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Mary Treen
Mary Treen

Mary Treen

ActingBorn March 27, 1907Died July 20, 1989 (age 82)Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

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.

Filmography

1987
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1983Movie
1978Movie
1977
The Love Boat

as Sister #2

TV
1975Movie
1974
Happy Days

as Miss Prism

TV
1969
Love, American Style

as Miss Crenshaw

TV
1969TV
1969
The Bill Cosby Show

as Mrs. Drucker

TV
1968
Here's Lucy

as Mary Winters

TV
1966Movie
1965
Green Acres

as Telephone Operator

TV
1964TV
1963
Who's Minding the Store?

as Mattress Customer

Movie
1963
Fun in Acapulco

as Mrs. Stevers (uncredited)

Movie
1962
Girls! Girls! Girls!

as Mrs. Figgot

Movie
1961
The Errand Boy

as Commissary Cashier

Movie
1961
Bachelor in Paradise

as Mrs. Bruce Freedman (uncredited)

Movie
1961
Hazel

as Nurse

TV
1961TV
1961
All in a Night's Work

as Miss Schuster

Movie
1960
Surfside 6

as Hotel Plaza Desk Clerk (uncredited)

TV
1960
The Andy Griffith Show

as Clara Lindsey

TV
1960TV
1959
Career

as Marie, Secretary to Shirley Drake

Movie
1959TV
1959
Bonanza

as Mrs. Shaughnessy

TV
1959
Bonanza

as Annie Wilson

TV
1958
I Married a Monster from Outer Space

as Mother Bradley (uncredited)

Movie
1958
The Donna Reed Show

as Miss Winters

TV
1958
The Donna Reed Show

as Sunny Cooper

TV
1958
The Donna Reed Show

as Mrs. Larson

TV
1958Movie
1957
The Sad Sack

as Sgt. Hansen

Movie
1957
The Joker is Wild

as Heckler (uncredited)

Movie
1957TV
1957
Wagon Train

as Bessie Treymore (uncredited)

TV
1957
Public Pigeon No. 1

as Mrs. Bates (uncredited)

Movie
1957
Gun Duel in Durango

as Miss Henderson

Movie
1957
Down Liberty Road

as Secretary (Uncredited)

Movie
1956
Bundle of Joy

as Matron

Movie
1956
Calling Homicide

as Flo Burton - Script Girl (uncredited)

Movie
1956TV
1956
The Birds and the Bees

as Mrs. Burnside

Movie
1956
When Gangland Strikes

as Emily Parsons

Movie
1954
The Wonderful World of Disney

as Dress Shop Owner (uncredited)

TV
1954
December Bride

as Mrs. Schultz

TV
1954TV
1953
Letter to Loretta

as Aunt Gladys

TV
1953
Clipped Wings

as Mildred

Movie
1953Movie
1952TV
1952
Dreamboat

as Wife in Hotel Bar (uncredited)

Movie
1952
Sailor Beware

as Ginger

Movie
1952
Room for One More

as Grace Roberts (as Mary Lou Treen)

Movie
1951
The Stooge

as Ms. Regan (uncredited)

Movie
1951
The Red Skelton Show

as Girl in Park

TV
1950
The Jack Benny Program

as Singer at Party

TV
1950
The Jack Benny Program

as Mrs. Jameson

TV
1950
The Fuller Brush Girl

as Woman Selling Magazine (uncredited)

Movie
1950
The Colgate Comedy Hour

as Self (uncredited)

TV
1950
The Gene Autry Show

as Adele Tompkins

TV
1950
The Gene Autry Show

as Netty Blinkensop

TV
1950
Young Daniel Boone

as Helen Bryan

Movie
1949
And Baby Makes Three

as Pregnant woman

Movie
1949TV
1948
Let's Live a Little

as Miss Adams

Movie
1948
The Snake Pit

as Nurse Jones (uncredited)

Movie
1948
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven

as Wife (uncredited)

Movie
1948
Shed No Tears

as Hilda (Uncredited)

Movie
1947
Merton of the Movies

as Gladys (uncredited)

Movie
1947
A Likely Story

as Nurse (uncredited)

Movie
1946
It's a Wonderful Life

as Cousin Tilly

Movie
1946
One Exciting Week

as Mabel Taylor

Movie
1946
Swing Parade of 1946

as Marie Finch

Movie
1946
Strange Impersonation

as Talkative nurse

Movie
1946
From This Day Forward

as Alice Beesley

Movie
1946
A Guy Could Change

as Grace Conley

Movie
1945
She Wouldn't Say Yes

as Train Passenger at Bar

Movie
1945
Blonde from Brooklyn

as Diane Peabody

Movie
1945
Don Juan Quilligan

as Lucy Blake

Movie
1945
High Powered

as Cassie McQuade

Movie
1944Movie
1944
Casanova Brown

as Monica Case, the Maid

Movie
1944
Swing in the Saddle

as Addie LaTour

Movie
1944
I Love a Soldier

as Cecilia 'Cissy' Grant

Movie
1944
The Navy Way

as Agnes

Movie
1944
Hands Across the Border

as Sophie Lawrence

Movie
1943Movie
1943
Thank Your Lucky Stars

as Autograph Seeker (uncredited)

