Mary Treen
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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.
Known for
Credits
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
as Cousin Tilly
Kitty Foyle (1940)
as Pat
Last Stagecoach West (1957)
Actor
Strange Impersonation (1946)
as Talkative nurse
The Snake Pit (1948)
as Nurse Jones (uncredited)
Shed No Tears (1948)
as Hilda (Uncredited)
So Proudly We Hail (1943)
as Lt. Sadie Schwartz
Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962)
as Mrs. Figgot
Casanova Brown (1944)
as Monica Case, the Maid
Swing in the Saddle (1944)
as Addie LaTour
Who's Minding the Store? (1963)
as Mattress Customer
'G' Men (1935)
as Gregory's Secretary (uncredited)
They All Kissed the Bride (1942)
as Susie Johnson
Strange Faces (1938)
as Lorry May
All in a Night's Work (1961)
as Miss Schuster
Soaring Stars (1942)
as Autograph Seeker
Rock-a-Bye Baby (1958)
as Nurse
Bundle of Joy (1956)
as Matron
Front Page Woman (1935)
as Nurse (uncredited)
The Fuller Brush Girl (1950)
as Woman Selling Magazine (uncredited)
Stand By All Networks (1942)
as Nora Cassidy
Babes in Arms (1939)
as Receptionist (uncredited)
The Joker is Wild (1957)
as Heckler (uncredited)
They Gave Him a Gun (1937)
as Saxe
The Great Man's Lady (1941)
as Persis
Fun in Acapulco (1963)
as Mrs. Stevers (uncredited)
Bachelor in Paradise (1961)
as Mrs. Bruce Freedman (uncredited)
The Go-Getter (1937)
as Mrs. Blair
Happily Buried (1939)
as Waitress
The Errand Boy (1961)
as Commissary Cashier
Three Smart Girls Grow Up (1939)
as Secretary
Sally, Irene and Mary (1938)
as Miss Barkow
Down Liberty Road (1957)
as Secretary (Uncredited)
The Strongest Man in the World (1975)
as Mercedes
The Stooge (1951)
as Ms. Regan (uncredited)
Hit Parade of 1943 (1943)
as Janie
I Live for Love (1935)
as Clementine
Queen of the Mob (1940)
as Billy's Nurse
Paradise, Hawaiian Style (1966)
as Mrs. Belden
You Belong to Me (1941)
as Doris
From This Day Forward (1946)
as Alice Beesley
Room for One More (1952)
as Grace Roberts (as Mary Lou Treen)
I Married a Monster from Outer Space (1958)
as Mother Bradley (uncredited)
They Got Me Covered (1943)
as Helen
I Love a Soldier (1944)
as Cecilia 'Cissy' Grant
Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943)
as Autograph Seeker (uncredited)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life (1987)
as Self (archive footage)
Dangerous (1935)
Actor
Pacific Blackout (1941)
as Irene
Let's Do It Again (1953)
as Nelly
Snowed Under (1936)
as Secretary Taking Mike's Dictation (uncredited)
Sailor Beware (1952)
as Ginger
Tall, Dark and Handsome (1941)
as Martha
The Case of the Curious Bride (1935)
as Telegraph Office Clerk (uncredited)
Girl in 313 (1940)
as Jenny, Hotel Maid
Happiness Ahead (1934)
as Bob's Friend Celebrating New Year's Eve
Danger On Wheels (1940)
as Esme
The Birds and the Bees (1956)
as Mrs. Burnside
When Tomorrow Comes (1939)
as Waitress (uncredited)
And Baby Makes Three (1949)
as Pregnant woman
Young Daniel Boone (1950)
as Helen Bryan
Gun Duel in Durango (1957)
as Miss Henderson
Swing It, Sailor! (1938)
as Gertie Burns
Maid of Salem (1937)
as Susy Abbott
A Guy Could Change (1946)
as Grace Conley
The Powers Girl (1943)
as Nancy
Goodbye, Franklin High (1978)
as Teacher
The Murder of Dr. Harrigan (1936)
as Nurse Margaret Brody
When Gangland Strikes (1956)
as Emily Parsons
First Love (1939)
as Agnes, Barbara's Maid
Career (1959)
as Marie
Don Juan Quilligan (1945)
as Lucy Blake
