Portrait of Mary Treen

Mary Treen

Acting

Biography

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.

Born: March 27, 1907

Place of Birth: Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

Filmography

1987
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

as Self (archive footage)

1977
The Love Boat

as Sister #2

1974
Happy Days

as Miss Prism

1969
Love, American Style

as Miss Crenshaw

1969
The Bill Cosby Show

as Mrs. Drucker

1968
Here's Lucy

as Mary Winters

1966
1965
Green Acres

as Telephone Operator

1964
1963
Who's Minding the Store?

as Mattress Customer

1963
Fun in Acapulco

as Mrs. Stevers (uncredited)

1962
Girls! Girls! Girls!

as Mrs. Figgot

1961
The Errand Boy

as Commissary Cashier

1961
Bachelor in Paradise

as Mrs. Bruce Freedman (uncredited)

1961
Hazel

as Nurse

1961
All in a Night's Work

as Miss Schuster

1960
Surfside 6

as Hotel Plaza Desk Clerk (uncredited)

1960
The Andy Griffith Show

as Clara Lindsey

1960
1959
Career

as Marie, Secretary to Shirley Drake

1959
Bonanza

as Mrs. Shaughnessy

1959
Bonanza

as Annie Wilson

1958
I Married a Monster from Outer Space

as Mother Bradley (uncredited)

1958
The Donna Reed Show

as Mrs. Larson

1958
The Donna Reed Show

as Sunny Cooper

1958
The Donna Reed Show

as Miss Winters

1958
1957
The Sad Sack

as Sgt. Hansen

1957
The Joker is Wild

as Heckler (uncredited)

1957
1957
Wagon Train

as Bessie Treymore (uncredited)

1957
Public Pigeon No. 1

as Mrs. Bates (uncredited)

1957
Gun Duel in Durango

as Miss Henderson

1956
Bundle of Joy

as Matron

1956
Calling Homicide

as Flo Burton - Script Girl (uncredited)

1956
The Birds and the Bees

as Mrs. Burnside

1956
When Gangland Strikes

as Emily Parsons

1954
The Wonderful World of Disney

as Dress Shop Owner (uncredited)

1954
December Bride

as Mrs. Schultz

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Aunt Gladys

1953
Clipped Wings

as Mildred

1953
1952
Dreamboat

as Wife in Hotel Bar

1952
Sailor Beware

as Ginger

1952
Room for One More

as Grace Roberts (as Mary Lou Treen)

1951
The Stooge

as Ms. Regan (uncredited)

1951
The Red Skelton Show

as Girl in Park

1950
The Jack Benny Program

as Singer at Party

1950
The Jack Benny Program

as Mrs. Jameson

1950
The Fuller Brush Girl

as Woman Selling Magazine (uncredited)

1950
The Colgate Comedy Hour

as Self (uncredited)

1950
The Gene Autry Show

as Adele Tompkins

1950
The Gene Autry Show

as Netty Blinkensop

1950
Young Daniel Boone

as Helen Bryan

1949
And Baby Makes Three

as Pregnant woman

1949
The Life of Riley

as Millie - Stevenson's Secretary

1948
Let's Live a Little

as Miss Adams

1948
The Snake Pit

as Nurse Jones

1948
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven

as Wife (uncredited)

1948
Shed No Tears

as Hilda (Uncredited)

1947
Merton of the Movies

as Gladys (uncredited)

1947
A Likely Story

as Nurse (uncredited)

1946
It's a Wonderful Life

as Cousin Tilly

1946
One Exciting Week

as Mabel Taylor

1946
Swing Parade of 1946

as Marie Finch

1946
Strange Impersonation

as Talkative nurse

1946
From This Day Forward

as Alice Beesley

1946
A Guy Could Change

as Grace Conley

1945
She Wouldn't Say Yes

as Train Passenger at Bar

1945
Blonde from Brooklyn

as Diane Peabody

1945
Don Juan Quilligan

as Lucy Blake

1945
High Powered

as Cassie McQuade

1944
1944
Casanova Brown

as Monica Case, the Maid

1944
Swing in the Saddle

as Addie LaTour

1944
I Love a Soldier

as Cecilia 'Cissy' Grant

1944
The Navy Way

as Agnes

1944
Hands Across the Border

as Sophie Lawrence

1943
1943
Thank Your Lucky Stars

as Autograph Seeker (uncredited)

