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Mary Treen

Mary Treen

Born on March 27th, 1907

Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

Died on July 20th, 1989

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

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

1988

Self (archive footage)

Wait Till Your Mother Gets Home

1983

Character TBA

Goodbye, Franklin High

1978

Teacher

The Strongest Man in the World

1975

Mercedes

Paradise, Hawaiian Style

1966

Mrs. Belden

Who's Minding the Store?

1963

Mattress Customer

Fun in Acapulco

1963

Mrs. Stevers (uncredited)

Girls! Girls! Girls!

1962

Mrs. Figgot

The Errand Boy

1961

Commissary Cashier

Bachelor in Paradise

1961

Mrs. Bruce Freedman (uncredited)

All in a Night's Work

1961

Miss Schuster

Career

1959

Marie, Secretary to Shirley Drake

I Married a Monster from Outer Space

1958

Mother Bradley (uncredited)

Rock-a-Bye Baby

1958

Nurse

The Sad Sack

1957

Sgt. Hansen

The Joker is Wild

1957

Heckler (uncredited)

Last Stagecoach West

1957

Character TBA

Public Pigeon No. 1

1957

Mrs. Bates (uncredited)

Gun Duel In Durango

1957

Miss Henderson

Bundle of Joy

1956

Matron

Calling Homicide

1956

Flo Burton - Script Girl (uncredited)

The Birds and the Bees

1956

Mrs. Burnside

When Gangland Strikes

1956

Emily Parsons

Clipped Wings

1953

Mildred

Let's Do It Again

1953

Nelly

Dreamboat

1952

Wife in Hotel Bar

Sailor Beware

1952

Ginger

Room for One More

1952

Grace Roberts (as Mary Lou Treen)

The Stooge

1951

Ms. Regan (uncredited)

The Fuller Brush Girl

1950

Woman Selling Magazine (uncredited)

Young Daniel Boone

1950

Helen Bryan

And Baby Makes Three

1949

Pregnant woman

Let's Live a Little

1948

Miss Adams

The Snake Pit

1948

Nurse Jones

Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven

1948

Wife (uncredited)

Shed No Tears

1948

Hilda (Uncredited)

Merton of the Movies

1947

Gladys (uncredited)

A Likely Story

1947

Nurse (uncredited)

It's a Wonderful Life

1946

Cousin Tilly

One Exciting Week

1946

Mabel Taylor

Swing Parade of 1946

1946

Marie Finch

Strange Impersonation

1946

Talkative nurse

From This Day Forward

1946

Alice Beesley

A Guy Could Change

1946

Grace Conley

She Wouldn't Say Yes

1945

Train Passenger at Bar

Blonde from Brooklyn

1945

Diane Peabody

Don Juan Quilligan

1945

Lucy Blake

High Powered

1945

Cassie McQuade

Tahiti Nights

1944

Mata

Casanova Brown

1944

Monica Case, the Maid

Swing in the Saddle

1944

Addie LaTour

I Love a Soldier

1944

Cecilia 'Cissy' Grant

The Navy Way

1944

Agnes

Hands Across the Border

1944

Sophie Lawrence

Mystery Broadcast

1943

Smitty

Thank Your Lucky Stars

1943

Autograph Seeker (uncredited)

So Proudly We Hail

1943

Lt. Sadie Schwartz

Flight for Freedom

1943

Newspaper Woman (uncredited)

Hit Parade of 1943

1943

Janie

They Got Me Covered

1943

Helen

The Powers Girl

1943

Nancy

Lady Bodyguard

1943

Miss Tracy

My Heart Belongs to Daddy

1942

Dawn

Stand By All Networks

1942

Nora Cassidy

Between Us Girls

1942

Mary Belle

They All Kissed the Bride

1942

Susie Johnson

Soaring Stars

1942

Autograph Seeker

The Night Before the Divorce

1942

Olga

Pacific Blackout

1941

Irene

The Great Man's Lady

1941

Persis

You Belong to Me

1941

Doris

Father Takes a Wife

1941

Secretary

Tall, Dark and Handsome

1941

Martha

Kitty Foyle

1940

Pat

Rodeo Dough

1940

Mary

Black Diamonds

1940

Nina Norton

Swing with Bing

1940

Herself

Queen of the Mob

1940

Billy's Nurse

Girl in 313

1940

Jenny, Hotel Maid

Double Alibi

1940

Hospital Switchboard Operator

Danger On Wheels

1940

Esme

First Love

1939

Agnes, Barbara's Maid

Dad for a Day

1939

Employment Agency Receptionist

Babes in Arms

1939

Receptionist (uncredited)