One Exciting Week (1946)
as Mabel Taylor
A Day at Santa Anita (1937)
as Mary Treen (uncredited)
The Navy Way (1944)
as Agnes
Father Takes a Wife (1941)
as Secretary
Hands Across the Border (1944)
as Sophie Lawrence
Kentucky Moonshine (1938)
as Sugar Hatfield
Calling Homicide (1956)
as Flo Burton - Script Girl (uncredited)
God's Country and the Woman (1937)
as Miss Flint
Ever Since Eve (1937)
as Employment Clerk
Down the Stretch (1936)
as Nurse
The Case of the Lucky Legs (1935)
as Spudsy's Wife
Blonde from Brooklyn (1945)
as Diane Peabody
Rascals (1938)
as Waiting Room Patient
Swing Parade of 1946 (1946)
as Marie Finch
Dreamboat (1952)
as Wife in Hotel Bar (uncredited)
Mystery Broadcast (1943)
as Smitty
She Wouldn't Say Yes (1945)
as Train Passenger at Bar
Mr. Dodd Takes the Air (1937)
as Fan with Locket (uncredited)
I'll Give a Million (1938)
as Nanette
Merton of the Movies (1947)
as Gladys (uncredited)
The Night Before the Divorce (1942)
as Olga
Double Alibi (1940)
as Hospital Switchboard Operator
Talent Scout (1937)
as Janet Morris
Viennese Nights (1930)
as Shocked Woman on Street (uncredited)
The Golden Arrow (1936)
as Appleby's Secretary (uncredited)
Traveling Saleslady (1935)
as Miss Wells
Blue of the Night (1931)
as Gamma Gamma Gamma Girl in Nightclub with Glasses
Second Honeymoon (1937)
as Elsie
Babbitt (1934)
as Miss McGoun
Flight for Freedom (1943)
as Newspaper Woman (uncredited)
Colleen (1936)
as Miss Hively (uncredited)
Shipmates Forever (1935)
as Cowboy's Girl (uncredited)
Freshman Love (1936)
as Squirmy
Don't Bet on Blondes (1935)
as Owen's Secretary
Miss Pacific Fleet (1935)
as Violet Johnson - Butch's Girl (uncredited)
Dad for a Day (1939)
as Employment Agency Receptionist
Page Miss Glory (1935)
as Beauty Shop Operator
The Sad Sack (1957)
as Sgt. Hansen
Let's Live a Little (1948)
as Miss Adams
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven (1948)
as Wife (uncredited)
Marry the Girl (1937)
as Nurse locked in room
Public Pigeon No. 1 (1957)
as Mrs. Bates (uncredited)
Maybe It's Love (1935)
as Secretary (uncredited)
Brides Are Like That (1936)
as Jennie
Romance in the Air (1936)
as Blondie
Broadway Hostess (1935)
as Nurse (uncredited)
Broadway Gondolier (1935)
as 2nd Irate Caller
Wait Till Your Mother Gets Home (1983)
as Mrs. Olsen
Between Us Girls (1942)
as Mary Belle
Love Begins at Twenty (1936)
as Alice Gillingwater
Missing Witnesses (1937)
as Woman Waiting in Lane's Office (uncredited)
Always Goodbye (1938)
as Al's Bride-to-Be (uncredited)
Change of Heart (1938)
as Stenographer
Jailbreak (1936)
as Gladys Joy
Swing with Bing (1940)
as Herself
The Captain's Kid (1936)
as Libby, the Housekeeper
A Likely Story (1947)
as Nurse (uncredited)
Public Enemy's Wife (1936)
as Telephone Operator
Red Hot Tires (1935)
as Maggie
Young Fugitives (1938)
as Kathy
Pride of the Navy (1939)
as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Murder by an Aristocrat (1936)
as Florrie
Black Diamonds (1940)
as Nina Norton
Lady Bodyguard (1943)
as Miss Tracy
Clipped Wings (1953)
as Mildred
High Powered (1945)
as Cassie McQuade
Surprise (1930)
as Mary - Oswald's Wife
A Night at the Ritz (1935)
as Isabelle
Dance Charlie Dance (1937)
as Jennie Wolfe
My Heart Belongs to Daddy (1942)
as Dawn
Sweet Music (1935)
as Woman at train station (uncredited)
A Star Is Shorn (1939)
as Patsy
Rodeo Dough (1940)
as Mary
Rhumba Rhythm at the Hollywood La Conga (1939)
as Mary
Tahiti Nights (1944)
as Mata
Fugitive in the Sky (1936)
as Agatha Ormsby