Actor
Lurene Tuttle
August 20, 1907 · 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.
Notable work
8.4Psycho (1960)
as Mrs. Chambers
8.5The Twilight Zone (1959)
as Secretary (uncredited)
8Little House on the Prairie (1974)
as Anna Simms
7.8I Dream of Jeannie (1965)
as Mama
7.6Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
as Loretta Bartha (uncredited)
7.9The Munsters (1964)
as Mrs. Morton
7.5Murder, She Wrote (1984)
as Agnes Cochran
6.8Niagara (1953)
as Mrs. Kettering
7.2The Fortune Cookie (1966)
as Mother Hinkle
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