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