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Lurene Tuttle was an American character actress and acting coach, who made the transition from vaudeville to radio, and later films and television. Her most enduring impact was as one of network radio's more versatile actresses. Often appearing in 15 shows per week, comedies, dramas, thrillers, soap operas, and crime dramas, she became known as the "First Lady of Radio".
Birth Name
Lurene Susie Tuttle
Born
Thursday, 29 August 1907
Died
Wednesday, 28 May 1986
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Cinemassacre's Monster Madness | Mrs. Herz | 2007 |
| 24 Hour Psycho | Mrs. Chambers (archive footage) | 1993 |
| Evil Town | Mildred Phelps / Mrs. Phelps | 1987 |
| Amazing Stories | Harriet Wendse | 1985 |
| Hollywood Beat | Old lady | 1985 |
| It Came Upon the Midnight Clear | Mrs. Hunt | 1984 |
| Murder, She Wrote | Agnes Cochran | 1984 |
| Testament | Rosemary Abhart | 1983 |
| St. Elsewhere | Margaret Harper - Ellen's mother | 1982 |
| Voyagers! | Queen Victoria | 1982 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Cinemassacre's Monster Madness | Mrs. Herz | 2007 |
| 24 Hour Psycho | Mrs. Chambers (archive footage) | 1993 |
| Evil Town | Mildred Phelps / Mrs. Phelps | 1987 |
| Amazing Stories | Harriet Wendse | 1985 |
| Hollywood Beat | Old lady | 1985 |
| It Came Upon the Midnight Clear | Mrs. Hunt | 1984 |
| Murder, She Wrote | Agnes Cochran | 1984 |
| Testament | Rosemary Abhart | 1983 |
| St. Elsewhere | Margaret Harper - Ellen's mother | 1982 |
| Voyagers! | Queen Victoria | 1982 |
| Matt Houston | Florist | 1982 |
| Strike Force | Old Lady | 1981 |
| The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies | Mollie Heller | 1981 |
| The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | Miss Watson | 1981 |
| Dynasty | Kate Torrance | 1981 |
| Dorothy in the Land of Oz | Aunt Em / Aunt Em (voice) | 1980 |
| For the Love of It | Blanche | 1980 |
| Carlton Your Doorman | Carlton's Mother (voice) / Mom | 1980 |
| White Mama | Mrs. McIntyre | 1980 |
| Human Experiments | Granny | 1979 |
| Trapper John, M.D. | Grace / Lady / Mrs. Gatwick / Mrs. Palmer / Mrs. Romanis / Mrs. Worth | 1979 |
| Hart to Hart | Millie | 1979 |
| The Clonus Horror | Anna Noble | 1979 |
| Nutcracker Fantasy | Aunt Gerda | 1979 |
| The Dukes of Hazzard | Granny Annie | 1979 |
| The Manitou | Mrs. Herz | 1978 |
| Final Chapter: Walking Tall | Grandma Pusser / Grandma | 1977 |
| The Love Boat | Lady in Black | 1977 |
| Fantasy Island | Ethel Small / Mary Emery | 1977 |
| Alice | Bubbles Turner | 1976 |
| Law and Order | Mrs. Brian O'Malley, Sr. | 1976 |
| Charlie's Angels | Mrs. Machlin | 1976 |
| The World Through the Eyes of Children | Tuttle | 1975 |
| Walking Tall Part II | Grandma Pusser | 1975 |
| Switch | Rose / Mary Beame | 1975 |
| Police Woman | Mrs. Volusia | 1974 |
| Dirty Duck | Duck's Mother (voice) / Duck's Mother | 1974 |
| Little House on the Prairie | Anna Simms / Agnes Molson | 1974 |
| Live Again, Die Again | Betty Simpson | 1974 |
| The Cowboys | Grandma Jesse | 1974 |
| Mrs. Sundance | Mrs. Lee | 1974 |
| Heidi in the Mountains | Clara's Grandmother | 1974 |
