1. Lurene Tuttle was an American actress and acting coach, who made the transition from vaudeville to radio, and later to films and television.
30 Facts About Lurene Tuttle
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Lurene Tuttle's most enduring impact was as one of network radio's more versatile actresses.
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Lurene Tuttle discovered her knack for acting after moving with her family to Glendale, Arizona.
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Lurene Tuttle appeared in such shows as The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet and concurrently appeared on The Great Gildersleeve as the niece Marjorie Forrester.
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Lurene Tuttle had regular roles in such shows as Brenthouse, Dr Christian, Duffy's Tavern, One Man's Family, The Red Skelton Show, Hollywood Hotel, and Those We Love.
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Lurene Tuttle guest starred on the radio police series Dragnet, starring Jack Webb, Lux Radio Theatre, The Screen Guild Theater and Suspense, in the episode "The Sisters", with Rosalind Russell.
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Lurene Tuttle later became the first female president of the federation's Hollywood local.
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Lurene Tuttle remembered the day the Hollywood Hotel sound effects man was upstaged by a Hollywood legend:.
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Lurene 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.
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Lurene Tuttle went on to appear in such films as Orson Welles's Macbeth, Mr Blandings Builds His Dream House, and Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho.
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Lurene Tuttle had a rare starring role in Ma Barker's Killer Brood.
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Lurene Tuttle played Grandma Pusser in the original Walking Tall film trilogy, and appeared in horror films such as The Manitou, starring Tony Curtis.
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Lurene Tuttle guest-starred twice on Edmond O'Brien's 1960 crime drama Johnny Midnight.
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Lurene Tuttle made six guest appearances on Perry Mason, with Raymond Burr, during the nine-year run of the show from 1957 to 1966.
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Lurene Tuttle appeared twice on the NBC Western series The Californians, once as Belle Calhoun in "Skeleton in the Closet" and then as Maude Sorel in "The Painted Lady".
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Lurene Tuttle guest-starred with Andrew Duggan in his crime series Bourbon Street Beat.
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Lurene Tuttle appeared three times each on sitcoms The Danny Thomas Show and Petticoat Junction and twice on the following: Leave It to Beaver, The Bob Cummings Show, The Ann Sothern Show, Pete and Gladys, The Andy Griffith Show, Hazel, General Electric Theater, Switch, and Fantasy Island; she appeared as Lee Meriwether's aunt in the final episode of Barnaby Jones in 1980.
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Lurene Tuttle played the part of Eddie Haskell's landlady in Leave It to Beaver's 1962 episode called "Bachelor at Large".
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Lurene Tuttle guest-starred in such Westerns as Buckskin, The Restless Gun, Colt.
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Lurene Tuttle was cast as Mrs Grange in the 1963 episode "The Risk" on the drama series Mr Novak, starring James Franciscus as an idealistic high school teacher.
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Lurene Tuttle later appeared on the popular 1960s sitcoms I Dream of Jeannie, The Munsters, and Petticoat Junction.
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In 1980, Lurene Tuttle appeared as Mrs McIntyre in the television movie White Mama, with Bette Davis.
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In 1944, Lurene Tuttle received Radio Life magazine's Distinguished Achievement Award for Best Supporting Feminine Player.
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Lurene Tuttle married Melville Ruick, an actor whom she had met during her radio years; the couple had a daughter, Barbara, who was married to film composer John Williams.
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Lurene Tuttle then married Frederick W Cole, an engineer, on November 27,1950, in Pasadena, California.
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Lurene Tuttle sued him for divorce on January 4,1956.
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Lurene Tuttle, a registered Republican, campaigned for Dwight Eisenhower in the 1952 presidential election.
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Lurene Tuttle died from cancer on May 28,1986, at a hospital in Encino, California.
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Lurene Tuttle just loved to work; she loved to act.
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Lurene Tuttle played the swallow in "The Happy Prince", an adaption of Oscar Wilde's short story with Orson Welles and Bing Crosby.