Movie
1943
So Proudly We Hail

as Lt. Sadie Schwartz

Movie
1943
Flight for Freedom

as Newspaper Woman (uncredited)

Movie
1943Movie
1943Movie
1943Movie
1943
Lady Bodyguard

as Miss Tracy

Movie
1942
Stand By All Networks

as Nora Cassidy

Movie
1942
Between Us Girls

as Mary Belle

Movie
1942Movie
1942
Soaring Stars

as Autograph Seeker

Movie
1941Movie
1941Movie
1941Movie
1941Movie
1941Movie
1940Movie
1940Movie
1940
Black Diamonds

as Nina Norton

Movie
1940
Swing with Bing

as Herself

Movie
1940
Queen of the Mob

as Billy's Nurse

Movie
1940
Girl in 313

as Jenny, Hotel Maid

Movie
1940
Double Alibi

as Hospital Switchboard Operator

Movie
1940Movie
1939
First Love

as Agnes, Barbara's Maid

Movie
1939
Dad for a Day

as Employment Agency Receptionist

Movie
1939
Babes in Arms

as Receptionist (uncredited)

Movie
1939
When Tomorrow Comes

as Waitress (uncredited)

Movie
1939Movie
1939
Happily Buried

as Waitress

Movie
1939Movie
1939
Pride of the Navy

as Undetermined Role (uncredited)

Movie
1938
Strange Faces

as Lorry May

Movie
1938Movie
1938Movie
1938
Always Goodbye

as Al's Bride-to-Be (uncredited)

Movie
1938
Kentucky Moonshine

as Sugar Hatfield

Movie
1938
Rascals

as Waiting Room Patient

Movie
1938
Sally, Irene and Mary

as Miss Barkow

Movie
1938
Swing It, Sailor!

as Gertie Burns

Movie
1938
Change of Heart

as Stenographer

Movie
1937
Missing Witnesses

as Woman Waiting in Lane's Office (uncredited)

Movie
1937Movie
1937
Mr. Dodd Takes the Air

as Fan with Locket (uncredited)

Movie
1937
Talent Scout

as Janet Morris

Movie
1937
Ever Since Eve

as Employment Clerk

Movie
1937
Marry the Girl

as Nurse locked in room

Movie
1937
Dance Charlie Dance

as Jennie Wolfe

Movie
1937
A Day at Santa Anita

as Mary Treen (uncredited)

Movie
1937
The Go-Getter

as Mrs. Blair

Movie
1937Movie
1937
Maid of Salem

as Susy Abbott

Movie
1937Movie
1936
Fugitive in the Sky

as Agatha Ormsby

Movie
1936
The Captain's Kid

as Libby, the Housekeeper

Movie
1936Movie
1936
Love Begins at Twenty

as Alice Gillingwater

Movie
1936
Jailbreak

as Gladys Joy

Movie
1936
Public Enemy's Wife

as Telephone Operator

Movie
1936Movie
1936
The Golden Arrow

as Appleby's Secretary (uncredited)

Movie
1936Movie
1936Movie
1936
Snowed Under

as Secretary Taking Mike's Dictation (uncredited)

Movie
1936
Colleen

as Miss Hively (uncredited)

Movie
1936
Freshman Love

as Squirmy

Movie
1936
The Murder of Dr. Harrigan

as Nurse Margaret Brody

Movie
1935Movie
1935
Miss Pacific Fleet

as Violet Johnson - Butch's Girl (uncredited)

Movie
1935
Broadway Hostess

as Nurse (uncredited)

Movie
1935
Shipmates Forever

as Cowboy's Girl (uncredited)

Movie
1935Movie
1935
I Live for Love

as Clementine

Movie
1935
Page Miss Glory

as Beauty Shop Operator

Movie
1935
Broadway Gondolier

as 2nd Irate Caller

Movie
1935
Don't Bet on Blondes

as Owen's Secretary

Movie
1935
Front Page Woman

as Nurse (uncredited)

Movie
1935
'G' Men

as Gregory's Secretary (uncredited)

Movie
1935
The Case of the Curious Bride

as Telegraph Office Clerk (uncredited)

Movie
1935
Traveling Saleslady

as Miss Wells

Movie
1935Movie
1935
Sweet Music

as Woman at train station (uncredited)

Movie
1935
Red Hot Tires

as Maggie

Movie
1935
Maybe It's Love

as Secretary (uncredited)

Movie
1934
Babbitt

as Miss McGoun

Movie
1934
Happiness Ahead

as Bob's Friend Celebrating New Year's Eve

Movie
1931
Blue of the Night

as Gamma Gamma Gamma Girl in Nightclub with Glasses

Movie
1930
Viennese Nights

as Shocked Woman on Street (uncredited)

Movie
1930
Surprise

as Mary - Oswald's Wife

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayMarch 27, 1907
Day of DeathJuly 20, 1989
Place of BirthSaint Louis, Missouri, USA
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