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