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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.
1988 | James Stewart: A Wonderful Life as Self (archive footage) |
1983 | Wait Till Your Mother Gets Home |
1978 | Goodbye, Franklin High as Teacher |
1975 | The Strongest Man in the World as Mercedes |
1966 | Paradise, Hawaiian Style as Mrs. Belden |
1963 | Jerry Lewis Aptal Tezgâhtar as Mattress Customer |
1963 | Fun in Acapulco as Mrs. Stevers (uncredited) |
1962 | Kızlar Arasında as Mrs. Figgot |
1961 | The Errand Boy as Commissary Cashier |
1961 | Bachelor in Paradise as Mrs. Bruce Freedman (uncredited) |
1961 | All in a Night's Work as Miss Schuster |
1959 | Career as Marie, Secretary to Shirley Drake |
1958 | I Married a Monster from Outer Space as Mother Bradley (uncredited) |
1958 | Rock-a-Bye Baby as Nurse |
1957 | The Sad Sack as Sgt. Hansen |
1957 | The Joker is Wild as Heckler (uncredited) |
1957 | Last Stagecoach West |
1957 | Durango'da Düello as Miss Henderson |
1956 | 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 |
1953 | Clipped Wings as Mildred |
1953 | Let's Do It Again as Nelly |
1952 | Dreamboat as Wife in Hotel Bar |
1952 | Sailor Beware as Ginger |
1952 | Room for One More as Grace Roberts (as Mary Lou Treen) |
1951 | The Stooge as Ms. Regan (uncredited) |
1950 | The Fuller Brush Girl as Woman Selling Magazine (uncredited) |
1950 | Young Daniel Boone as Helen Bryan |
1949 | And Baby Makes Three as Pregnant woman |
1948 | Let's Live a Little as Miss Adams |
1948 | The Snake Pit as Nurse Jones |
1948 | Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven as Wife (uncredited) |
1948 | Shed No Tears as Hilda (Uncredited) |
1947 | Merton of the Movies as Gladys (uncredited) |
1947 | A Likely Story as Nurse (uncredited) |
1946 | Şahane Hayat 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 |
1945 | 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 |
1944 | 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 |
1943 | 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 |
1942 | 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 | Soaring Stars as Autograph Seeker |
1942 | The Night Before the Divorce as Olga |
1941 | 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 |
1940 | Kitty Foyle as Pat |
1940 | Rodeo Dough as Mary |
1940 | Black Diamonds as Nina Norton |
1940 | Swing with Bing as Herself |
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 |
1939 | 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 | A Star Is Shorn as Patsy |
1939 | Happily Buried as Waitress |
1939 | Three Smart Girls Grow Up as Secretary |
1939 | Pride of the Navy as Undetermined Role (uncredited) |
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 |
1937 | 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 |
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 |
1936 | 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 the maid |
1936 | The Golden Arrow as Appleby's Secretary (uncredited) |
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 |
1935 | 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) |
1934 | Babbitt as Miss McGoun |
1934 | Happiness Ahead as Bob's Friend Celebrating New Year's Eve |
1931 | Blue of the Night as Gamma Gamma Gamma Girl in Nightclub with Glasses |
1930 | Viennese Nights as Shocked Woman on Street (uncredited) |
1930 | Surprise as Mary - Oswald's Wife |
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