Lurene Tuttle
Acting
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.
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
as Mary
Age 40 (now 78)
Little House on the Prairie
as Anna Simms
Age 67 (now 78)
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
as Mrs. Hunt
Age 77 (now 78)
The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies
as Mollie Heller
Age 74 (now 78)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
as Miss Watson
Age 73 (now 78)
Thanksgiving in the Land of Oz
as Aunt Em (voice)
Age 73 (now 78)
The Unchained Goddess
as Meteora the Goddess of Weather
Age 50 (now 78)
Sweet Smell of Success
as Loretta Bartha (uncredited)
Age 49 (now 78)
The Affairs of Dobie Gillis
as Mrs. Eleanor Hammer
Age 45 (now 78)
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
as Mary
Age 40 (now 78)
Tom, Dick and Harry
as Girl Lead in Movie (voice) (uncredited)
Age 33 (now 78)
Little House on the Prairie
as Anna Simms
Age 67 (now 78)
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
as Bella Swann (as Lorene Tuttle)
Age 63 (now 78)
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
as Lillian
Age 52 (now 78)
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Also Known As
Lorene Tuttle
IMDB
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