Rhumba Rhythm at the Hollywood La Conga

1939

Mary

A Star Is Shorn

1939

Patsy

Happily Buried

1939

Waitress

Three Smart Girls Grow Up

1939

Secretary

Pride of the Navy

1939

Undetermined Role (uncredited)

I'll Give a Million

1938

Nanette

Young Fugitives

1938

Kathy

Always Goodbye

1938

Al's Bride-to-Be (uncredited)

Kentucky Moonshine

1938

Sugar Hatfield

Rascals

1938

Waiting Room Patient

Sally, Irene and Mary

1938

Miss Barkow

Swing It, Sailor!

1938

Gertie Burns

Change of Heart

1938

Stenographer

Missing Witnesses

1937

Woman Waiting in Lane's Office (uncredited)

Second Honeymoon

1937

Elsie

Mr. Dodd Takes the Air

1937

Fan with Locket (uncredited)

Talent Scout

1937

Janet Morris

Ever Since Eve

1937

Employment Clerk

Marry the Girl

1937

Nurse locked in room

Dance Charlie Dance

1937

Jennie Wolfe

A Day at Santa Anita

1937

Character TBA

The Go-Getter

1937

Mrs. Blair

They Gave Him a Gun

1937

Saxe

Maid of Salem

1937

Susy Abbott

God's Country and the Woman

1937

Miss Flint

Fugitive in the Sky

1936

Agatha Ormsby

The Captain's Kid

1936

Libby, the Housekeeper

Down the Stretch

1936

Nurse

Love Begins at Twenty

1936

Alice Gillingwater

Jailbreak

1936

Gladys Joy

Public Enemy's Wife

1936

Telephone Operator

Murder by an Aristocrat

1936

Florrie the maid

The Golden Arrow

1936

Appleby's Secretary (uncredited)

Brides Are Like That

1936

Jennie

Snowed Under

1936

Secretary Taking Mike's Dictation (uncredited)

Colleen

1936

Miss Hively (uncredited)

Freshman Love

1936

Squirmy

The Murder of Dr. Harrigan

1936

Nurse Margaret Brody

Dangerous

1935

Character TBA

Miss Pacific Fleet

1935

Violet Johnson - Butch's Girl (uncredited)

Broadway Hostess

1935

Nurse (uncredited)

Shipmates Forever

1935

Cowboy's Girl (uncredited)

The Case of the Lucky Legs

1935

Spudsy's Wife

I Live for Love

1935

Clementine

Page Miss Glory

1935

Beauty Shop Operator

Broadway Gondolier

1935

2nd Irate Caller

Don't Bet on Blondes

1935

Owen's Secretary

Front Page Woman

1935

Nurse (uncredited)

'G' Men

1935

Gregory's Secretary (uncredited)

The Case of the Curious Bride

1935

Telegraph Office Clerk (uncredited)

Traveling Saleslady

1935

Miss Wells

A Night at the Ritz

1935

Isabelle

Sweet Music

1935

Woman at train station (uncredited)

Red Hot Tires

1935

Maggie

Maybe It's Love

1935

Secretary (uncredited)

Babbitt

1934

Miss McGoun

Happiness Ahead

1934

Bob's Friend Celebrating New Year's Eve

Blue of the Night

1931

Gamma Gamma Gamma Girl in Nightclub with Glasses

Viennese Nights

1930

Shocked Woman on Street (uncredited)

Surprise

1930

Mary - Oswald's Wife