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)
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)
Gun Duel in Durango
as Miss Henderson
(1957)
The Joker is Wild
as Heckler (uncredited)
(1957)
The Sad Sack
as Sgt. Hansen
(1957)
(1957)
Public Pigeon No. 1
as Mrs. Bates (uncredited)
(1956)
Calling Homicide
as Flo Burton - Script Girl (uncredited)
(1956)
When Gangland Strikes
as Emily Parsons
(1956)
Bundle of Joy
as Matron
(1956)
The Birds and the Bees
as Mrs. Burnside
(1953)
Clipped Wings
as Mildred
(1953)
Let's Do It Again
as Nelly
(1952)
Room for One More
as Grace Roberts (as Mary Lou Treen)
(1952)
Sailor Beware
as Ginger
(1952)
Dreamboat
as Wife in Hotel Bar
(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)
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
as Wife (uncredited)
(1948)
Let's Live a Little
as Miss Adams
(1948)
Shed No Tears
as Hilda (Uncredited)
(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)
A Guy Could Change
as Grace Conley
(1946)
From This Day Forward
as Alice Beesley
(1946)
Swing Parade of 1946
as Marie Finch
(1946)
Strange Impersonation
as Talkative nurse
(1946)
One Exciting Week
as Mabel Taylor
(1945)
High Powered
as Cassie McQuade
(1945)
Don Juan Quilligan
as Lucy Blake
(1945)
She Wouldn't Say Yes
as Train Passenger at Bar
(1945)
Blonde from Brooklyn
as Diane Peabody
(1944)
Hands Across the Border
as Sophie Lawrence
(1944)
Tahiti Nights
as Mata
(1944)
I Love a Soldier
as Cecilia 'Cissy' Grant
(1944)
Casanova Brown
as Monica Case, the Maid
(1944)
The Navy Way
as Agnes
(1944)
Swing in the Saddle
as Addie LaTour
(1943)
Hit Parade of 1943
as Janie
(1943)
They Got Me Covered
as Helen
(1943)
Lady Bodyguard
as Miss Tracy
(1943)
Flight for Freedom
as Newspaper Woman (uncredited)
(1943)
Thank Your Lucky Stars
as Autograph Seeker (uncredited)
(1943)
So Proudly We Hail
as Lt. Sadie Schwartz
(1943)
The Powers Girl
as Nancy
(1943)
Mystery Broadcast
as Smitty
(1942)
The Night Before the Divorce
as Olga
(1942)
Between Us Girls
as Mary Belle
(1942)
Stand By All Networks
as Nora Cassidy
(1942)
Soaring Stars
as Autograph Seeker
(1942)
My Heart Belongs to Daddy
as Dawn
(1942)
They All Kissed the Bride
as Susie Johnson
(1941)
Pacific Blackout
as Irene
(1941)
You Belong to Me
as Doris
(1941)
The Great Man's Lady
as Persis
(1941)
Tall, Dark and Handsome
as Martha
(1941)
Father Takes a Wife
as Secretary
(1940)
Black Diamonds
as Nina Norton
(1940)
Double Alibi
as Hospital Switchboard Operator
(1940)
Girl in 313
as Jenny, Hotel Maid
(1940)
Danger On Wheels
as Esme
(1940)
Kitty Foyle
as Pat
(1940)
Queen of the Mob
as Billy's Nurse
(1940)
Rodeo Dough
as Mary
(1940)
Swing with Bing
as Herself
(1939)
Three Smart Girls Grow Up
as Secretary
(1939)
Pride of the Navy
as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
(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)
A Star Is Shorn
as Patsy
(1939)
(1939)
Happily Buried
as Waitress
(1939)
When Tomorrow Comes
as Waitress (uncredited)
(1938)
Kentucky Moonshine
as Sugar Hatfield
(1938)
Always Goodbye
as Al's Bride-to-Be (uncredited)
(1938)
Young Fugitives
as Kathy
(1938)
Swing It, Sailor!
as Gertie Burns
(1938)
Change of Heart
as Stenographer
(1938)
Rascals
as Waiting Room Patient
(1938)
Sally, Irene and Mary
as Miss Barkow
(1938)
I'll Give a Million
as Nanette
(1937)
Second Honeymoon
as Elsie
(1937)
Missing Witnesses
as Woman Waiting in Lane's Office (uncredited)
(1937)
A Day at Santa Anita
as Mary Treen (uncredited)
(1937)
Dance Charlie Dance
as Jennie Wolfe
(1937)
Talent Scout
as Janet Morris
(1937)
God's Country and the Woman
as Miss Flint
(1937)
Marry the Girl
as Nurse locked in room
(1937)
Ever Since Eve
as Employment Clerk
(1937)
The Go-Getter
as Mrs. Blair
(1937)
Maid of Salem
as Susy Abbott
(1937)
They Gave Him a Gun
as Saxe
(1937)
Mr. Dodd Takes the Air
as Fan with Locket (uncredited)
(1936)
The Captain's Kid
as Libby, the Housekeeper
(1936)
Down the Stretch
as Nurse
(1936)
Freshman Love
as Squirmy
(1936)
The Golden Arrow
as Appleby's Secretary (uncredited)
(1936)
Fugitive in the Sky
as Agatha Ormsby
(1936)
Love Begins at Twenty
as Alice Gillingwater
(1936)
Jailbreak
as Gladys Joy
(1936)
Colleen
as Miss Hively (uncredited)
(1936)
Murder by an Aristocrat
as Florrie
(1936)
The Murder of Dr. Harrigan
as Nurse Margaret Brody
(1936)
Public Enemy's Wife
as Telephone Operator
(1936)
Snowed Under
as Secretary Taking Mike's Dictation (uncredited)
(1936)
Romance in the Air
as Blondie
(1936)
Brides Are Like That
as Jennie
(1935)
A Night at the Ritz
as Isabelle
(1935)
The Case of the Curious Bride
as Telegraph Office Clerk (uncredited)
(1935)
Miss Pacific Fleet
as Violet Johnson - Butch's Girl (uncredited)
(1935)
(1935)
Traveling Saleslady
as Miss Wells
(1935)
'G' Men
as Gregory's Secretary (uncredited)
(1935)
The Case of the Lucky Legs
as Spudsy's Wife
(1935)
Broadway Hostess
as Nurse (uncredited)
(1935)
Page Miss Glory
as Beauty Shop Operator
(1935)
Maybe It's Love
as Secretary (uncredited)
(1935)
Sweet Music
as Woman at train station (uncredited)
(1935)
Front Page Woman
as Nurse (uncredited)
(1935)
Broadway Gondolier
as 2nd Irate Caller
(1935)
Shipmates Forever
as Cowboy's Girl (uncredited)
(1935)
I Live for Love
as Clementine
(1935)
Don't Bet on Blondes
as Owen's Secretary
(1935)
Red Hot Tires
as Maggie
(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