Mary Treen
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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
The Andy Griffith Show
Clara Lindsey
The Andy Griffith Show
Rose Pine
Perry Mason
Bess
Bonanza
Mrs. Shaughnessy
Bonanza
Annie Wilson
The Love Boat
Sister #2
Wagon Train
Bessie Treymore (uncredited)
Happy Days
Miss Prism
Love, American Style
Miss Crenshaw
Love, American Style
Clerk
Here's Lucy
Mary Winters
Four Star Playhouse
Madeline
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self (uncredited)
The Donna Reed Show
Mrs. Larson
The Donna Reed Show
Sunny Cooper
The Donna Reed Show
Miss Winters
The Jack Benny Program
Singer at Party
The Jack Benny Program
Mrs. Jameson
Surfside 6
Hotel Plaza Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
Woman #1
December Bride
Mrs. Schultz
Green Acres
Telephone Operator
The Ford Television Theatre
Dennis the Menace
Cook
Hazel
Nurse
It's a Wonderful Life
Cousin Tilly
The Bill Cosby Show
Mrs. Drucker
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
Mabel
The Gene Autry Show
Adele Tompkins
The Gene Autry Show
Netty Blinkensop
'G' Men
Gregory's Secretary (uncredited)
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
Mrs. Curtis
So Proudly We Hail
Lt. Sadie Schwartz
Soaring Stars
Autograph Seeker
Babes in Arms
Receptionist (uncredited)
I Love a Soldier
Cecilia 'Cissy' Grant
Kitty Foyle
Pat
Front Page Woman
Nurse (uncredited)
Shed No Tears
Hilda (Uncredited)
Letter to Loretta
Aunt Gladys
The Wonderful World of Disney
Dress Shop Owner (uncredited)
Don Juan Quilligan
Lucy Blake
Hey, Jeannie!
Katie
First Love
Agnes, Barbara's Maid
Bundle of Joy
Matron
They Gave Him a Gun
Saxe
Sweet Music
Woman at train station (uncredited)
Casanova Brown
Monica Case, the Maid
Swing It, Sailor!
Gertie Burns
The Life of Riley
Millie - Stevenson's Secretary
Dangerous
Strange Impersonation
Talkative nurse
Rock-a-Bye Baby
Nurse
I Live for Love
Clementine
Viennese Nights
Shocked Woman on Street (uncredited)
Willy
Sally, Irene and Mary
Miss Barkow
The Strongest Man in the World
Mercedes
The Go-Getter
Mrs. Blair
The Powers Girl
Nancy
Danger On Wheels
Esme
Happily Buried
Waitress
Paradise, Hawaiian Style
Mrs. Belden
Girls! Girls! Girls!
Mrs. Figgot
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Self (archive footage)
They All Kissed the Bride
Susie Johnson
Room for One More
Grace Roberts (as Mary Lou Treen)
Thank Your Lucky Stars
Autograph Seeker (uncredited)
The Fuller Brush Girl
Woman Selling Magazine (uncredited)
Who's Minding the Store?
