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