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

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

Personal Info

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