Lurene Tuttle

Personal Info

Birthday

August 20, 1907

Day of Death

1986-05-28

(78 years old)

Place of Birth

Pleasant Lake, Indiana, USA

Also Known As

Lorene Tuttle

Lurene 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.

Known For

Perry Mason

Murder, She Wrote

The Andy Griffith Show

The Twilight Zone

Charlie's Angels

I Dream of Jeannie

Dr. Kildare

The Munsters

Filmography

1993
24 Hour Psycho
as Mrs. Chambers (archive footage)
1987
Evil Town
as Mildred Phelps
1984
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
as Mrs. Hunt
1983
Testament
as Rosemary Abhart
Shooting Stars
as Mrs. Brand
1981
The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies
as Mollie Heller
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
as Miss Watson
1980
Thanksgiving in the Land of Oz
as Aunt Em (voice)
For the Love of It
as Blanche
Carlton Your Doorman
as Carlton's Mother (voice)
White Mama
as Mrs. McIntyre
1979
Human Experiments
as Granny
Parts: The Clonus Horror
as Anna Noble
1978
The Manitou
as Mrs. Herz
1977
Final Chapter: Walking Tall
as Grandma
1976
Law and Order
as Mrs. Brian O'Malley, Sr.
1975
Walking Tall Part II
as Grandma Pusser
Dr. Shagetz
as Mildred Phelps
1974
Down and Dirty Duck
as Duck's Mother (voice)
Live Again, Die Again
as Betty Simpson
Mrs. Sundance
as Mrs. Lee
1973
Walking Tall
as Grandma
1966
The Fortune Cookie
as Mother Hinkle
The Ghost & Mr. Chicken
as Mrs. Natalie Miller
1965
The Restless Ones
as David's Grandmother
Nightmare in the Sun
as Gideon's wife
1963
Critic's Choice
as Mother in "Sisters Three"
1960
Psycho
as Mrs. Chambers
Ma Barker's Killer Brood
as Ma Barker
1958
The Unchained Goddess
as Meteora the Goddess of Weather
1957
Sweet Smell of Success
as Loretta Bartha (uncredited)
Untamed Youth
as Judge Cecilia Steele Tropp
Slander
as Mrs. Doyle
1955
Sincerely Yours
as Mrs. McGinley
The Glass Slipper
as Cousin Loulou
1953
Give a Girl a Break
as Mrs. Doolittle
Three Lives
as Mrs. Armstrong
The Affairs of Dobie Gillis
as Mrs. Eleanor Hammer
Never Wave at a WAC
as Capt. Murchinson, Company CO
Niagara
as Mrs. Kettering
1952
Don't Bother to Knock
as Ruth Jones
Room for One More
as Miss Kenyon
1951
The Whip Hand
as Molly Loomis
Tomorrow Is Another Day
as Mrs. Dawson
Goodbye, My Fancy
as Ellen Griswold
1950
A Life of Her Own
as Secretary (uncredited)
1948
Macbeth
as Gentlewoman / The Three
Homecoming
as Miss Stoker
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
as Mary
1947
Heaven Only Knows
as Mrs. O'Donnell
1944
Sadie Hawkins Day
as Mammy Yocum / Daisy Mae (voice)
1941
Tom, Dick and Harry
as Girl Lead in Movie (voice) (uncredited)
1934
Stand Up and Cheer!
as Stenographer