Mary Treen
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Mary Treen (born Mary Louise Summers, March 27, 1907 – July 20, 1989) was an American film and television actress, a familiar face who brought levity to the screen. A minor actress for much of her career, she managed to secure a plain, unassuming niche for herself in the Hollywood of the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s.
Early years
She was born in St. Louis, Missouri, the daughter of attorney Don. C. Summers and actress Helene Sullivan Summers. In 1908, when Mary Louise was 11 months old, her mother sued her father for divorce on the grounds that he failed to provide for her. Her father died while she was an infant. She was reared in California by her mother and her stepfather, a physician. Treen attended the Westlake School for Girls and a convent where she tried out successfully in school plays.
Career
During her career, Treen was seen in over 40 films. Among her film roles were Tilly, the secretary of the Building and Loan, in It's a Wonderful Life (1946) and the role of Pat in the drama Kitty Foyle (1940) starring Ginger Rogers.
Her longest-running role was as Hilda, the maid and baby nurse, in 64 episodes from 1962 to 1965 of the NBC and CBS sitcom The Joey Bishop Show. Earlier, in the 1954–1955 season, she was cast in thirty-eight episodes as Emily Dodger on the CBS sitcom Willy.
Death
Treen died of cancer in Newport Beach, California, July 20, 1989. She was 82. Her only survivors were distant cousins. One of her cousins was actor Mort Mills.
Acted in
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1988
as Self (archive footage)
Wait Till Your Mother Gets Home
1983
Goodbye, Franklin High
1978
as Teacher
The Love Boat
1977
as Sister #2
The Strongest Man in the World
1975
as Mercedes
Happy Days
1974
as Miss Prism
Love, American Style
1969
as Miss Crenshaw
Love, American Style
1969
as Clerk
The Bill Cosby Show
1969
as Mrs. Drucker
Here's Lucy
1968
as Mary Winters
Paradise, Hawaiian Style
1966
as Mrs. Belden
Green Acres
1965
as Telephone Operator
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
1965
as Mabel
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
1964
as Woman #1
Who's Minding the Store?
1963
as Mattress Customer
Fun in Acapulco
1963
as Mrs. Stevers (uncredited)
Girls! Girls! Girls!
1962
as Mrs. Figgot
The Errand Boy
1961
as Commissary Cashier
Bachelor in Paradise
1961
as Mrs. Bruce Freedman (uncredited)
Hazel
1961
as Nurse
All in a Night's Work
1961
as Miss Schuster
Surfside 6
1960
as Hotel Plaza Desk Clerk (uncredited)
The Andy Griffith Show
1960
as Clara Lindsey
The Andy Griffith Show
1960
as Rose Pine
Career
1959
as Marie, Secretary to Shirley Drake
Dennis the Menace
1959
as Cook
Bonanza
1959
as Mrs. Shaughnessy
Bonanza
1959
as Annie Wilson
I Married a Monster from Outer Space
1958
as Mother Bradley (uncredited)
The Donna Reed Show
1958
as Mrs. Larson
The Donna Reed Show
1958
as Sunny Cooper
The Donna Reed Show
1958
as Miss Winters
Rock-a-Bye Baby
1958
as Nurse
The Sad Sack
1957
as Sgt. Hansen
The Joker is Wild
1957
as Heckler (uncredited)
Perry Mason
1957
as Bess
Wagon Train
1957
as Bessie Treymore (uncredited)
Last Stagecoach West
1957
Gun Duel In Durango
1957
as Miss Henderson
Bundle of Joy
1956
as Matron
Calling Homicide
1956
as Flo Burton - Script Girl (uncredited)
Hey, Jeannie!
1956
as Katie
The Birds and the Bees
1956
as Mrs. Burnside
When Gangland Strikes
1956
as Emily Parsons
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Dress Shop Owner (uncredited)
December Bride
1954
as Mrs. Schultz
Willy
1954
Letter to Loretta
1953
as Aunt Gladys
Clipped Wings
1953
as Mildred
Let's Do It Again
1953
as Nelly
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Madeline
Dreamboat
1952
as Wife in Hotel Bar
Sailor Beware
1952
as Ginger
Room for One More
1952
as Grace Roberts (as Mary Lou Treen)
The Stooge
1951
as Ms. Regan (uncredited)
The Jack Benny Program
1950
as Singer at Party
The Jack Benny Program
1950
as Mrs. Jameson
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
1950
as Mrs. Curtis
The Fuller Brush Girl
1950
as Woman Selling Magazine (uncredited)
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
as Self (uncredited)
The Gene Autry Show
1950
as Adele Tompkins
The Gene Autry Show
1950
as Netty Blinkensop
Young Daniel Boone
1950
as Helen Bryan
And Baby Makes Three
1949
as Pregnant woman
The Life of Riley
1949
as Millie - Stevenson's Secretary
Let's Live a Little
1948
as Miss Adams
The Snake Pit
1948
as Nurse Jones
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
1948
as Wife (uncredited)
Shed No Tears
