Mary Treen
Born
March 27, 1907
Died
July 20, 1989 (82 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
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.
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Self (archive footage)
1987
Wait Till Your Mother Gets Home
Mrs. Olsen
1983
Goodbye, Franklin High
Teacher
1978
The Love Boat
Sister #2 · (1 episode)
1977
The Strongest Man in the World
Mercedes
1975
Happy Days
Miss Prism · (1 episode)
1974
Love, American Style
Miss Crenshaw · (1 episode)
1969
Love, American Style
Clerk · (1 episode)
1969
The Bill Cosby Show
Mrs. Drucker · (1 episode)
1969
Here's Lucy
Mary Winters · (1 episode)
1968
Paradise, Hawaiian Style
Mrs. Belden
1966
Green Acres
Telephone Operator · (1 episode)
1965
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
Mabel · (1 episode)
1965
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
Woman #1 · (1 episode)
1964
Who's Minding the Store?
Mattress Customer
1963
Fun in Acapulco
Mrs. Stevers (uncredited)
1963
Girls! Girls! Girls!
Mrs. Figgot
1962
The Errand Boy
Commissary Cashier
1961
Bachelor in Paradise
Mrs. Bruce Freedman (uncredited)
1961
Hazel
Nurse · (1 episode)
1961
The Joey Bishop Show
Hilda · (123 episodes)
1961
All in a Night's Work
Miss Schuster
1961
Surfside 6
Hotel Plaza Desk Clerk (uncredited) · (1 episode)
1960
The Andy Griffith Show
Clara Lindsey · (2 episodes)
1960
The Andy Griffith Show
Rose Pine · (1 episode)
1960
Career
Marie, Secretary to Shirley Drake
1959
Dennis the Menace
Cook · (1 episode)
1959
Bonanza
Mrs. Shaughnessy · (1 episode)
1959
Bonanza
Annie Wilson · (1 episode)
1959
I Married a Monster from Outer Space
Mother Bradley (uncredited)
1958
The Donna Reed Show
Mrs. Larson · (1 episode)
1958
The Donna Reed Show
Sunny Cooper · (1 episode)
1958
The Donna Reed Show
Miss Winters · (1 episode)
1958
Rock-a-Bye Baby
Nurse
1958
The Sad Sack
Sgt. Hansen
1957
The Joker is Wild
Heckler (uncredited)
1957
Perry Mason
Bess · (1 episode)
1957
Wagon Train
Bessie Treymore (uncredited) · (1 episode)
1957
Last Stagecoach West
1957
Public Pigeon No. 1
Mrs. Bates (uncredited)
1957
Gun Duel in Durango
Miss Henderson
1957
Bundle of Joy
Matron
1956
Calling Homicide
Flo Burton - Script Girl (uncredited)
1956
Hey, Jeannie!
Katie · (1 episode)
1956
The Birds and the Bees
Mrs. Burnside
1956
When Gangland Strikes
Emily Parsons
1956
The Wonderful World of Disney
Dress Shop Owner (uncredited) · (2 episodes)
1954
December Bride
Mrs. Schultz · (1 episode)
1954
Willy
(25 episodes)
1954
Letter to Loretta
Aunt Gladys · (1 episode)
1953
Clipped Wings
Mildred
1953
Let's Do It Again
Nelly
1953
The Ford Television Theatre
(1 episode)
1952
Four Star Playhouse
Madeline · (1 episode)
1952
Dreamboat
Wife in Hotel Bar
1952
Sailor Beware
Ginger
1952
Room for One More
Grace Roberts (as Mary Lou Treen)
1952
The Stooge
Ms. Regan (uncredited)
1951
The Red Skelton Show
Girl in Park · (2 episodes)
1951
The Jack Benny Program
Singer at Party · (1 episode)
1950
The Jack Benny Program
Mrs. Jameson · (1 episode)
1950
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
Mrs. Curtis · (1 episode)
1950
The Fuller Brush Girl
Woman Selling Magazine (uncredited)
1950
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self (uncredited) · (1 episode)
1950
The Gene Autry Show
Adele Tompkins · (1 episode)
1950
The Gene Autry Show
Netty Blinkensop · (1 episode)
1950
Young Daniel Boone
Helen Bryan
1950
And Baby Makes Three
Pregnant woman
1949
The Life of Riley
Millie - Stevenson's Secretary · (1 episode)
1949
Let's Live a Little
Miss Adams
1948
The Snake Pit
Nurse Jones
1948
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
Wife (uncredited)
1948
Shed No Tears
Hilda (Uncredited)
1948
Merton of the Movies
Gladys (uncredited)
1947
A Likely Story
Nurse (uncredited)
1947
It's a Wonderful Life
Cousin Tilly
1946
One Exciting Week
Mabel Taylor
1946
Swing Parade of 1946
Marie Finch
1946
Strange Impersonation
Talkative nurse
1946
From This Day Forward
Alice Beesley
1946
A Guy Could Change
