 1 episode
1985–
TV
St. Elsewhere
Margaret Harper - Ellen's mother · 1 episode
1983–1984
TV
Testament
Rosemary Abhart
1983
Film
American Playhouse
Rosemary Abhart · 1 episode
1982–
TV
Carlton Your Doorman
Carlton's Mother (voice)
1980
Film
Human Experiments
Granny
1979
Film
Parts: The Clonus Horror
Anna Noble
1979
Film
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is Lurene Tuttle still alive?
Lurene Tuttle passed away on May 28, 1986 at age 78.
What are the most famous roles of Lurene Tuttle?
Lurene Tuttle is best known for roles in Psycho, Sweet Smell of Success, Niagara.
How many movies has Lurene Tuttle been in?
Over a 52-year career (since 1934), Lurene Tuttle has appeared in 39 movies and 37 TV shows.
What was Lurene Tuttle's first movie?
The career of Lurene Tuttle began with Stand Up and Cheer! (1934).
What is Lurene Tuttle's most recent movie or series?
Lurene Tuttle's most recent release is Evil Town, which premiered on June 2, 1987.
What TV shows has Lurene Tuttle appeared in?
On television, Lurene Tuttle has appeared in The Twilight Zone, Little House on the Prairie, I Dream of Jeannie, The Munsters.
Lurene Tuttle
1907-08-20 · Pleasant Lake, Indiana, USA
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." Lurene Tuttle, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.