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.
Cousin Tilly
It's a Wonderful Life
Mrs. Bruce Freedman (uncredited)
Bachelor in Paradise
Talkative nurse
Strange Impersonation
Sgt. Hansen
The Sad Sack
Matron
Bundle of Joy
Flo Burton - Script Girl (uncredited)
Calling Homicide
Jenny, Hotel Maid
Girl in 313
Emily Parsons
When Gangland Strikes
Monica Case, the Maid
Casanova Brown
Ms. Regan (uncredited)
The Stooge
Sophie Lawrence
Hands Across the Border
Martha
Tall, Dark and Handsome
Nurse Margaret Brody
The Murder of Dr. Harrigan
Doris
You Belong to Me
Persis
The Great Man's Lady
Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Pride of the Navy
Newspaper Woman (uncredited)
Flight for Freedom
Train Passenger at Bar
She Wouldn't Say Yes
Miss Hively (uncredited)
Colleen
Saxe
They Gave Him a Gun
Lt. Sadie Schwartz
So Proudly We Hail
Miss Flint
God's Country and the Woman
Spudsy's Wife
The Case of the Lucky Legs
Smitty
Mystery Broadcast
Nora Cassidy
Stand By All Networks
Miss Henderson
Gun Duel In Durango
Alice Beesley
From This Day Forward
Woman at train station (uncredited)
Sweet Music
Pregnant woman
And Baby Makes Three
Nurse (uncredited)
Broadway Hostess
Secretary (uncredited)
Maybe It's Love
Nurse
Down the Stretch
Nelly
Let's Do It Again
Nurse locked in room
Marry the Girl
Clementine
I Live for Love
Mrs. Belden
Paradise, Hawaiian Style
Marie, Secretary to Shirley Drake
Career
Employment Agency Receptionist
Dad for a Day
Sugar Hatfield
Kentucky Moonshine
Gertie Burns
Swing It, Sailor!
Cecilia 'Cissy' Grant
I Love a Soldier
Wife (uncredited)
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
Al's Bride-to-Be (uncredited)
Always Goodbye
Irene
Pacific Blackout
Nurse
Rock-a-Bye Baby
Pat
Kitty Foyle
Miss Barkow
Sally, Irene and Mary
Kathy
Young Fugitives
Diane Peabody
Blonde from Brooklyn
Mary Treen (uncredited)
A Day at Santa Anita
Florrie the maid
Murder by an Aristocrat
Mrs. Burnside
The Birds and the Bees
Mrs. Figgot
Girls! Girls! Girls!
Employment Clerk
Ever Since Eve
Patsy
A Star Is Shorn
Nancy
The Powers Girl
Hilda (Uncredited)
Shed No Tears
Woman Selling Magazine (uncredited)
The Fuller Brush Girl
Wife in Hotel Bar
Dreamboat
Maggie
Red Hot Tires
Nanette
I'll Give a Million
2nd Irate Caller
Broadway Gondolier
Autograph Seeker
Soaring Stars
Agatha Ormsby
Fugitive in the Sky
Jennie Wolfe
Dance Charlie Dance
Dangerous
Gregory's Secretary (uncredited)
'G' Men
Addie LaTour
Swing in the Saddle
Beauty Shop Operator
Page Miss Glory
Secretary
Three Smart Girls Grow Up
Agnes, Barbara's Maid
First Love
Cassie McQuade
High Powered
Receptionist (uncredited)
Babes in Arms
Mary
Rodeo Dough
Janie
Hit Parade of 1943
Woman Waiting in Lane's Office (uncredited)
Missing Witnesses
Miss Wells
Traveling Saleslady
Mata
Tahiti Nights
Mabel Taylor
One Exciting Week
Nurse (uncredited)
A Likely Story
Heckler (uncredited)
The Joker is Wild
Susy Abbott
Maid of Salem
Gladys (uncredited)
Merton of the Movies
Nurse Jones
The Snake Pit
Gladys Joy
Jailbreak
Bob's Friend Celebrating New Year's Eve
Happiness Ahead
Janet Morris
Talent Scout
Squirmy
Freshman Love
Helen
They Got Me Covered
Olga
The Night Before the Divorce
Mary Belle
Between Us Girls
Marie Finch
Swing Parade of 1946
Grace Roberts (as Mary Lou Treen)
Room for One More
Alice Gillingwater
Love Begins at Twenty
Stenographer
Change of Heart
Esme
Danger On Wheels
Jennie
Brides Are Like That
Isabelle
A Night at the Ritz
Mildred
Clipped Wings
Autograph Seeker (uncredited)
Thank Your Lucky Stars
Mary
Rhumba Rhythm at the Hollywood La Conga
Nina Norton
Black Diamonds
Libby, the Housekeeper
The Captain's Kid
Violet Johnson - Butch's Girl (uncredited)
Miss Pacific Fleet
Secretary Taking Mike's Dictation (uncredited)
Snowed Under
Shocked Woman on Street (uncredited)
Viennese Nights
Miss McGoun
Babbitt
Grace Conley
A Guy Could Change
Helen Bryan
Young Daniel Boone
Mary - Oswald's Wife
Surprise
Telegraph Office Clerk (uncredited)
The Case of the Curious Bride
Appleby's Secretary (uncredited)
The Golden Arrow
Lucy Blake
Don Juan Quilligan
Waiting Room Patient
Rascals
Teacher
Goodbye, Franklin High
Mercedes
The Strongest Man in the World
Hospital Switchboard Operator
Double Alibi
Nurse (uncredited)
Front Page Woman
Mrs. Blair
The Go-Getter
Miss Tracy
Lady Bodyguard
Cowboy's Girl (uncredited)
Shipmates Forever
Elsie
Second Honeymoon
Secretary
Father Takes a Wife
Herself
Swing with Bing
Gamma Gamma Gamma Girl in Nightclub with Glasses
Blue of the Night
Dawn
My Heart Belongs to Daddy
Mattress Customer
Who's Minding the Store?
Commissary Cashier
The Errand Boy
Ginger
Sailor Beware
Miss Adams
Let's Live a Little
Agnes
The Navy Way
Waitress
Happily Buried
Susie Johnson
They All Kissed the Bride
Telephone Operator
Public Enemy's Wife
Mrs. Stevers (uncredited)
Fun in Acapulco
Self (archive footage)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Fan with Locket (uncredited)
Mr. Dodd Takes the Air
Last Stagecoach West
Mother Bradley (uncredited)
I Married a Monster from Outer Space
Owen's Secretary
Don't Bet on Blondes
Billy's Nurse
Queen of the Mob
Miss Schuster
All in a Night's Work
Mrs. Olsen
Wait Till Your Mother Gets Home
Mrs. Bates (uncredited)
Public Pigeon No. 1
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
144
Gender
Female
Birthday
1907-03-27
Place of Birth
Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
Also Known As
Mary Lou Treen