1943
So Proudly We Hail

as Lt. Sadie Schwartz

1943
Flight for Freedom

as Newspaper Woman (uncredited)

1943
1943
1943
Lady Bodyguard

as Miss Tracy

1942
Stand By All Networks

as Nora Cassidy

1942
Between Us Girls

as Mary Belle

1942
1941
1941
1941
1940
1940
1940
Black Diamonds

as Nina Norton

1940
Queen of the Mob

as Billy's Nurse

1940
Girl in 313

as Jenny, Hotel Maid

1940
Double Alibi

as Hospital Switchboard Operator

1940
1939
First Love

as Agnes, Barbara's Maid

1939
Dad for a Day

as Employment Agency Receptionist

1939
Babes in Arms

as Receptionist (uncredited)

1939
When Tomorrow Comes

as Waitress (uncredited)

1939
1939
Happily Buried

as Waitress

1938
1938
1938
Always Goodbye

as Al's Bride-to-Be (uncredited)

1938
Rascals

as Waiting Room Patient

1938
Kentucky Moonshine

as Sugar Hatfield

1938
Sally, Irene and Mary

as Miss Barkow

1938
Swing It, Sailor!

as Gertie Burns

1938
Change of Heart

as Stenographer

1937
Missing Witnesses

as Woman Waiting in Lane's Office (uncredited)

1937
1937
Mr. Dodd Takes the Air

as Fan with Locket (uncredited)

1937
Talent Scout

as Janet Morris

1937
Ever Since Eve

as Employment Clerk

1937
Marry the Girl

as Nurse locked in room

1937
Dance Charlie Dance

as Jennie Wolfe

1937
The Go-Getter

as Mrs. Blair

1937
A Day at Santa Anita

as Mary Treen (uncredited)

1937
Maid of Salem

as Susy Abbott

1936
Fugitive in the Sky

as Agatha Ormsby

1936
The Captain's Kid

as Libby, the Housekeeper

1936
1936
Love Begins at Twenty

as Alice Gillingwater

1936
Jailbreak

as Gladys Joy

1936
Public Enemy's Wife

as Telephone Operator

1936
The Golden Arrow

as Appleby's Secretary (uncredited)

1936
1936
Snowed Under

as Secretary Taking Mike's Dictation (uncredited)

1936
Colleen

as Miss Hively (uncredited)

1936
Freshman Love

as Squirmy

1936
The Murder of Dr. Harrigan

as Nurse Margaret Brody

1935
Miss Pacific Fleet

as Violet Johnson - Butch's Girl (uncredited)

1935
Broadway Hostess

as Nurse (uncredited)

1935
Shipmates Forever

as Cowboy's Girl (uncredited)

1935
1935
I Live for Love

as Clementine

1935
Page Miss Glory

as Beauty Shop Operator

1935
Broadway Gondolier

as 2nd Irate Caller

1935
Don't Bet on Blondes

as Owen's Secretary

1935
Front Page Woman

as Nurse (uncredited)

1935
'G' Men

as Gregory's Secretary (uncredited)

1935
The Case of the Curious Bride

as Telegraph Office Clerk (uncredited)

1935
Traveling Saleslady

as Miss Wells

1935
1935
Sweet Music

as Woman at train station (uncredited)

1935
Red Hot Tires

as Maggie

1935
Maybe It's Love

as Secretary (uncredited)

1934
Babbitt

as Miss McGoun

1934
Happiness Ahead

as Bob's Friend Celebrating New Year's Eve

1931
Blue of the Night

as Gamma Gamma Gamma Girl in Nightclub with Glasses

1930
Viennese Nights

as Shocked Woman on Street (uncredited)

1930
Surprise

as Mary - Oswald's Wife