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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
It's a Wonderful Life
(1946)
Cousin Tilly
Sweet Music
(1935)
Woman at train station (uncredited)
The Strongest Man in the World
(1975)
Mercedes
Sailor Beware
(1952)
Ginger
Girls! Girls! Girls!
(1962)
Mrs. Figgot
Who's Minding the Store?
(1963)
Mattress Customer
The Stooge
(1951)
Ms. Regan (uncredited)
Fun in Acapulco
(1963)
Mrs. Stevers (uncredited)
Kitty Foyle
(1940)
Pat Day
So Proudly We Hail
(1943)
Lt. Sadie Schwartz
'G' Men
(1935)
Gregory's Secretary (uncredited)
Dangerous
(1935)
Rock-a-Bye Baby
(1958)
Nurse
The Snake Pit
(1948)
Nurse Jones
I Married a Monster from Outer Space
(1958)
Mother Bradley (uncredited)
First Love
(1939)
Agnes, Barbara's Maid
Full Filmography
Acting
Surprise
(1930)
Mary - Oswald's Wife
Viennese Nights
(1930)
Shocked Woman on Street (uncredited)
Blue of the Night
(1931)
Gamma Gamma Gamma Girl in Nightclub with Glasses
Babbitt
(1934)
Miss McGoun
Happiness Ahead
(1934)
Bob's Friend Celebrating New Year's Eve
The Case of the Curious Bride
(1935)
Telegraph Office Clerk (uncredited)
Front Page Woman
(1935)
Nurse (uncredited)
Traveling Saleslady
(1935)
Miss Wells
Page Miss Glory
(1935)
Beauty Shop Operator
Dangerous
(1935)
A Night at the Ritz
(1935)
Isabelle
Miss Pacific Fleet
(1935)
Violet Johnson - Butch's Girl (uncredited)
Red Hot Tires
(1935)
Maggie
'G' Men
(1935)
Gregory's Secretary (uncredited)
Don't Bet on Blondes
(1935)
Owen's Secretary
I Live for Love
(1935)
Clementine
Shipmates Forever
(1935)
Cowboy's Girl (uncredited)
The Case of the Lucky Legs
(1935)
Spudsy's Wife
Broadway Gondolier
(1935)
2nd Irate Caller
Broadway Hostess
(1935)
Nurse (uncredited)
Maybe It's Love
(1935)
Secretary (uncredited)
Sweet Music
(1935)
Woman at train station (uncredited)
Murder by an Aristocrat
(1936)
Florrie the maid
The Golden Arrow
(1936)
Appleby's Secretary (uncredited)
Snowed Under
(1936)
Secretary Taking Mike's Dictation (uncredited)
Freshman Love
(1936)
Squirmy
The Murder of Dr. Harrigan
(1936)
Nurse Margaret Brody
Jailbreak
(1936)
Gladys Joy
Brides Are Like That
(1936)
Jennie
The Captain's Kid
(1936)
Libby, the Housekeeper
Colleen
(1936)
Miss Hively (uncredited)
Public Enemy's Wife
(1936)
Telephone Operator
Love Begins at Twenty
(1936)
Alice Gillingwater
Fugitive in the Sky
(1936)
Agatha Ormsby
Down the Stretch
(1936)
Nurse
A Day at Santa Anita
(1937)
Mr. Dodd Takes the Air
(1937)
Fan with Locket (uncredited)
God's Country and the Woman
(1937)
Miss Flint
Marry the Girl
(1937)
Nurse locked in room
Ever Since Eve
(1937)
Employment Clerk
They Gave Him a Gun
(1937)
Saxe
Second Honeymoon
(1937)
Elsie
Dance Charlie Dance
(1937)
Jennie Wolfe
Missing Witnesses
(1937)
Woman Waiting in Lane's Office (uncredited)
Talent Scout
(1937)
Janet Morris
The Go-Getter
(1937)
Mrs. Blair
Maid of Salem
(1937)
Susy Abbott
Always Goodbye
(1938)
Al's Bride-to-Be (uncredited)
Sally, Irene and Mary
(1938)
Miss Barkow
Kentucky Moonshine
(1938)
Sugar Hatfield
Swing It, Sailor!