| Walking Tall | Grandma | 1973 |
| Barnaby Jones | Emily Carter | 1973 |
| The Rookies | Aunt Lou | 1972 |
| The Jimmy Stewart Show | Bertha Lang | 1971 |
| Robert Young and the Family | Sketch Actor | 1971 |
| The Smith Family | Edith Mcmichael | 1971 |
| The Partridge Family | Mrs. Sharp | 1970 |
| The Mary Tyler Moore Show | Bella Swann | 1970 |
| The Bold Ones: The New Doctors | Mrs. Burkowski | 1969 |
| Medical Center | Kate | 1969 |
| The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit | Aunt Martha | 1968 |
| Mod Squad | Female Clerk | 1968 |
| Adam-12 | Iris Kelly / Mary O'Ryan | 1968 |
| The Name of the Game | Highwater Annie | 1968 |
| Julia | Hannah Yarby / Hannah Yarby Henderson | 1968 |
| Mannix | Mrs. Gamble | 1967 |
| Judd for the Defense | Mae Youngert | 1967 |
| The Second Hundred Years | Annie | 1967 |
| The Fortune Cookie | Mother Hinkle | 1966 |
| Pistols 'n' Petticoats | Adelaide Coulter | 1966 |
| Iron Horse | Mrs. Emerson | 1966 |
| The Ghost and Mr. Chicken | Mrs. Natalie Miller | 1966 |
| The Restless Ones | David's Grandmother | 1965 |
| I Dream of Jeannie | Mama | 1965 |
| Tammy | Nellie | 1965 |
| Nightmare in the Sun | Gideon's wife | 1965 |
| Karen | Mrs. Waller | 1964 |
| My Living Doll | Mrs. Wentworth | 1964 |
| Valentine's Day | Vivian Marks | 1964 |
| The Munsters | Mrs. Morton | 1964 |
| My Favorite Martian | Tessie | 1963 |
| Mr. Novak | Mrs. Grange | 1963 |
| Petticoat Junction | Adelaide Keane / Henrietta Greene / Mary Alice Perkins | 1963 |
| Burke's Law | Amanda | 1963 |
| Critic's Choice | Mother in 'Sisters Three' / Mother in "Sisters Three" | 1963 |
| The Beverly Hillbillies | Gladys Peabody | 1962 |
| Wide Country | Minnie Sturgis | 1962 |
| Saints and Sinners | Rose Barton | 1962 |
| Alcoa Premiere | Theresa Summer | 1961 |
| Father of the Bride | Doris Dunston | 1961 |
| Ripcord | Helen Brandon | 1961 |
| Dr. Kildare | Mrs. Parker | 1961 |
| Hazel | Mrs. Celeste Morgan / Mrs. Pruett | 1961 |
| The Asphalt Jungle | Mrs. Heldon | 1961 |
| The Americans | Mrs. Allen | 1961 |
| The Andy Griffith Show | Little Old Lady / Annabelle Silby | 1960 |
| Michael Shayne | Elizabeth Blair | 1960 |
| My Three Sons | Natalie Corcoran | 1960 |
| The Barbara Stanwyck Show | Tessie | 1960 |
| Pete and Gladys | Mrs. Slocum | 1960 |
| Psycho | Mrs. Chambers | 1960 |
| Ma Barker's Killer Brood | Ma Barker | 1960 |
| Johnny Midnight | Marge / Helen Vernon | 1960 |
| Shotgun Slade | Grandma Ellie Casper | 1959 |
| Adventures in Paradise | Penelope Hobart | 1959 |
| Bourbon Street Beat | Minta Ruding | 1959 |
| Dennis the Menace | Mrs. Courtland | 1959 |
| The Twilight Zone | Secretary | 1959 |
| Johnny Ringo | Mamie Murphy | 1959 |
| The DuPont Show with June Allyson | Lillian | 1959 |
| Bonanza | Mrs. Cutler | 1959 |
| Rawhide | Mrs. Porter | 1959 |
| Grand Jury | Alma Crane | 1959 |
| The Ann Sothern Show | Bertha Schyler | 1958 |
| Lawman | Mrs. Pruitt / Matt's Wife | 1958 |
| The Texan | Amy Bofert | 1958 |
| Wanted: Dead or Alive | Mrs. Walker | 1958 |
| Buckskin | Edith | 1958 |
| The Unchained Goddess | Meteora the Goddess of Weather | 1958 |
| Colt .45 | Frances Benedict / Lottie Strong | 1957 |
