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Date Posted: 11:36:40 01/07/05 Fri
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In reply to: Tearahni Cox 's message, "Quarter Horses--Trade--Oklahoma" on 08:30:27 02/18/04 Wed

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LURENE TUTTLE
( 1906 - 1989 )

Although she was most prolific on TV, she appeared in numerous films as well. She played mothers and mothers-in-law, strong willed women and other desirable types. Dainty, red-haired and petite with a distinct voice and classy style she was a competent actress.

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Born August 29, 1906 in Pleasant Lake, Indiana she was raised primarily in Arizona and began early in acting as a child when her father sent her to Phoenix for acting lessons.

Lurene Tuttle got her professional acting start as a child, in a Burbank, California garage with the Horace Murphy Comedians. Tuttle came from a performing family as her farmer father, O.V. Tuttle, had appeared in minstrel shows, and her grandfather, Frank Tuttle, taught acting at a local college and ran the opera house in Angola, Indiana. She appeared on stage all over the western U.S. in stock companies. A veteran of a number of stock companies, including the Pasadena Playhouse, she became a popular radio actor beginning with her debut on "Hollywood Hotel", starring Dick Powell.

She also did extensive work on radio in the 1930s and on TV in the 1950s, 60s, 70s & 80s. She was a tutor and mentor of actress Helen Hunt who mentioned her in her 1998 Oscar acceptance speech. She was divorced from musician/character actor Melville Ruick ( "Kitty Foyle" [ 1940 ], "Kiss of Death" [ 1947 ] ), and their daughter was the late actress/singer Barbara Ruick. Miss Ruick was married to two distinguished Hollywood figures. The first of Lurene Tuttle's sons-in-law was square-jawed character tough guy actor Robert Horton ( still alive and well at 80 ).

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The other Hollywood figure, is famed Academy Award-winning film composer and conductor John Williams ( "Jaws" [ 1975 ], "Star Wars" [ 1977 ], "E.T." [ 1983 ], "Schindler's List" [ 1993 ] ).

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Mr. Williams was married to Lurene Tuttle's daughter Barabra, from 1956 to her death from a stroke in 1974. Lurene Tuttle has three grandchildren from that union. Her oldest grandson Joseph Williams, was the lead singer of "Toto" from 1986-1989, and the singing voice of the adult 'Simba' in Disney's "The Lion King". Her other grandson Mark Towner Williams is a recording artist/music producer, who has recorded several CDs under the name "Lionel's Dad", and is also the drummer/music director for the music group "Air Supply".

Miss Tuttle's film career began in 1934 and includes: "Stand Up and Cheer" (1934) in an uncredited role as a Stenographer, her film debut; "Heaven Only Knows" (1947) as Mrs. O'Donnell; "Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House" (1948) with Cary Grant, as secretary Mary; "Macbeth" (1948) as First Gentlewoman/Witch; "Goodbye My Fancy" (1951) as Ellen Griswold; "Room for One More" (1952) as Miss Kenyon; "Niagara" (1953) as Mrs. Kettering; "The Sweet Smell of Success" (1957) as Mrs. Bartha; Hitchcock's "Psycho" (1960) as Mrs. Chambers; "The Fortune Cookie" (1966) as Mother Hinkle; "Walking Tall" (1973-77) the film series, as Grandma Pusser and "Testament" (1983) with Jane Alexander, as Rosemary Abhart her last theatrical film. On TV she was a regular on "Life With Father" (1953-55) as Vinnie Day; "Pete and Gladys" (1960-62) as Mrs. Slocum; "Father of the Bride" (1961-62) as Doris Dunston; "Julia" (1968-71) as Nurse Hannah Yarby. She appeared in TV movies including: "Mrs. Sundance" (1974); "Shooting Stars" (1983) and "It Came Upon the Midnight Clear" (1984) her last film appearance.

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She also guest starred on many TV series including: "I Love Lucy"; "The Beverly Hillbillies"; "Little House on the Prairie" and "St. Elsewhere."

Lurene Tuttle died on May 28, 1986 in Encino, California after a brief illness at the age of 79, and was buried in Glendale Forest Lawn, California.

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