Actor
· Acting
Mary Treen
Born 1907-03-27
Died 1989-07-20
📍 Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
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.
Filmography 178
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self (archive footage)
1987
Wait Till Your Mother Gets Home
as Mrs. Olsen
1983
Goodbye, Franklin High
as Teacher
1978
The Love Boat
as Sister #2
1977
The Strongest Man in the World
as Mercedes
1975
Happy Days
as Miss Prism
1974
Love, American Style
as Miss Crenshaw
1969
Love, American Style
as Clerk
1969
The Bill Cosby Show
as Mrs. Drucker
1969
Here's Lucy
as Mary Winters
1968
Paradise, Hawaiian Style
as Mrs. Belden
1966
Green Acres
as Telephone Operator
1965
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
as Mabel
1965
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
as Woman #1
1964
Who's Minding the Store?
as Mattress Customer
1963
Fun in Acapulco
as Mrs. Stevers (uncredited)
1963
Girls! Girls! Girls!
as Mrs. Figgot
1962
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
1961
Surfside 6
as Hotel Plaza Desk Clerk (uncredited)
1960
The Andy Griffith Show
as Clara Lindsey
1960
The Andy Griffith Show
as Rose Pine
1960
Career
as Marie, Secretary to Shirley Drake
1959
Dennis the Menace
as Cook
1959
Bonanza
as Mrs. Shaughnessy
1959
Bonanza
as Annie Wilson
1959
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
Rock-a-Bye Baby
as Nurse
1958
The Sad Sack
as Sgt. Hansen
1957
The Joker is Wild
as Heckler (uncredited)
1957
Perry Mason
as Bess
1957
Wagon Train
as Bessie Treymore (uncredited)
1957
Last Stagecoach West
1957
Public Pigeon No. 1
as Mrs. Bates (uncredited)
1957
Gun Duel in Durango
as Miss Henderson
1957
Down Liberty Road
as Secretary (Uncredited)
1957
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
1956
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Dress Shop Owner (uncredited)
1954
December Bride
as Mrs. Schultz
1954
Letter to Loretta
as Aunt Gladys
1953
Clipped Wings
as Mildred
1953
Let's Do It Again
as Nelly
1953
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
Dreamboat
as Wife in Hotel Bar (uncredited)
1952
Sailor Beware
as Ginger
1952
Room for One More
as Grace Roberts (as Mary Lou Treen)
1952
The Stooge
as Ms. Regan (uncredited)
1951
The Red Skelton Show
as Girl in Park
1951
The Jack Benny Program
as Mrs. Jameson
1950
The Jack Benny Program
as Singer at Party
1950
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
as Mrs. Curtis
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
1950
And Baby Makes Three
as Pregnant woman
1949
The Life of Riley
as Millie - Stevenson's Secretary
1949
Let's Live a Little
as Miss Adams
1948
The Snake Pit
as Nurse Jones (uncredited)
1948
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
as Wife (uncredited)
1948
Shed No Tears
as Hilda (Uncredited)
1948
Merton of the Movies
as Gladys (uncredited)
1947
A Likely Story
as Nurse (uncredited)
1947
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
1946
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
1945
Tahiti Nights
as Mata
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
1944
Mystery Broadcast
as Smitty
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
Hit Parade of 1943
as Janie
1943
They Got Me Covered
as Helen
1943
The Powers Girl
as Nancy
1943
Lady Bodyguard
as Miss Tracy
1943
My Heart Belongs to Daddy
as Dawn
1942
Stand By All Networks
as Nora Cassidy
1942
Between Us Girls
as Mary Belle
1942
They All Kissed the Bride
as Susie Johnson
1942
The Night Before the Divorce
as Olga
1942
Pacific Blackout
as Irene
1941
The Great Man's Lady
as Persis
1941
You Belong to Me
as Doris
1941
Father Takes a Wife
as Secretary
1941
Tall, Dark and Handsome
as Martha
1941
Kitty Foyle
as Pat
1940
Rodeo Dough
as Mary
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
Danger On Wheels
as Esme
1940
First Love
as Agnes, Barbara's Maid
1939
Dad for a Day
as Employment Agency Receptionist
1939
Babes in Arms
as Receptionist (uncredited)
1939
Rhumba Rhythm at the Hollywood La Conga
as Mary
1939
When Tomorrow Comes
as Waitress (uncredited)
1939
A Star Is Shorn
as Patsy
1939
Happily Buried
as Waitress
1939
Three Smart Girls Grow Up
as Secretary
1939
Strange Faces
as Lorry May
1938
I'll Give a Million
as Nanette
1938
Young Fugitives
as Kathy
1938
Always Goodbye
as Al's Bride-to-Be (uncredited)
1938
Kentucky Moonshine
as Sugar Hatfield
1938
Rascals
as Waiting Room Patient
1938
Sally, Irene and Mary
as Miss Barkow
1938
Swing It, Sailor!
as Gertie Burns
1938
Change of Heart
as Stenographer
1938
Missing Witnesses
as Woman Waiting in Lane's Office (uncredited)
1937
Second Honeymoon
as Elsie
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
A Day at Santa Anita
as Mary Treen (uncredited)
1937
The Go-Getter
as Mrs. Blair
1937
They Gave Him a Gun
as Saxe
1937
Maid of Salem
as Susy Abbott
1937
God's Country and the Woman
as Miss Flint
1937
Fugitive in the Sky
as Agatha Ormsby
1936
The Captain's Kid
as Libby, the Housekeeper
1936
Down the Stretch
as Nurse
1936
Love Begins at Twenty
as Alice Gillingwater
1936
Jailbreak
as Gladys Joy
1936
Public Enemy's Wife
as Telephone Operator
1936
Murder by an Aristocrat
as Florrie
1936
The Golden Arrow
as Appleby's Secretary (uncredited)
1936
Romance in the Air
as Blondie
1936
Brides Are Like That
as Jennie
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
1936
Dangerous
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
The Case of the Lucky Legs
as Spudsy's Wife
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
A Night at the Ritz
as Isabelle
1935
Sweet Music
as Woman at train station (uncredited)
1935
Red Hot Tires
as Maggie
1935
Maybe It's Love
as Secretary (uncredited)
1935
Babbitt
as Miss McGoun
1934
Happiness Ahead
as Bob's Friend Celebrating New Year's Eve
1934
Blue of the Night
as Gamma Gamma Gamma Girl in Nightclub with Glasses
1931
Viennese Nights
as Shocked Woman on Street (uncredited)
1930
Surprise
as Mary - Oswald's Wife
1930