Acting
Mary Treen
EN cinema · 148 credits
Born
27 March 1907
Died
20 July 1989 (aged 82)
Birthplace
Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
Also known as Mary Lou Treen · Mary Louise Summers
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
Filmography
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self (archive footage)
Wait Till Your Mother Gets Home
as Mrs. Olsen
Goodbye, Franklin High
as Teacher
The Strongest Man in the World
as Mercedes
Paradise, Hawaiian Style
as Mrs. Belden
Who's Minding the Store?
as Mattress Customer
Fun in Acapulco
as Mrs. Stevers (uncredited)
Girls! Girls! Girls!
as Mrs. Figgot
Bachelor in Paradise
as Mrs. Bruce Freedman (uncredited)
The Errand Boy
as Commissary Cashier
All in a Night's Work
as Miss Schuster
Career
as Marie
Rock-a-Bye Baby
as Nurse
I Married a Monster from Outer Space
as Mother Bradley (uncredited)
The Sad Sack
as Sgt. Hansen
Gun Duel in Durango
as Miss Henderson
The Joker is Wild
as Heckler (uncredited)
Public Pigeon No. 1
as Mrs. Bates (uncredited)
Down Liberty Road
as Secretary (Uncredited)
Bundle of Joy
as Matron
Calling Homicide
as Flo Burton - Script Girl (uncredited)
When Gangland Strikes
as Emily Parsons
The Birds and the Bees
as Mrs. Burnside
Let's Do It Again
as Nelly
Clipped Wings
as Mildred
Dreamboat
as Wife in Hotel Bar (uncredited)
Room for One More
as Grace Roberts (as Mary Lou Treen)
Sailor Beware
as Ginger
The Stooge
as Ms. Regan (uncredited)
The Fuller Brush Girl
as Woman Selling Magazine (uncredited)
Young Daniel Boone
as Helen Bryan
And Baby Makes Three
as Pregnant woman
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
as Wife (uncredited)
Shed No Tears
as Hilda (Uncredited)
The Snake Pit
as Nurse Jones (uncredited)
Let's Live a Little
as Miss Adams
A Likely Story
as Nurse (uncredited)
Merton of the Movies
as Gladys (uncredited)
It's a Wonderful Life
as Cousin Tilly
Strange Impersonation
as Talkative nurse
From This Day Forward
as Alice Beesley
One Exciting Week
as Mabel Taylor
Swing Parade of 1946
as Marie Finch
A Guy Could Change
as Grace Conley
She Wouldn't Say Yes
as Train Passenger at Bar
Blonde from Brooklyn
as Diane Peabody
High Powered
as Cassie McQuade
Don Juan Quilligan
as Lucy Blake
Casanova Brown
as Monica Case, the Maid
Hands Across the Border
as Sophie Lawrence
I Love a Soldier
as Cecilia 'Cissy' Grant
Swing in the Saddle
as Addie LaTour
Tahiti Nights
as Mata
The Navy Way
as Agnes
Flight for Freedom
as Newspaper Woman (uncredited)
So Proudly We Hail
as Lt. Sadie Schwartz
Mystery Broadcast
as Smitty
The Powers Girl
as Nancy
Hit Parade of 1943
as Janie
They Got Me Covered
as Helen
Thank Your Lucky Stars
as Autograph Seeker (uncredited)
Lady Bodyguard
as Miss Tracy
Stand By All Networks
as Nora Cassidy
Soaring Stars
1942
Soaring Stars
as Autograph Seeker
Between Us Girls
as Mary Belle
They All Kissed the Bride
as Susie Johnson
Tall, Dark and Handsome
as Martha
You Belong to Me
as Doris
The Great Man's Lady
as Persis
Pacific Blackout
as Irene
Father Takes a Wife
as Secretary
Girl in 313
as Jenny, Hotel Maid
Kitty Foyle
as Pat
Rodeo Dough
as Mary
Danger On Wheels
as Esme
Black Diamonds
as Nina Norton
Double Alibi
as Hospital Switchboard Operator
Queen of the Mob
as Billy's Nurse
Pride of the Navy
1939
Pride of the Navy
as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Dad for a Day
as Employment Agency Receptionist
A Star Is Shorn
as Patsy
Three Smart Girls Grow Up
as Secretary
First Love
as Agnes, Barbara's Maid
Babes in Arms
as Receptionist (uncredited)
Happily Buried
as Waitress
When Tomorrow Comes
as Waitress (uncredited)
Kentucky Moonshine
as Sugar Hatfield
Swing It, Sailor!
as Gertie Burns
Always Goodbye
as Al's Bride-to-Be (uncredited)
Sally, Irene and Mary
as Miss Barkow
Young Fugitives
as Kathy
I'll Give a Million
as Nanette
Change of Heart
as Stenographer
Rascals
as Waiting Room Patient
Strange Faces
as Lorry May
God's Country and the Woman
as Miss Flint
Marry the Girl
as Nurse locked in room
A Day at Santa Anita
as Mary Treen (uncredited)
Ever Since Eve
as Employment Clerk
Dance Charlie Dance
as Jennie Wolfe
Missing Witnesses
as Woman Waiting in Lane's Office (uncredited)
Maid of Salem
as Susy Abbott
Talent Scout
as Janet Morris
The Go-Getter
as Mrs. Blair
Second Honeymoon
as Elsie
Mr. Dodd Takes the Air
as Fan with Locket (uncredited)
The Murder of Dr. Harrigan
as Nurse Margaret Brody
Colleen
as Miss Hively (uncredited)
Down the Stretch
as Nurse
Murder by an Aristocrat
as Florrie
Fugitive in the Sky
as Agatha Ormsby
Jailbreak
as Gladys Joy
Freshman Love
as Squirmy
Love Begins at Twenty
as Alice Gillingwater
Brides Are Like That
as Jennie
The Captain's Kid
as Libby, the Housekeeper
Snowed Under
as Secretary Taking Mike's Dictation (uncredited)
The Golden Arrow
as Appleby's Secretary (uncredited)
Public Enemy's Wife
as Telephone Operator
Romance in the Air
as Blondie
The Case of the Lucky Legs
as Spudsy's Wife
Sweet Music
as Woman at train station (uncredited)
Broadway Hostess
as Nurse (uncredited)
Maybe It's Love
as Secretary (uncredited)
I Live for Love
as Clementine
Red Hot Tires
as Maggie
Broadway Gondolier
as 2nd Irate Caller
'G' Men
as Gregory's Secretary (uncredited)
Page Miss Glory
as Beauty Shop Operator
Traveling Saleslady
as Miss Wells
A Night at the Ritz
as Isabelle
Miss Pacific Fleet
as Violet Johnson - Butch's Girl (uncredited)
The Case of the Curious Bride
as Telegraph Office Clerk (uncredited)
Front Page Woman
as Nurse (uncredited)
Shipmates Forever
as Cowboy's Girl (uncredited)
Don't Bet on Blondes
as Owen's Secretary
Happiness Ahead
as Bob's Friend Celebrating New Year's Eve
Babbitt
as Miss McGoun
Blue of the Night
as Gamma Gamma Gamma Girl in Nightclub with Glasses
Viennese Nights
as Shocked Woman on Street (uncredited)
Surprise
as Mary - Oswald's Wife