Mary Treen
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1907-03-27
Day of Death
1989-07-20 (82 years old)
Place of Birth
Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
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
Acting
(1987)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self (archive footage)
(1983)
Wait Till Your Mother Gets Home
as Mrs. Olsen
(1978)
Goodbye, Franklin High
as Teacher
(1975)
The Strongest Man in the World
as Mercedes
(1966)
Paradise, Hawaiian Style
as Mrs. Belden
(1963)
Fun in Acapulco
as Mrs. Stevers (uncredited)
(1963)
Who's Minding the Store?
as Mattress Customer
(1962)
Girls! Girls! Girls!
as Mrs. Figgot
(1961)
The Errand Boy
as Commissary Cashier
(1961)
All in a Night's Work
as Miss Schuster
(1961)
Bachelor in Paradise
as Mrs. Bruce Freedman (uncredited)
(1959)
Career
as Marie, Secretary to Shirley Drake
(1958)
Rock-a-Bye Baby
as Nurse
(1958)
I Married a Monster from Outer Space
as Mother Bradley (uncredited)
(1957)
Gun Duel in Durango
as Miss Henderson
(1957)
The Sad Sack
as Sgt. Hansen
(1957)
The Joker is Wild
as Heckler (uncredited)
(1957)
Public Pigeon No. 1
as Mrs. Bates (uncredited)
(1957)
(1956)
The Birds and the Bees
as Mrs. Burnside
(1956)
Bundle of Joy
as Matron
(1956)
When Gangland Strikes
as Emily Parsons
(1956)
Calling Homicide
as Flo Burton - Script Girl (uncredited)
(1953)
Let's Do It Again
as Nelly
(1953)
Clipped Wings
as Mildred
(1952)
Sailor Beware
as Ginger
(1952)
Dreamboat
as Wife in Hotel Bar
(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)
The Snake Pit
as Nurse Jones
(1948)
Shed No Tears
as Hilda (Uncredited)
(1948)
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
as Wife (uncredited)
(1948)
Let's Live a Little
as Miss Adams
(1947)
Merton of the Movies
as Gladys (uncredited)
(1947)
A Likely Story
as Nurse (uncredited)
(1946)
It's a Wonderful Life
as Cousin Tilly
(1946)
Swing Parade of 1946
as Marie Finch
(1946)
Strange Impersonation
as Talkative nurse
(1946)
From This Day Forward
as Alice Beesley
(1946)
One Exciting Week
as Mabel Taylor
(1946)
A Guy Could Change
as Grace Conley
(1945)
Blonde from Brooklyn
as Diane Peabody
(1945)
She Wouldn't Say Yes
as Train Passenger at Bar
(1945)
Don Juan Quilligan
as Lucy Blake
(1945)
High Powered
as Cassie McQuade
(1944)
Hands Across the Border
as Sophie Lawrence
(1944)
The Navy Way
as Agnes
(1944)
Swing in the Saddle
as Addie LaTour
(1944)
Casanova Brown
as Monica Case, the Maid
(1944)
I Love a Soldier
as Cecilia 'Cissy' Grant
(1944)
Tahiti Nights
as Mata
(1943)
So Proudly We Hail
as Lt. Sadie Schwartz
(1943)
Thank Your Lucky Stars
as Autograph Seeker (uncredited)
(1943)
They Got Me Covered
as Helen
(1943)
Hit Parade of 1943
as Janie
(1943)
Mystery Broadcast
as Smitty
(1943)
The Powers Girl
as Nancy
(1943)
Flight for Freedom
as Newspaper Woman (uncredited)
(1943)
Lady Bodyguard
as Miss Tracy
(1942)
They All Kissed the Bride
as Susie Johnson
(1942)
The Night Before the Divorce
as Olga
(1942)
Soaring Stars
as Autograph Seeker
(1942)
Between Us Girls
as Mary Belle
(1942)
Stand By All Networks
as Nora Cassidy
(1942)
My Heart Belongs to Daddy
as Dawn
(1941)
The Great Man's Lady
as Persis
(1941)
You Belong to Me
as Doris
(1941)
Tall, Dark and Handsome
as Martha
