3.8
Evil Town
1987
Lurene Tuttle
Acting
Born August 20, 1907Died May 28, 1986Pleasant 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.
Movies
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5.9
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
1984
6.4
Testament
1983
5.0
Shooting Stars
1983
5.0
Shooting Stars
1983
5.8
The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies
1981
7.0
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1981
5.8
Thanksgiving in the Land of Oz
1980
6.0
For the Love of It
1980
8.2
Carlton Your Doorman
1980
8.0
White Mama
1980
4.4
Human Experiments
1979
4.5
Parts: The Clonus Horror
1979
6.8
The Crash of Flight 401
1978
5.4
The Manitou
1978
5.4
Final Chapter: Walking Tall
1977
8.0
Law and Order
1976
5.4
Walking Tall Part II
1975
0.0
Dr. Shagetz
1975
Down and Dirty Duck
0.0
Down and Dirty Duck
1974
4.7
Down and Dirty Duck
1974
6.0
Hello Mother, Goodbye!
1974
7.8
Live Again, Die Again
1974
7.7
Mrs. Sundance
1974
6.6
Walking Tall
1973
7.2
The Fortune Cookie
1966
6.7
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
1966
5.6
The Restless Ones
1965
3.0
Nightmare in the Sun
1965
5.6
Critic's Choice
1963
8.4
Psycho
1960
6.2
Ma Barker's Killer Brood
1960
The Unchained Goddess
6.8
The Unchained Goddess
1958
7.6
Sweet Smell of Success
1957
4.2
Untamed Youth
1957
6.5
Slander
1957
5.9
Sincerely Yours
1955
6.2
The Glass Slipper
1955
5.4
Give a Girl a Break
1953
Three Lives
7.5
Three Lives
1953
6.1
The Affairs of Dobie Gillis
1953
6.8
Niagara
1953
5.0
Never Wave at a WAC
1953
6.7
Don't Bother to Knock
1952
6.6
Room for One More
1952
5.8
The Whip Hand
1951
6.5
Tomorrow Is Another Day
1951
6.4
Goodbye, My Fancy
1951
5.2
A Life of Her Own
1950
7.3
Macbeth
1948
7.0
Homecoming
1948
7.0
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
1948
6.5
Heaven Only Knows
1947
7.5
Sadie Hawkins Day
1944
6.0
Tom, Dick and Harry
1941
5.3
Stand Up and Cheer!
1934
TV Shows
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7.5
Amazing Stories
7.2
Crazy like a Fox
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
5.7
St. Elsewhere
7.6
Voyagers!
6.3
Matt Houston
6.6
American Playhouse
6.5
Dynasty
6.6
Trapper John, M.D.
6.9
Hart to Hart
6.5
Fantasy Island
6.2
The Love Boat
6.7
Charlie's Angels
7.0
Alice
6.6
Switch
6.6
Switch
6.5
Police Woman
8.0
Little House on the Prairie
7.5
Adam's Rib
6.9
The Rookies
6.8
The Partridge Family
7.7
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
6.4
Medical Center
7.1
Adam-12
7.1
Adam-12
6.4
Julia
6.4
Julia
6.9
Mannix
7.7
Judd, for the Defense
6.5
The Second Hundred Years
7.6
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
7.8
I Dream of Jeannie
7.9
The Munsters
5.9
Petticoat Junction
7.3
Mr. Novak
5.9
Petticoat Junction
5.9
Petticoat Junction
6.2
Burke's Law
6.9
The Beverly Hillbillies
9.5
Father of the Bride
6.8
Hazel
5.7
Dr. Kildare
6.5
The Americans
7.6
The Andy Griffith Show
6.6
My Three Sons
6.2
Pete and Gladys
6.4
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
7.0
Johnny Midnight
6.0
Bourbon Street Beat
6.1
Adventures in Paradise
6.6
Dennis the Menace
8.5
The Twilight Zone
5.9
Johnny Ringo
6.8
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
6.0
Lawman
6.0
The Texan
7.1
Wanted: Dead or Alive
6.7
Colt .45
6.9
Leave It to Beaver
5.9
The Real McCoys
7.7
Perry Mason
7.7
Perry Mason
7.7
Perry Mason
7.7
Perry Mason
7.7
Perry Mason
7.7
Perry Mason
7.6
The Thin Man
7.3
Have Gun, Will Travel
5.3
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
5.3
Matinee Theater
6.0
The 20th Century Fox Hour
6.7
Gunsmoke
6.7
Gunsmoke
5.8
The Millionaire
5.8
The Millionaire
Summer Playhouse
0.0
Summer Playhouse
Life With Father
10.0
Life With Father
6.2
The Danny Thomas Show
6.8
General Electric Theater
6.0
You Are There
6.8
General Electric Theater
4.6
Cavalcade of America
7.9
I Love Lucy
7.2