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
(1988)
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)
Who's Minding the Store?
as Mattress Customer
(1963)
Fun in Acapulco
as Mrs. Stevers (uncredited)
(1962)
Girls! Girls! Girls!
as Mrs. Figgot
(1961)
Bachelor in Paradise
as Mrs. Bruce Freedman (uncredited)
(1961)
All in a Night's Work
as Miss Schuster
(1961)
The Errand Boy
as Commissary Cashier
(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)
Public Pigeon No. 1
as Mrs. Bates (uncredited)
(1957)
(1956)
The Birds and the Bees
as Mrs. Burnside
(1956)
Calling Homicide
as Flo Burton - Script Girl (uncredited)
(1956)
Bundle of Joy
as Matron
(1956)
When Gangland Strikes
as Emily Parsons
(1953)
Let's Do It Again
as Nelly
(1953)
Clipped Wings
as Mildred
(1952)
Room for One More
as Grace Roberts (as Mary Lou Treen)
(1952)
Dreamboat
as Wife in Hotel Bar
(1952)
Sailor Beware
as Ginger
(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)
Shed No Tears
as Hilda (Uncredited)
(1948)
Let's Live a Little
as Miss Adams
(1947)
A Likely Story
as Nurse (uncredited)
(1947)
Merton of the Movies
as Gladys (uncredited)
(1946)
It's a Wonderful Life
as Cousin Tilly
(1946)
Strange Impersonation
as Talkative nurse
(1946)
Swing Parade of 1946
as Marie Finch
(1946)
From This Day Forward
as Alice Beesley
(1946)
A Guy Could Change
as Grace Conley
(1946)
One Exciting Week
as Mabel Taylor
(1945)
High Powered
as Cassie McQuade
(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
(1944)
Casanova Brown
as Monica Case, the Maid
(1944)
Tahiti Nights
as Mata
(1944)
I Love a Soldier
as Cecilia 'Cissy' Grant
(1944)
The Navy Way
as Agnes
(1944)
Hands Across the Border
as Sophie Lawrence
(1944)
Swing in the Saddle
as Addie LaTour
(1943)
So Proudly We Hail
as Lt. Sadie Schwartz
(1943)
Thank Your Lucky Stars
as Autograph Seeker (uncredited)
(1943)
The Powers Girl
as Nancy
(1943)
Mystery Broadcast
as Smitty
(1943)
Flight for Freedom
as Newspaper Woman (uncredited)
(1943)
They Got Me Covered
as Helen
(1943)
Hit Parade of 1943
as Janie
(1943)
Lady Bodyguard
as Miss Tracy
(1942)
They All Kissed the Bride
as Susie Johnson
(1942)
The Night Before the Divorce
as Olga
(1942)
Stand By All Networks
as Nora Cassidy
(1942)
My Heart Belongs to Daddy
as Dawn
(1942)
Between Us Girls
as Mary Belle
(1942)
Soaring Stars
as Autograph Seeker
(1941)
You Belong to Me
as Doris
(1941)
Father Takes a Wife
as Secretary
(1941)
Pacific Blackout
as Irene
(1941)
The Great Man's Lady
as Persis
(1941)
Tall, Dark and Handsome
as Martha
(1940)
Kitty Foyle
as Pat
(1940)
Double Alibi
as Hospital Switchboard Operator
(1940)
Queen of the Mob
as Billy's Nurse
(1940)
Girl in 313
as Jenny, Hotel Maid
(1940)
Danger On Wheels
as Esme
(1940)
Black Diamonds
as Nina Norton
(1940)
Rodeo Dough
as Mary
(1940)
Swing with Bing
as Herself
(1939)
First Love
as Agnes, Barbara's Maid
(1939)
Babes in Arms
as Receptionist (uncredited)
(1939)
Three Smart Girls Grow Up
as Secretary
(1939)
Dad for a Day
as Employment Agency Receptionist
(1939)
Happily Buried
as Waitress
(1939)
(1939)
Pride of the Navy
as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
(1939)
A Star Is Shorn
as Patsy
(1938)
I'll Give a Million
as Nanette
(1938)
Kentucky Moonshine
as Sugar Hatfield
(1938)
Sally, Irene and Mary
as Miss Barkow
(1938)
Always Goodbye
as Al's Bride-to-Be (uncredited)
(1938)
Rascals
as Waiting Room Patient
(1938)
Swing It, Sailor!
as Gertie Burns
(1938)
Change of Heart
as Stenographer
(1938)
Young Fugitives
as Kathy
(1937)
Maid of Salem
as Susy Abbott
(1937)
They Gave Him a Gun
as Saxe
(1937)
The Go-Getter
as Mrs. Blair
(1937)
Talent Scout
as Janet Morris
(1937)
Missing Witnesses
as Woman Waiting in Lane's Office (uncredited)
(1937)
Mr. Dodd Takes the Air
as Fan with Locket (uncredited)
(1937)
Second Honeymoon
as Elsie
(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)
A Day at Santa Anita
as Mary Treen (uncredited)
(1937)
Dance Charlie Dance
as Jennie Wolfe
(1936)
Colleen
as Miss Hively (uncredited)
(1936)
The Golden Arrow
as Appleby's Secretary (uncredited)
(1936)
The Murder of Dr. Harrigan
as Nurse Margaret Brody
(1936)
Freshman Love
as Squirmy
(1936)
Fugitive in the Sky
as Agatha Ormsby
(1936)
Public Enemy's Wife
as Telephone Operator
(1936)
Snowed Under
as Secretary Taking Mike's Dictation (uncredited)
(1936)
Murder by an Aristocrat
as Florrie the maid
(1936)
Love Begins at Twenty
as Alice Gillingwater
(1936)
Jailbreak
as Gladys Joy
(1936)
The Captain's Kid
as Libby, the Housekeeper
(1936)
Down the Stretch
as Nurse
(1936)
Brides Are Like That
as Jennie
(1936)
Romance in the Air
as Blondie
(1935)
The Case of the Lucky Legs
as Spudsy's Wife
(1935)
'G' Men
as Gregory's Secretary (uncredited)
(1935)
(1935)
Page Miss Glory
as Beauty Shop Operator
(1935)
Front Page Woman
as Nurse (uncredited)
(1935)
Don't Bet on Blondes
as Owen's Secretary
(1935)
Broadway Gondolier
as 2nd Irate Caller
(1935)
The Case of the Curious Bride
as Telegraph Office Clerk (uncredited)
(1935)
Broadway Hostess
as Nurse (uncredited)
(1935)
I Live for Love
as Clementine
(1935)
Traveling Saleslady
as Miss Wells
(1935)
Red Hot Tires
as Maggie
(1935)
A Night at the Ritz
as Isabelle
(1935)
Sweet Music
as Woman at train station (uncredited)
(1935)
Maybe It's Love
as Secretary (uncredited)
(1935)
Shipmates Forever
as Cowboy's Girl (uncredited)
(1935)
Miss Pacific Fleet
as Violet Johnson - Butch's Girl (uncredited)
(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