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