(1938)
Gertie Burns
Rascals
(1938)
Waiting Room Patient
Young Fugitives
(1938)
Kathy
I'll Give a Million
(1938)
Nanette
Rhumba Rhythm at the Hollywood La Conga
(1939)
Mary
A Star Is Shorn
(1939)
Patsy
Happily Buried
(1939)
Waitress
Pride of the Navy
(1939)
Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Dad for a Day
(1939)
Employment Agency Receptionist
First Love
(1939)
Agnes, Barbara's Maid
Babes in Arms
(1939)
Receptionist (uncredited)
Three Smart Girls Grow Up
(1939)
Secretary
Kitty Foyle
(1940)
Pat Day
Swing with Bing
(1940)
Herself
Rodeo Dough
(1940)
Mary
Queen of the Mob
(1940)
Billy's Nurse
Black Diamonds
(1940)
Nina Norton
Girl in 313
(1940)
Jenny, Hotel Maid
Double Alibi
(1940)
Hospital Switchboard Operator
Danger On Wheels
(1940)
Esme
Father Takes a Wife
(1941)
Secretary
Pacific Blackout
(1941)
Irene
Tall, Dark and Handsome
(1941)
Martha
You Belong to Me
(1941)
Doris
Stand By All Networks
(1942)
Nora Cassidy
The Great Man's Lady
(1942)
Persis
My Heart Belongs to Daddy
(1942)
Dawn
Between Us Girls
(1942)
Mary Belle
The Night Before the Divorce
(1942)
Olga
They All Kissed the Bride
(1942)
Susie Johnson
Soaring Stars
(1942)
Autograph Seeker
Hit Parade of 1943
(1943)
Janie
The Powers Girl
(1943)
Nancy
Mystery Broadcast
(1943)
Smitty
So Proudly We Hail
(1943)
Lt. Sadie Schwartz
Lady Bodyguard
(1943)
Miss Tracy
Flight for Freedom
(1943)
Newspaper Woman (uncredited)
They Got Me Covered
(1943)
Helen
Swing in the Saddle
(1944)
Addie LaTour
I Love a Soldier
(1944)
Cecilia 'Cissy' Grant
The Navy Way
(1944)
Agnes
Casanova Brown
(1944)
Monica Case, the Maid
Hands Across the Border
(1944)
Sophie Lawrence
Tahiti Nights
(1944)
Mata
High Powered
(1945)
Cassie McQuade
Blonde from Brooklyn
(1945)
Diane Peabody
She Wouldn't Say Yes
(1945)
Train Passenger at Bar
Don Juan Quilligan
(1945)
Lucy Blake
One Exciting Week
(1946)
Mabel Taylor
Swing Parade of 1946
(1946)
Marie Finch
From This Day Forward
(1946)
Alice Beesley
Strange Impersonation
(1946)
Talkative nurse
It's a Wonderful Life
(1946)
Cousin Tilly
A Guy Could Change
(1946)
Grace Conley
Merton of the Movies
(1947)
Gladys (uncredited)
A Likely Story
(1947)
Nurse (uncredited)
Shed No Tears
(1948)
Hilda (Uncredited)
The Snake Pit
(1948)
Nurse Jones
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
(1948)
Wife (uncredited)
Let's Live a Little
(1948)
Miss Adams
And Baby Makes Three
(1949)
Pregnant woman
Young Daniel Boone
(1950)
Helen Bryan
The Fuller Brush Girl
(1950)
Woman Selling Magazine (uncredited)
The Stooge
(1951)
Ms. Regan (uncredited)
Room for One More
(1952)
Grace Roberts (as Mary Lou Treen)
Dreamboat
(1952)
Wife in Hotel Bar
Sailor Beware
(1952)
Ginger
Clipped Wings
(1953)
Mildred
Let's Do It Again
(1953)
Nelly
The Birds and the Bees
(1956)
Mrs. Burnside
When Gangland Strikes
(1956)
Emily Parsons
Bundle of Joy
(1956)
Matron
Calling Homicide
(1956)
Flo Burton - Script Girl (uncredited)
Gun Duel In Durango
(1957)
Miss Henderson
The Sad Sack
(1957)
Sgt. Hansen
The Joker Is Wild
(1957)
Heckler (uncredited)
Last Stagecoach West
(1957)
Rock-a-Bye Baby
(1958)
Nurse
I Married a Monster from Outer Space
(1958)
Mother Bradley (uncredited)
Career
(1959)
Marie, Secretary to Shirley Drake
The Errand Boy
(1961)
Commissary Cashier
All in a Night's Work
(1961)
Miss Schuster
Bachelor in Paradise
(1961)
Mrs. Bruce Freedman (uncredited)
Girls! Girls! Girls!
(1962)
Mrs. Figgot
Fun in Acapulco
(1963)
Mrs. Stevers (uncredited)
Who's Minding the Store?
(1963)
Mattress Customer
Paradise, Hawaiian Style
(1966)
Mrs. Belden
The Strongest Man in the World
(1975)
Mercedes
Goodbye, Franklin High
(1978)
Teacher
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
(1988)
Self (archive footage)