Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
March 27, 1907
Place of Birth:
Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
Social Media
Mary Treen
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.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | James Stewart: A Wonderful Life | Self (archive footage) |
| 1983 | Wait Till Your Mother Gets Home | Mrs. Olsen |
| 1978 | Goodbye, Franklin High | Teacher |
| 1975 | The Strongest Man in the World | Mercedes |
| 1966 | Paradise, Hawaiian Style | Mrs. Belden |
| 1963 | Who's Minding the Store? | Mattress Customer |
| 1963 | Fun in Acapulco | Mrs. Stevers (uncredited) |
| 1962 | Girls! Girls! Girls! | Mrs. Figgot |
| 1961 | Bachelor in Paradise | Mrs. Bruce Freedman (uncredited) |
| 1961 | The Errand Boy | Commissary Cashier |
| 1961 | All in a Night's Work | Miss Schuster |
| 1959 | Career | Marie, Secretary to Shirley Drake |
| 1958 | Rock-a-Bye Baby | Nurse |
| 1958 | I Married a Monster from Outer Space | Mother Bradley (uncredited) |
| 1957 | The Sad Sack | Sgt. Hansen |
| 1957 | Gun Duel In Durango | Miss Henderson |
| 1957 | The Joker is Wild | Heckler (uncredited) |
| 1957 | Last Stagecoach West | |
| 1957 | Public Pigeon No. 1 | Mrs. Bates (uncredited) |
| 1956 | Bundle of Joy | Matron |
| 1956 | Calling Homicide | Flo Burton - Script Girl (uncredited) |
| 1956 | When Gangland Strikes | Emily Parsons |
| 1956 | The Birds and the Bees | Mrs. Burnside |
| 1953 | Let's Do It Again | Nelly |
| 1953 | Clipped Wings | Mildred |
| 1952 | Dreamboat | Wife in Hotel Bar |
| 1952 | Room for One More | Grace Roberts (as Mary Lou Treen) |
| 1952 | Sailor Beware | Ginger |
| 1951 | The Stooge | Ms. Regan (uncredited) |
| 1950 | The Fuller Brush Girl | Woman Selling Magazine (uncredited) |
| 1950 | Young Daniel Boone | Helen Bryan |
| 1949 | And Baby Makes Three | Pregnant woman |
| 1948 | Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven | Wife (uncredited) |
| 1948 | Shed No Tears | Hilda (Uncredited) |
| 1948 | The Snake Pit | Nurse Jones |
| 1948 | Let's Live a Little | Miss Adams |
| 1947 | A Likely Story | Nurse (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Merton of the Movies | Gladys (uncredited) |
| 1946 | It's a Wonderful Life | Cousin Tilly |
| 1946 | Strange Impersonation | Talkative nurse |
| 1946 | From This Day Forward | Alice Beesley |
| 1946 | One Exciting Week | Mabel Taylor |
| 1946 | Swing Parade of 1946 | Marie Finch |
| 1946 | A Guy Could Change | Grace Conley |
| 1945 | She Wouldn't Say Yes | Train Passenger at Bar |
| 1945 | Blonde from Brooklyn | Diane Peabody |
| 1945 | High Powered | Cassie McQuade |
| 1945 | Don Juan Quilligan | Lucy Blake |
| 1944 | Casanova Brown | Monica Case, the Maid |
| 1944 | Hands Across the Border | Sophie Lawrence |
| 1944 | I Love a Soldier | Cecilia 'Cissy' Grant |
| 1944 | Swing in the Saddle | Addie LaTour |
| 1944 | Tahiti Nights | Mata |
| 1944 | The Navy Way | Agnes |
| 1943 | Flight for Freedom | Newspaper Woman (uncredited) |
| 1943 | So Proudly We Hail | Lt. Sadie Schwartz |
| 1943 | Mystery Broadcast | Smitty |
| 1943 | The Powers Girl | Nancy |
| 1943 | Hit Parade of 1943 | Janie |
| 1943 | They Got Me Covered | Helen |
| 1943 | Thank Your Lucky Stars | Autograph Seeker (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Lady Bodyguard | Miss Tracy |
| 1942 | Stand By All Networks | Nora Cassidy |
| 1942 | Soaring Stars | Autograph Seeker |
| 1942 | The Night Before the Divorce | Olga |
| 1942 | Between Us Girls | Mary Belle |
| 1942 | My Heart Belongs to Daddy | Dawn |
| 1942 | They All Kissed the Bride | Susie Johnson |
| 1941 | Tall, Dark and Handsome | Martha |
| 1941 | You Belong to Me | Doris |
| 1941 | The Great Man's Lady | Persis |
| 1941 | Pacific Blackout | Irene |
| 1941 | Father Takes a Wife | Secretary |
| 1940 | Girl in 313 | Jenny, Hotel Maid |
| 1940 | Kitty Foyle | Pat |
| 1940 | Rodeo Dough | Mary |
| 1940 | Danger On Wheels | Esme |
| 1940 | Black Diamonds | Nina Norton |
| 1940 | Double Alibi | Hospital Switchboard Operator |
| 1940 | Swing with Bing | Herself |
| 1940 | Queen of the Mob | Billy's Nurse |
| 1939 | Pride of the Navy | Undetermined Role (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Dad for a Day | Employment Agency Receptionist |
| 1939 | A Star Is Shorn | Patsy |
| 1939 | Three Smart Girls Grow Up | Secretary |
| 1939 | First Love | Agnes, Barbara's Maid |
| 1939 | Babes in Arms | Receptionist (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Rhumba Rhythm at the Hollywood La Conga | Mary |
| 1939 | Happily Buried | Waitress |
| 1938 | Kentucky Moonshine | Sugar Hatfield |
| 1938 | Swing It, Sailor! | Gertie Burns |
