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