Mattress Customer
Fun in Acapulco
Mrs. Stevers (uncredited)
The Snake Pit
Nurse Jones
Young Daniel Boone
Helen Bryan
Sailor Beware
Ginger
When Tomorrow Comes
Waitress (uncredited)
One Exciting Week
Mabel Taylor
Stand By All Networks
Nora Cassidy
Swing with Bing
Herself
The Errand Boy
Commissary Cashier
Dreamboat
Wife in Hotel Bar (uncredited)
Rascals
Waiting Room Patient
Bachelor in Paradise
Mrs. Bruce Freedman (uncredited)
All in a Night's Work
Miss Schuster
Let's Do It Again
Nelly
Tahiti Nights
Mata
I Married a Monster from Outer Space
Mother Bradley (uncredited)
The Great Man's Lady
Persis
The Stooge
Ms. Regan (uncredited)
Missing Witnesses
Woman Waiting in Lane's Office (uncredited)
Public Enemy's Wife
Telephone Operator
Wait Till Your Mother Gets Home
Mrs. Olsen
Dad for a Day
Employment Agency Receptionist
The Joker is Wild
Heckler (uncredited)
From This Day Forward
Alice Beesley
Let's Live a Little
Miss Adams
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
Wife (uncredited)
Pacific Blackout
Irene
Page Miss Glory
Beauty Shop Operator
The Case of the Lucky Legs
Spudsy's Wife
The Sad Sack
Sgt. Hansen
Blue of the Night
Gamma Gamma Gamma Girl in Nightclub with Glasses
Miss Pacific Fleet
Violet Johnson - Butch's Girl (uncredited)
Ever Since Eve
Employment Clerk
The Case of the Curious Bride
Telegraph Office Clerk (uncredited)
Double Alibi
Hospital Switchboard Operator
The Night Before the Divorce
Olga
The Murder of Dr. Harrigan
Nurse Margaret Brody
Young Fugitives
Kathy
Snowed Under
Secretary Taking Mike's Dictation (uncredited)
Dance Charlie Dance
Jennie Wolfe
Traveling Saleslady
Miss Wells
Flight for Freedom
Newspaper Woman (uncredited)
Public Pigeon No. 1
Mrs. Bates (uncredited)
Second Honeymoon
Elsie
Merton of the Movies
Gladys (uncredited)
Mr. Dodd Takes the Air
Fan with Locket (uncredited)
Talent Scout
Janet Morris
God's Country and the Woman
Miss Flint
Blonde from Brooklyn
Diane Peabody
You Belong to Me
Doris
Broadway Gondolier
2nd Irate Caller
Calling Homicide
Flo Burton - Script Girl (uncredited)
Three Smart Girls Grow Up
Secretary
Maybe It's Love
Secretary (uncredited)
Queen of the Mob
Billy's Nurse
Marry the Girl
Nurse locked in room
Don't Bet on Blondes
Owen's Secretary
Girl in 313
Jenny, Hotel Maid
Happiness Ahead
Bob's Friend Celebrating New Year's Eve
Colleen
Miss Hively (uncredited)
Maid of Salem
Susy Abbott
My Heart Belongs to Daddy
Dawn
Always Goodbye
Al's Bride-to-Be (uncredited)
Broadway Hostess
Nurse (uncredited)
Freshman Love
Squirmy
Father Takes a Wife
Secretary
Jailbreak
Gladys Joy
She Wouldn't Say Yes
Train Passenger at Bar
Career
Marie, Secretary to Shirley Drake
Between Us Girls
Mary Belle
Gun Duel in Durango
Miss Henderson
They Got Me Covered
Helen
The Golden Arrow
Appleby's Secretary (uncredited)
Love Begins at Twenty
Alice Gillingwater
Babbitt
Miss McGoun
High Powered
Cassie McQuade
Hit Parade of 1943
Janie
Lady Bodyguard
Miss Tracy
Red Hot Tires
Maggie
A Day at Santa Anita
Mary Treen (uncredited)
Rodeo Dough
Mary
The Captain's Kid
Libby, the Housekeeper
Clipped Wings
Mildred
And Baby Makes Three
Pregnant woman
Tall, Dark and Handsome
Martha
When Gangland Strikes
Emily Parsons
Hands Across the Border
Sophie Lawrence
Kentucky Moonshine
Sugar Hatfield
The Birds and the Bees
Mrs. Burnside
A Night at the Ritz
Isabelle
Shipmates Forever
Cowboy's Girl (uncredited)
A Likely Story
Nurse (uncredited)
A Guy Could Change
Grace Conley
Last Stagecoach West
Swing Parade of 1946
Marie Finch
Swing in the Saddle
Addie LaTour
I'll Give a Million
Nanette
Rhumba Rhythm at the Hollywood La Conga
Mary
Murder by an Aristocrat
Florrie
The Navy Way
Agnes
Brides Are Like That
Jennie
Mystery Broadcast
Smitty
Fugitive in the Sky
Agatha Ormsby
Change of Heart
Stenographer
Down the Stretch
Nurse
A Star Is Shorn
Patsy
Surprise
Mary - Oswald's Wife
Pride of the Navy
Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Black Diamonds
Nina Norton
Goodbye, Franklin High
Teacher
Romance in the Air
Blondie
The Red Skelton Show
Girl in Park
The Joey Bishop Show
Hilda