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
Acting
1946
asCousin Tilly
1961
asMrs. Bruce Freedman (uncredited)
1946
asTalkative nurse
1957
asSgt. Hansen
1956
asMatron
1956
asFlo Burton - Script Girl (uncredited)
1940
asJenny, Hotel Maid
1956
asEmily Parsons
1944
asMonica Case, the Maid
1951
asMs. Regan (uncredited)
1944
asSophie Lawrence
1941
asMartha
1936
asNurse Margaret Brody
1941
asDoris
1941
asPersis
1939
asUndetermined Role (uncredited)
1943
asNewspaper Woman (uncredited)
1945
asTrain Passenger at Bar
1936
asMiss Hively (uncredited)
1937
asSaxe
1943
asLt. Sadie Schwartz
1937
asMiss Flint
1935
asSpudsy's Wife
1943
asSmitty
1942
asNora Cassidy
1957
asMiss Henderson
1946
asAlice Beesley
1935
asWoman at train station (uncredited)
1949
asPregnant woman
1935
asNurse (uncredited)
1935
asSecretary (uncredited)
1936
asNurse
1953
asNelly
1937
asNurse locked in room
1935
asClementine
1966
asMrs. Belden
1959
asMarie, Secretary to Shirley Drake
1939
asEmployment Agency Receptionist
1938
asSugar Hatfield
1938
asGertie Burns
1944
asCecilia 'Cissy' Grant
1948
asWife (uncredited)
1938
asAl's Bride-to-Be (uncredited)
1941
asIrene
1958
asNurse
1940
asPat
1938
asMiss Barkow
1938
asKathy
1945
asDiane Peabody
1937
asMary Treen (uncredited)
1936
asFlorrie the maid
1956
asMrs. Burnside
1962
asMrs. Figgot
1937
asEmployment Clerk
1939
asPatsy
1943
asNancy
1948
asHilda (Uncredited)
1950
asWoman Selling Magazine (uncredited)
1952
asWife in Hotel Bar
1935
asMaggie
1938
asNanette
1935
as2nd Irate Caller
1942
asAutograph Seeker
1936
asAgatha Ormsby
1937
asJennie Wolfe
1935
as
1935
asGregory's Secretary (uncredited)
1944
asAddie LaTour
1935
asBeauty Shop Operator
1939
asSecretary
1939
asAgnes, Barbara's Maid
1945
asCassie McQuade
1939
asReceptionist (uncredited)
1940
asMary
1943
asJanie
1937
asWoman Waiting in Lane's Office (uncredited)
1935
asMiss Wells
1944
asMata
1946
asMabel Taylor
1947
asNurse (uncredited)
1957
asHeckler (uncredited)
1937
asSusy Abbott
1947
asGladys (uncredited)
1948
asNurse Jones
1936
asGladys Joy
1934
asBob's Friend Celebrating New Year's Eve
1937
asJanet Morris
1936
asSquirmy
1943
asHelen
1942
asOlga
1942
asMary Belle
1946
asMarie Finch
1952
asGrace Roberts (as Mary Lou Treen)
1936
asAlice Gillingwater
1938
asStenographer
1940
asEsme
1936
asJennie
1935
asIsabelle
1953
asMildred
1943
asAutograph Seeker (uncredited)
1939
asMary
1940
asNina Norton
1936
asLibby, the Housekeeper
1935
asViolet Johnson - Butch's Girl (uncredited)
1936
asSecretary Taking Mike's Dictation (uncredited)
1930
asShocked Woman on Street (uncredited)
1934
asMiss McGoun
1946
asGrace Conley
1950
asHelen Bryan
1930
asMary - Oswald's Wife
1935
asTelegraph Office Clerk (uncredited)
1936
asAppleby's Secretary (uncredited)
1945
asLucy Blake
1938
asWaiting Room Patient
1978
asTeacher
1975
asMercedes
1940
asHospital Switchboard Operator
1935
asNurse (uncredited)
1937
asMrs. Blair
1943
asMiss Tracy
1935
asCowboy's Girl (uncredited)
1937
asElsie
1941
asSecretary
1940
asHerself
1931
asGamma Gamma Gamma Girl in Nightclub with Glasses
1942
asDawn
1963
asMattress Customer
1961
asCommissary Cashier
1952
asGinger
1948
asMiss Adams
1944
asAgnes
1939
asWaitress
1942
asSusie Johnson
1936
asTelephone Operator
1963
asMrs. Stevers (uncredited)
1988
asSelf (archive footage)
1937
asFan with Locket (uncredited)
1957
as
1958
asMother Bradley (uncredited)
1935
asOwen's Secretary
1940
asBilly's Nurse
1961
asMiss Schuster
1983
asMrs. Olsen
1957
asMrs. Bates (uncredited)
1936
asBlondie
asClara Lindsey
asHilda
as 
asAdele Tompkins
asKatie
asRose Pine
asMadeline
asMary Winters
asBess
asMrs. Shaughnessy
asMrs. Schultz
asAunt Gladys
as
asGirl in Park
asSelf (uncredited)
asWoman #1
asSinger at Party
asMrs. Jameson
asMrs. Curtis
asNetty Blinkensop
asMillie - Stevenson's Secretary
asAnnie Wilson
asMiss Prism
asMiss Crenshaw
asMrs. Drucker
asMabel
asTelephone Operator
asNurse
asHotel Plaza Desk Clerk (uncredited)
asCook
asMiss Winters
asSunny Cooper
asMrs. Larson
asBessie Treymore (uncredited)
asDress Shop Owner (uncredited)
asSister #2
asClerk
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