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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
'G' Men
(1935)
Gregory's Secretary (uncredited)
Girls! Girls! Girls!
(1962)
Mrs. Figgot
Fun in Acapulco
(1963)
Mrs. Stevers (uncredited)
I Married a Monster from Outer Space
(1958)
Mother Bradley (uncredited)
Kitty Foyle
(1940)
Pat Day
The Snake Pit
(1948)
Nurse Jones
Who's Minding the Store?
(1963)
Mattress Customer
The Fuller Brush Girl
(1950)
Woman Selling Magazine (uncredited)
So Proudly We Hail
(1943)
Lt. Sadie Schwartz
Paradise, Hawaiian Style
(1966)
Mrs. Belden
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
Happiness Ahead
(1934)
Bob's Friend Celebrating New Year's Eve
Babbitt
(1934)
Miss McGoun
Page Miss Glory
(1935)
Beauty Shop Operator
Front Page Woman
(1935)
Nurse (uncredited)
A Night at the Ritz
(1935)
Isabelle
Don't Bet on Blondes
(1935)
Owen's Secretary
Dangerous
(1935)
Traveling Saleslady
(1935)
Miss Wells
Red Hot Tires
(1935)
Maggie
Miss Pacific Fleet
(1935)
Violet Johnson - Butch's Girl (uncredited)
'G' Men
(1935)
Gregory's Secretary (uncredited)
I Live for Love
(1935)
Clementine
The Case of the Curious Bride
(1935)
Telegraph Office Clerk (uncredited)
Broadway Gondolier
(1935)
2nd Irate Caller
The Case of the Lucky Legs
(1935)
Spudsy's Wife
Broadway Hostess
(1935)
Nurse (uncredited)
Maybe It's Love
(1935)
Secretary (uncredited)
Shipmates Forever
(1935)
Cowboy's Girl (uncredited)
Sweet Music
(1935)
Woman at train station (uncredited)
Murder by an Aristocrat
(1936)
Florrie the maid
Snowed Under
(1936)
Secretary Taking Mike's Dictation (uncredited)
Jailbreak
(1936)
Gladys Joy
The Captain's Kid
(1936)
Libby, the Housekeeper
Freshman Love
(1936)
Squirmy
The Murder of Dr. Harrigan
(1936)
Nurse Margaret Brody
Brides Are Like That
(1936)
Jennie
Love Begins at Twenty
(1936)
Alice Gillingwater
Colleen
(1936)
Miss Hively (uncredited)
Fugitive in the Sky
(1936)
Agatha Ormsby
The Golden Arrow
(1936)
Appleby's Secretary (uncredited)
Public Enemy's Wife
(1936)
Telephone Operator
Down the Stretch
(1936)
Nurse
Second Honeymoon
(1937)
Elsie
Mr. Dodd Takes the Air
(1937)
Fan with Locket (uncredited)
Maid of Salem
(1937)
Susy Abbott
Marry the Girl
(1937)
Nurse locked in room
Ever Since Eve
(1937)
Employment Clerk
God's Country and the Woman
(1937)
Miss Flint
They Gave Him a Gun
(1937)
Saxe
Dance Charlie Dance
(1937)
Jennie Wolfe
Talent Scout
(1937)
Janet Morris
A Day at Santa Anita
(1937)
Missing Witnesses
(1937)
Woman Waiting in Lane's Office (uncredited)
The Go-Getter
(1937)
Mrs. Blair
Always Goodbye
(1938)
Al's Bride-to-Be (uncredited)
Sally, Irene and Mary
(1938)
Miss Barkow
Swing It, Sailor!
(1938)
Gertie Burns
Kentucky Moonshine
(1938)
Sugar Hatfield
Rascals
(1938)
Waiting Room Patient
Young Fugitives
(1938)
Kathy
I'll Give a Million
(1938)
Nanette
Dad for a Day
(1939)
Employment Agency Receptionist
Pride of the Navy
(1939)
Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Rhumba Rhythm at the Hollywood La Conga
(1939)
Mary
Three Smart Girls Grow Up
(1939)
Secretary
Happily Buried
(1939)
Waitress
A Star Is Shorn
(1939)
Patsy
Babes in Arms
(1939)
Receptionist (uncredited)
First Love
(1939)
Agnes, Barbara's Maid
Kitty Foyle
(1940)
Pat Day
Swing with Bing
(1940)
Herself
Black Diamonds
(1940)
Nina Norton
Rodeo Dough
(1940)
Mary
Girl in 313
(1940)
Jenny, Hotel Maid
Double Alibi
(1940)
Hospital Switchboard Operator
Queen of the Mob
(1940)
Billy's Nurse
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
My Heart Belongs to Daddy
(1942)
Dawn
The Great Man's Lady
(1942)
Persis
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
Flight for Freedom
(1943)
Newspaper Woman (uncredited)
Lady Bodyguard
(1943)
Miss Tracy
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
Tahiti Nights
(1944)
Mata
Casanova Brown
(1944)
Monica Case, the Maid
Hands Across the Border
(1944)
Sophie Lawrence
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
From This Day Forward
(1946)
Alice Beesley
Strange Impersonation
(1946)
Talkative nurse
It's a Wonderful Life
(1946)
Cousin Tilly
Swing Parade of 1946
(1946)
Marie Finch
A Guy Could Change
(1946)
Grace Conley
A Likely Story
(1947)
Nurse (uncredited)
Merton of the Movies
(1947)
Gladys (uncredited)
Let's Live a Little
(1948)
Miss Adams
The Snake Pit
(1948)
Nurse Jones
Shed No Tears
(1948)
Hilda (Uncredited)
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
(1948)
Wife (uncredited)
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)
Sailor Beware
(1952)
Ginger
Room for One More
(1952)
Grace Roberts (as Mary Lou Treen)
Dreamboat
(1952)
Wife in Hotel Bar
Clipped Wings
(1953)
Mildred
Let's Do It Again
(1953)
Nelly
When Gangland Strikes
(1956)
Emily Parsons
Calling Homicide
(1956)
Flo Burton - Script Girl (uncredited)
Bundle of Joy
(1956)
Matron
The Birds and the Bees
(1956)
Mrs. Burnside
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)