Grace Conley
1946
She Wouldn't Say Yes
Train Passenger at Bar
1945
Blonde from Brooklyn
Diane Peabody
1945
Don Juan Quilligan
Lucy Blake
1945
High Powered
Cassie McQuade
1945
Tahiti Nights
Mata
1944
Casanova Brown
Monica Case, the Maid
1944
Swing in the Saddle
Addie LaTour
1944
I Love a Soldier
Cecilia 'Cissy' Grant
1944
The Navy Way
Agnes
1944
Hands Across the Border
Sophie Lawrence
1944
Mystery Broadcast
Smitty
1943
Thank Your Lucky Stars
Autograph Seeker (uncredited)
1943
So Proudly We Hail
Lt. Sadie Schwartz
1943
Flight for Freedom
Newspaper Woman (uncredited)
1943
Hit Parade of 1943
Janie
1943
They Got Me Covered
Helen
1943
The Powers Girl
Nancy
1943
Lady Bodyguard
Miss Tracy
1943
My Heart Belongs to Daddy
Dawn
1942
Stand By All Networks
Nora Cassidy
1942
Between Us Girls
Mary Belle
1942
They All Kissed the Bride
Susie Johnson
1942
Soaring Stars
Autograph Seeker
1942
The Night Before the Divorce
Olga
1942
Pacific Blackout
Irene
1941
The Great Man's Lady
Persis
1941
You Belong to Me
Doris
1941
Father Takes a Wife
Secretary
1941
Tall, Dark and Handsome
Martha
1941
Kitty Foyle
Pat
1940
Rodeo Dough
Mary
1940
Black Diamonds
Nina Norton
1940
Swing with Bing
Herself
1940
Queen of the Mob
Billy's Nurse
1940
Girl in 313
Jenny, Hotel Maid
1940
Double Alibi
Hospital Switchboard Operator
1940
Danger On Wheels
Esme
1940
First Love
Agnes, Barbara's Maid
1939
Dad for a Day
Employment Agency Receptionist
1939
Babes in Arms
Receptionist (uncredited)
1939
Rhumba Rhythm at the Hollywood La Conga
Mary
1939
A Star Is Shorn
Patsy
1939
Happily Buried
Waitress
1939
Three Smart Girls Grow Up
Secretary
1939
Pride of the Navy
Undetermined Role (uncredited)
1939
I'll Give a Million
Nanette
1938
Young Fugitives
Kathy
1938
Always Goodbye
Al's Bride-to-Be (uncredited)
1938
Kentucky Moonshine
Sugar Hatfield
1938
Rascals
Waiting Room Patient
1938
Sally, Irene and Mary
Miss Barkow
1938
Swing It, Sailor!
Gertie Burns
1938
Change of Heart
Stenographer
1938
Missing Witnesses
Woman Waiting in Lane's Office (uncredited)
1937
Second Honeymoon
Elsie
1937
Mr. Dodd Takes the Air
Fan with Locket (uncredited)
1937
Talent Scout
Janet Morris
1937
Ever Since Eve
Employment Clerk
1937
Marry the Girl
Nurse locked in room
1937
Dance Charlie Dance
Jennie Wolfe
1937
A Day at Santa Anita
Mary Treen (uncredited)
1937
The Go-Getter
Mrs. Blair
1937
They Gave Him a Gun
Saxe
1937
Maid of Salem
Susy Abbott
1937
God's Country and the Woman
Miss Flint
1937
Fugitive in the Sky
Agatha Ormsby
1936
The Captain's Kid
Libby, the Housekeeper
1936
Down the Stretch
Nurse
1936
Love Begins at Twenty
Alice Gillingwater
1936
Jailbreak
Gladys Joy
1936
Public Enemy's Wife
Telephone Operator
1936
Murder by an Aristocrat
Florrie the maid
1936
The Golden Arrow
Appleby's Secretary (uncredited)
1936
Romance in the Air
Blondie
1936
Brides Are Like That
Jennie
1936
Snowed Under
Secretary Taking Mike's Dictation (uncredited)
1936
Colleen
Miss Hively (uncredited)
1936
Freshman Love
Squirmy
1936
The Murder of Dr. Harrigan
Nurse Margaret Brody
1936
Dangerous
1935
Miss Pacific Fleet
Violet Johnson - Butch's Girl (uncredited)
1935
Broadway Hostess
Nurse (uncredited)
1935
Shipmates Forever
Cowboy's Girl (uncredited)
1935
The Case of the Lucky Legs
Spudsy's Wife
1935
I Live for Love
Clementine
1935
Page Miss Glory
Beauty Shop Operator
1935
Broadway Gondolier
2nd Irate Caller
1935
Don't Bet on Blondes
Owen's Secretary
1935
Front Page Woman
Nurse (uncredited)
1935
'G' Men
Gregory's Secretary (uncredited)
1935
The Case of the Curious Bride
Telegraph Office Clerk (uncredited)
1935
Traveling Saleslady
Miss Wells
1935
A Night at the Ritz
Isabelle
1935
Sweet Music
Woman at train station (uncredited)
1935
Red Hot Tires
Maggie
1935
Maybe It's Love
Secretary (uncredited)
1935
Babbitt
Miss McGoun
1934
Happiness Ahead
Bob's Friend Celebrating New Year's Eve
1934
Blue of the Night
Gamma Gamma Gamma Girl in Nightclub with Glasses
1931
Viennese Nights
Shocked Woman on Street (uncredited)
1930
Surprise
Mary - Oswald's Wife
1930