| 1938 | Always Goodbye | Al's Bride-to-Be (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Sally, Irene and Mary | Miss Barkow |
| 1938 | Young Fugitives | Kathy |
| 1938 | I'll Give a Million | Nanette |
| 1938 | Change of Heart | Stenographer |
| 1938 | Rascals | Waiting Room Patient |
| 1937 | They Gave Him a Gun | Saxe |
| 1937 | God's Country and the Woman | Miss Flint |
| 1937 | Marry the Girl | Nurse locked in room |
| 1937 | A Day at Santa Anita | Mary Treen (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Ever Since Eve | Employment Clerk |
| 1937 | Dance Charlie Dance | Jennie Wolfe |
| 1937 | Missing Witnesses | Woman Waiting in Lane's Office (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Maid of Salem | Susy Abbott |
| 1937 | Talent Scout | Janet Morris |
| 1937 | The Go-Getter | Mrs. Blair |
| 1937 | Second Honeymoon | Elsie |
| 1937 | Mr. Dodd Takes the Air | Fan with Locket (uncredited) |
| 1936 | The Murder of Dr. Harrigan | Nurse Margaret Brody |
| 1936 | Colleen | Miss Hively (uncredited) |
| 1936 | Down the Stretch | Nurse |
| 1936 | Murder by an Aristocrat | Florrie the maid |
| 1936 | Fugitive in the Sky | Agatha Ormsby |
| 1936 | Jailbreak | Gladys Joy |
| 1936 | Freshman Love | Squirmy |
| 1936 | Love Begins at Twenty | Alice Gillingwater |
| 1936 | Brides Are Like That | Jennie |
| 1936 | The Captain's Kid | Libby, the Housekeeper |
| 1936 | Snowed Under | Secretary Taking Mike's Dictation (uncredited) |
| 1936 | The Golden Arrow | Appleby's Secretary (uncredited) |
| 1936 | Public Enemy's Wife | Telephone Operator |
| 1936 | Romance in the Air | Blondie |
| 1935 | The Case of the Lucky Legs | Spudsy's Wife |
| 1935 | Sweet Music | Woman at train station (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Broadway Hostess | Nurse (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Maybe It's Love | Secretary (uncredited) |
| 1935 | I Live for Love | Clementine |
| 1935 | Red Hot Tires | Maggie |
| 1935 | Broadway Gondolier | 2nd Irate Caller |
| 1935 | Dangerous | |
| 1935 | 'G' Men | Gregory's Secretary (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Page Miss Glory | Beauty Shop Operator |
| 1935 | Traveling Saleslady | Miss Wells |
| 1935 | A Night at the Ritz | Isabelle |
| 1935 | Miss Pacific Fleet | Violet Johnson - Butch's Girl (uncredited) |
| 1935 | The Case of the Curious Bride | Telegraph Office Clerk (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Front Page Woman | Nurse (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Shipmates Forever | Cowboy's Girl (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Don't Bet on Blondes | Owen's Secretary |
| 1934 | Happiness Ahead | Bob's Friend Celebrating New Year's Eve |
| 1934 | Babbitt | Miss McGoun |
| 1931 | Blue of the Night | Gamma Gamma Gamma Girl in Nightclub with Glasses |
| 1930 | Viennese Nights | Shocked Woman on Street (uncredited) |
| 1930 | Surprise | Mary - Oswald's Wife |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | The Love Boat | Sister #2 |
| 1974 | Happy Days | Miss Prism |
| 1969 | Love, American Style | Miss Crenshaw |
| 1969 | The Bill Cosby Show | Mrs. Drucker |
| 1969 | Love, American Style | Clerk |
| 1968 | Here's Lucy | Mary Winters |
| 1965 | Please Don't Eat the Daisies | Mabel |
| 1965 | Green Acres | Telephone Operator |
| 1964 | Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. | Woman #1 |
| 1961 | The Joey Bishop Show | Hilda |
| 1961 | Hazel | Nurse |
| 1960 | The Andy Griffith Show | Clara Lindsey |
| 1960 | The Andy Griffith Show | Rose Pine |
| 1960 | Surfside 6 | Hotel Plaza Desk Clerk (uncredited) |
| 1959 | Bonanza | Mrs. Shaughnessy |
| 1959 | Bonanza | Annie Wilson |
| 1959 | Dennis the Menace | Cook |
| 1958 | The Donna Reed Show | Miss Winters |
| 1958 | The Donna Reed Show | Sunny Cooper |
| 1958 | The Donna Reed Show | Mrs. Larson |
| 1957 | Perry Mason | Bess |
| 1957 | Wagon Train | Bessie Treymore (uncredited) |
| 1956 | Hey, Jeannie! | Katie |
| 1954 | Willy | |
| 1954 | December Bride | Mrs. Schultz |
| 1954 | The Wonderful World of Disney | Dress Shop Owner (uncredited) |
| 1953 | Letter to Loretta | Aunt Gladys |
| 1952 | Four Star Playhouse | Madeline |
| 1952 | The Ford Television Theatre | |
| 1951 | The Red Skelton Show | Girl in Park |
| 1950 | The Gene Autry Show | Adele Tompkins |
| 1950 | The Colgate Comedy Hour | Self (uncredited) |
| 1950 | The Jack Benny Program | Singer at Party |
| 1950 | The Jack Benny Program | Mrs. Jameson |
| 1950 | The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show | Mrs. Curtis |
| 1950 | The Gene Autry Show | Netty Blinkensop |
| 1949 | The Life of Riley | Millie - Stevenson's Secretary |