(1941)
Pacific Blackout
as Irene
(1941)
Father Takes a Wife
as Secretary
(1940)
Kitty Foyle
as Pat
(1940)
Danger On Wheels
as Esme
(1940)
Double Alibi
as Hospital Switchboard Operator
(1940)
Queen of the Mob
as Billy's Nurse
(1940)
Rodeo Dough
as Mary
(1940)
Swing with Bing
as Herself
(1940)
Girl in 313
as Jenny, Hotel Maid
(1940)
Black Diamonds
as Nina Norton
(1939)
When Tomorrow Comes
as Waitress (uncredited)
(1939)
Three Smart Girls Grow Up
as Secretary
(1939)
Babes in Arms
as Receptionist (uncredited)
(1939)
Dad for a Day
as Employment Agency Receptionist
(1939)
Happily Buried
as Waitress
(1939)
First Love
as Agnes, Barbara's Maid
(1939)
A Star Is Shorn
as Patsy
(1939)
Pride of the Navy
as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
(1939)
(1938)
Always Goodbye
as Al's Bride-to-Be (uncredited)
(1938)
I'll Give a Million
as Nanette
(1938)
Change of Heart
as Stenographer
(1938)
Rascals
as Waiting Room Patient
(1938)
Sally, Irene and Mary
as Miss Barkow
(1938)
Kentucky Moonshine
as Sugar Hatfield
(1938)
Young Fugitives
as Kathy
(1938)
Swing It, Sailor!
as Gertie Burns
(1937)
Maid of Salem
as Susy Abbott
(1937)
Second Honeymoon
as Elsie
(1937)
The Go-Getter
as Mrs. Blair
(1937)
They Gave Him a Gun
as Saxe
(1937)
A Day at Santa Anita
as Mary Treen (uncredited)
(1937)
Mr. Dodd Takes the Air
as Fan with Locket (uncredited)
(1937)
Dance Charlie Dance
as Jennie Wolfe
(1937)
Ever Since Eve
as Employment Clerk
(1937)
Marry the Girl
as Nurse locked in room
(1937)
God's Country and the Woman
as Miss Flint
(1937)
Missing Witnesses
as Woman Waiting in Lane's Office (uncredited)
(1937)
Talent Scout
as Janet Morris
(1936)
Brides Are Like That
as Jennie
(1936)
Colleen
as Miss Hively (uncredited)
(1936)
Jailbreak
as Gladys Joy
(1936)
Snowed Under
as Secretary Taking Mike's Dictation (uncredited)
(1936)
Public Enemy's Wife
as Telephone Operator
(1936)
Fugitive in the Sky
as Agatha Ormsby
(1936)
The Captain's Kid
as Libby, the Housekeeper
(1936)
Murder by an Aristocrat
as Florrie the maid
(1936)
Freshman Love
as Squirmy
(1936)
The Murder of Dr. Harrigan
as Nurse Margaret Brody
(1936)
Love Begins at Twenty
as Alice Gillingwater
(1936)
Down the Stretch
as Nurse
(1936)
The Golden Arrow
as Appleby's Secretary (uncredited)
(1936)
Romance in the Air
as Blondie
(1935)
'G' Men
as Gregory's Secretary (uncredited)
(1935)
The Case of the Lucky Legs
as Spudsy's Wife
(1935)
(1935)
Front Page Woman
as Nurse (uncredited)
(1935)
The Case of the Curious Bride
as Telegraph Office Clerk (uncredited)
(1935)
Sweet Music
as Woman at train station (uncredited)
(1935)
Traveling Saleslady
as Miss Wells
(1935)
Broadway Hostess
as Nurse (uncredited)
(1935)
Shipmates Forever
as Cowboy's Girl (uncredited)
(1935)
Don't Bet on Blondes
as Owen's Secretary
(1935)
Broadway Gondolier
as 2nd Irate Caller
(1935)
Maybe It's Love
as Secretary (uncredited)
(1935)
Miss Pacific Fleet
as Violet Johnson - Butch's Girl (uncredited)
(1935)
A Night at the Ritz
as Isabelle
(1935)
I Live for Love
as Clementine
(1935)
Page Miss Glory
as Beauty Shop Operator
(1935)
Red Hot Tires
as Maggie
(1934)
Happiness Ahead
as Bob's Friend Celebrating New Year's Eve
(1934)
Babbitt
as Miss McGoun
(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