1948
as Hilda (Uncredited)
Merton of the Movies
1947
as Gladys (uncredited)
A Likely Story
1947
as Nurse (uncredited)
It's a Wonderful Life
1946
as Cousin Tilly
One Exciting Week
1946
as Mabel Taylor
Swing Parade of 1946
1946
as Marie Finch
Strange Impersonation
1946
as Talkative nurse
From This Day Forward
1946
as Alice Beesley
A Guy Could Change
1946
as Grace Conley
She Wouldn't Say Yes
1945
as Train Passenger at Bar
Blonde from Brooklyn
1945
as Diane Peabody
Don Juan Quilligan
1945
as Lucy Blake
High Powered
1945
as Cassie McQuade
Tahiti Nights
1944
as Mata
Casanova Brown
1944
as Monica Case, the Maid
Swing in the Saddle
1944
as Addie LaTour
I Love a Soldier
1944
as Cecilia 'Cissy' Grant
The Navy Way
1944
as Agnes
Hands Across the Border
1944
as Sophie Lawrence
Mystery Broadcast
1943
as Smitty
Thank Your Lucky Stars
1943
as Autograph Seeker (uncredited)
So Proudly We Hail
1943
as Lt. Sadie Schwartz
Flight for Freedom
1943
as Newspaper Woman (uncredited)
Hit Parade of 1943
1943
as Janie
They Got Me Covered
1943
as Helen
The Powers Girl
1943
as Nancy
Lady Bodyguard
1943
as Miss Tracy
My Heart Belongs to Daddy
1942
as Dawn
Stand By All Networks
1942
as Nora Cassidy
Between Us Girls
1942
as Mary Belle
They All Kissed the Bride
1942
as Susie Johnson
Soaring Stars
1942
as Autograph Seeker
The Great Man's Lady
1942
as Persis
The Night Before the Divorce
1942
as Olga
Pacific Blackout
1941
as Irene
You Belong to Me
1941
as Doris
Father Takes a Wife
1941
as Secretary
Tall, Dark and Handsome
1941
as Martha
Kitty Foyle
1940
as Pat
Rodeo Dough
1940
as Mary
Black Diamonds
1940
as Nina Norton
Swing with Bing
1940
as Herself
Queen of the Mob
1940
as Billy's Nurse
Girl in 313
1940
as Jenny, Hotel Maid
Double Alibi
1940
as Hospital Switchboard Operator
Danger On Wheels
1940
as Esme
First Love
1939
as Agnes, Barbara's Maid
Dad for a Day
1939
as Employment Agency Receptionist
Babes in Arms
1939
as Receptionist (uncredited)
Rhumba Rhythm at the Hollywood La Conga
1939
as Mary
A Star Is Shorn
1939
as Patsy
Happily Buried
1939
as Waitress
Three Smart Girls Grow Up
1939
as Secretary
Pride of the Navy
1939
as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
I'll Give a Million
1938
as Nanette
Young Fugitives
1938
as Kathy
Always Goodbye
1938
as Al's Bride-to-Be (uncredited)
Kentucky Moonshine
1938
as Sugar Hatfield
Rascals
1938
as Waiting Room Patient
Sally, Irene and Mary
1938
as Miss Barkow
Swing It, Sailor!
1938
as Gertie Burns
Change of Heart
1938
as Stenographer
Missing Witnesses
1937
as Woman Waiting in Lane's Office (uncredited)
Second Honeymoon
1937
as Elsie
Mr. Dodd Takes the Air
1937
as Fan with Locket (uncredited)
Talent Scout
1937
as Janet Morris
Ever Since Eve
1937
as Employment Clerk
Marry the Girl
1937
as Nurse locked in room
Dance Charlie Dance
1937
as Jennie Wolfe
A Day at Santa Anita
1937
The Go-Getter
1937
as Mrs. Blair
They Gave Him a Gun
1937
as Saxe
Maid of Salem
1937
as Susy Abbott
God's Country and the Woman
1937
as Miss Flint
Fugitive in the Sky
1936
as Agatha Ormsby
The Captain's Kid
1936
as Libby, the Housekeeper
Down the Stretch
1936
as Nurse
Love Begins at Twenty
1936
as Alice Gillingwater
Jailbreak
1936
as Gladys Joy
Public Enemy's Wife
1936
as Telephone Operator
Murder by an Aristocrat
1936
as Florrie the maid
The Golden Arrow
1936
as Appleby's Secretary (uncredited)
Brides Are Like That
1936
as Jennie
Snowed Under
1936
as Secretary Taking Mike's Dictation (uncredited)
Colleen
1936
as Miss Hively (uncredited)
Freshman Love
1936
as Squirmy
The Murder of Dr. Harrigan
1936
as Nurse Margaret Brody
Dangerous
1935
Miss Pacific Fleet
1935
as Violet Johnson - Butch's Girl (uncredited)
Broadway Hostess
1935
as Nurse (uncredited)
Shipmates Forever
1935
as Cowboy's Girl (uncredited)
The Case of the Lucky Legs
1935
as Spudsy's Wife
I Live for Love
1935
as Clementine
Page Miss Glory
1935
as Beauty Shop Operator
Broadway Gondolier
1935
as 2nd Irate Caller
Don't Bet on Blondes
1935
as Owen's Secretary
Front Page Woman
1935
as Nurse (uncredited)
'G' Men
1935
as Gregory's Secretary (uncredited)
The Case of the Curious Bride
1935
as Telegraph Office Clerk (uncredited)
Traveling Saleslady
1935
as Miss Wells
A Night at the Ritz
1935
as Isabelle
Sweet Music
1935
as Woman at train station (uncredited)
Red Hot Tires
1935
as Maggie
Maybe It's Love
1935
as Secretary (uncredited)
Babbitt
1934
as Miss McGoun
Happiness Ahead
1934
as Bob's Friend Celebrating New Year's Eve
Blue of the Night
1931
as Gamma Gamma Gamma Girl in Nightclub with Glasses
Viennese Nights
1930
as Shocked Woman on Street (uncredited)
Surprise
1930
as Mary - Oswald's Wife