| The Real McCoys | Gladys Purvis / Mother Purvis | 1957 |
| The Gray Ghost | Olivia Turner | 1957 |
| Goodyear Theatre | Caroline Randall | 1957 |
| The Californians | Maude Sorel / Belle Calhoun | 1957 |
| The Restless Gun | Hannah Gilford | 1957 |
| Perry Mason | Sarette Winslow / Sarah Breel / Josephine Kempton / Henny McLeod / Emma Bailey / Anna Houser | 1957 |
| The Thin Man | Martha Cawthorine | 1957 |
| Wagon Train | Mrs. Willoughby | 1957 |
| Bachelor Father | Aunt Caroline Gregg | 1957 |
| Have Gun - Will Travel | Ma Deaver | 1957 |
| Sweet Smell of Success | Loretta Bartha | 1957 |
| Leave It to Beaver | Mrs. Brady / Mrs. Evans | 1957 |
| Tales of Wells Fargo | Madie Armstrong | 1957 |
| Untamed Youth | Judge Cecilia Steele Tropp | 1957 |
| Slander | Mrs. Doyle | 1957 |
| Playhouse 90 | Susan Stringham | 1956 |
| Broken Arrow | Kate Connors | 1956 |
| The Adventures of Jim Bowie | Mrs. Rounds / Mother Catherine | 1956 |
| Sincerely Yours | Mrs. McGinley | 1955 |
| Crusader | Hilda / Bella | 1955 |
| The 20th Century-Fox Hour | Molly O'Leary | 1955 |
| My Friend Flicka | Martha Hunter | 1955 |
| The Joseph Cotten Show: On Trial | Margery Hay | 1955 |
| Gunsmoke | Anna Wilson / Mrs. Cumbers | 1955 |
| The Millionaire | Maggie Tremayne / Polly | 1955 |
| Soldiers of Fortune | Henrietta Baldwin | 1955 |
| The Bob Cummings Show | Dixie Yates | 1955 |
| The Glass Slipper | Cousin Loulou | 1955 |
| The Magical World of Disney | Aunt Martha | 1954 |
| Studio 57 | Mrs. Carlson | 1954 |
| Life with Father | Vinnie Day | 1953 |
| Give a Girl a Break | Mrs. Doolittle | 1953 |
| The Danny Thomas Show | Mrs. Martin / Miss Burns / Frank's Mother | 1953 |
| The Loretta Young Show | Angie | 1953 |
| The Affairs of Dobie Gillis | Mrs. Eleanor Hammer | 1953 |
| You Are There | Mary Easty | 1953 |
| General Electric Theater | Ginny Andrews | 1953 |
| Never Wave at a WAC | Capt. Murchinson, Company CO / Capt. Murchinson | 1953 |
| Niagara | Mrs. Kettering | 1953 |
| The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet | Store Complaints Clerk | 1952 |
| Cavalcade of America | Mrs. Elton / Betsy Peale | 1952 |
| Don't Bother to Knock | Ruth Jones | 1952 |
| The Unexpected | Ruth | 1952 |
| Room for One More | Miss Kenyon | 1952 |
| I Love Lucy | Club President | 1951 |
| Schlitz Playhouse | Marjorie | 1951 |
| The Whip Hand | Molly Loomis | 1951 |
| Tomorrow Is Another Day | Mrs. Dawson / Stella Dawson | 1951 |
| Goodbye, My Fancy | Ellen Griswold | 1951 |
| Watch the Birdie | Millie | 1950 |
| The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show | Miss Bradley | 1950 |
| Stars Over Hollywood | Granny | 1950 |
| A Life of Her Own | Secretary | 1950 |
| The Admiral Was a Lady | Clerk | 1950 |
| Macbeth | Gentlewoman / The Three | 1948 |
| Homecoming | Miss Stoker | 1948 |
| Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House | Mary | 1948 |
| Heaven Only Knows | Mrs. O'Donnell | 1947 |
| Front Row Center | Mrs. Heineman | 1945 |
| Tom, Dick and Harry | Girl Lead in Movie | 1941 |
| Stand Up and Cheer! | Stenographer | 1934 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1970 | Emmy | Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in Comedy | Nominated |
