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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
March 27, 1907
Died
July 20, 1989
Place of Birth
Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
Also Known As
- Mary Lou Treen
- Mary Louise Summers
Mary Treen
0.7 Popularity
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
6.0
Self (archive footage)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
3.7
Mrs. Olsen
Wait Till Your Mother Gets Home
1983
1.7
Teacher
Goodbye, Franklin High
1978
6.3
Sister #2
The Love Boat
1977
6.1
Mercedes
The Strongest Man in the World
1975
7.6
Miss Prism
Happy Days
1974
6.1
Miss Crenshaw
Love, American Style
1969
6.1
Clerk
Love, American Style
1969
5.4
Mrs. Drucker
The Bill Cosby Show
1969
6.7
Mary Winters
Here's Lucy
1968
Credits
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self (archive footage)
1987
6.0
Wait Till Your Mother Gets Home
as Mrs. Olsen
1983
3.7
Goodbye, Franklin High
as Teacher
1978
1.7
The Love Boat
as Sister #2
1977
6.3
The Strongest Man in the World
as Mercedes
1975
6.1
Happy Days
as Miss Prism
1974
7.6
Love, American Style
as Miss Crenshaw
1969
6.1
Love, American Style
as Clerk
1969
6.1
The Bill Cosby Show
as Mrs. Drucker
1969
5.4
Here's Lucy
as Mary Winters
1968
6.7
Paradise, Hawaiian Style
as Mrs. Belden
1966
5.1
Green Acres
as Telephone Operator
1965
7.3
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
as Mabel
1965
6.6
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
as Woman #1
1964
7.0
Who's Minding the Store?
as Mattress Customer
1963
6.9
Fun in Acapulco
as Mrs. Stevers (uncredited)
1963
5.9
Girls! Girls! Girls!
as Mrs. Figgot
1962
5.3
The Errand Boy
as Commissary Cashier
1961
6.1
Bachelor in Paradise
as Mrs. Bruce Freedman (uncredited)
1961
6.3
Hazel
as Nurse
1961
6.8
🎬
The Joey Bishop Show
as Hilda
1961
5.8
All in a Night's Work
as Miss Schuster
1961
5.9
Surfside 6
as Hotel Plaza Desk Clerk (uncredited)
1960
5.0
The Andy Griffith Show
as Clara Lindsey
1960
7.6
The Andy Griffith Show
as Rose Pine
1960
7.6
Career
as Marie, Secretary to Shirley Drake
1959
6.5
Dennis the Menace
as Cook
1959
6.5
Bonanza
as Mrs. Shaughnessy
1959
7.5
Bonanza
as Annie Wilson
1959
7.5
I Married a Monster from Outer Space
as Mother Bradley (uncredited)
1958
6.1
The Donna Reed Show
as Mrs. Larson
1958
6.2
The Donna Reed Show
as Sunny Cooper
1958
6.2
The Donna Reed Show
as Miss Winters
1958
6.2
Rock-a-Bye Baby
as Nurse
1958
6.8
The Sad Sack
as Sgt. Hansen
1957
5.6
The Joker is Wild
as Heckler (uncredited)
1957
8.0
Perry Mason
as Bess
1957
7.7
Wagon Train
as Bessie Treymore (uncredited)
1957
6.6
Last Stagecoach West
1957
4.3
Public Pigeon No. 1
as Mrs. Bates (uncredited)
1957
6.0
Gun Duel in Durango
as Miss Henderson
1957
5.4
Bundle of Joy
as Matron
1956
6.2
Calling Homicide
as Flo Burton - Script Girl (uncredited)
1956
5.9
🎬
Hey, Jeannie!
as Katie
1956
6.0
The Birds and the Bees
as Mrs. Burnside
1956
6.8
When Gangland Strikes
as Emily Parsons
1956
0.0
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Dress Shop Owner (uncredited)
1954
7.8
December Bride
as Mrs. Schultz
1954
5.5
🎬
Willy
1954
0.0
Letter to Loretta
as Aunt Gladys
1953
6.5
Clipped Wings
as Mildred
1953
0.0
Let's Do It Again
as Nelly
1953
3.2
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
7.3
🎬
Four Star Playhouse
as Madeline
1952
6.7
Dreamboat
as Wife in Hotel Bar (uncredited)
1952
5.7
Sailor Beware
as Ginger
1952
6.2
Room for One More
as Grace Roberts (as Mary Lou Treen)
1952
6.5
The Stooge
as Ms. Regan (uncredited)
1951
6.6
The Red Skelton Show
as Girl in Park
1951
7.4
The Jack Benny Program
as Mrs. Jameson
1950
7.8
The Jack Benny Program
as Singer at Party
1950
7.8
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
as Mrs. Curtis
1950
7.1
The Fuller Brush Girl
as Woman Selling Magazine (uncredited)
1950
6.0
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self (uncredited)
1950
6.8
The Gene Autry Show
as Adele Tompkins
1950
4.2
The Gene Autry Show
as Netty Blinkensop
1950
4.2
Young Daniel Boone
as Helen Bryan
1950
0.0
And Baby Makes Three
as Pregnant woman
1949
4.1
The Life of Riley
as Millie - Stevenson's Secretary
1949
7.5
Let's Live a Little
as Miss Adams
1948
6.3
The Snake Pit
as Nurse Jones
1948
7.1
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
as Wife (uncredited)
1948
5.3
Shed No Tears
as Hilda (Uncredited)
1948
4.8
Merton of the Movies
as Gladys (uncredited)
1947
6.8
A Likely Story
as Nurse (uncredited)
1947
4.2
It's a Wonderful Life
as Cousin Tilly
1946
8.3
One Exciting Week
as Mabel Taylor
1946
6.0
Swing Parade of 1946
as Marie Finch
1946
4.2
Strange Impersonation
as Talkative nurse
1946
6.0
From This Day Forward
as Alice Beesley
1946
5.2
A Guy Could Change
as Grace Conley
1946
0.0
She Wouldn't Say Yes
as Train Passenger at Bar
1945
5.9
Blonde from Brooklyn
as Diane Peabody
1945
5.0
Don Juan Quilligan
as Lucy Blake
1945
6.0
High Powered
as Cassie McQuade
1945
5.0
Tahiti Nights
as Mata
1944
0.0
Casanova Brown
as Monica Case, the Maid
1944
6.4
Swing in the Saddle
as Addie LaTour
1944
0.0
I Love a Soldier
as Cecilia 'Cissy' Grant
1944
5.0
The Navy Way
as Agnes
1944
5.7
Hands Across the Border
as Sophie Lawrence
1944
5.5
Mystery Broadcast
as Smitty
1943
6.2
Thank Your Lucky Stars
as Autograph Seeker (uncredited)
1943
6.0
So Proudly We Hail
as Lt. Sadie Schwartz
1943
5.5
Flight for Freedom
as Newspaper Woman (uncredited)
1943
5.4
Hit Parade of 1943
as Janie
1943
5.2
They Got Me Covered
as Helen
1943
5.9
The Powers Girl
as Nancy
1943
6.5
Lady Bodyguard
as Miss Tracy
1943
4.0
My Heart Belongs to Daddy
as Dawn
1942
4.2
Stand By All Networks
as Nora Cassidy
1942
4.6
Between Us Girls
as Mary Belle
1942
6.0
They All Kissed the Bride
as Susie Johnson
1942
5.8
🎬
Soaring Stars
as Autograph Seeker
1942
0.0
The Night Before the Divorce
as Olga
1942
4.5
Pacific Blackout
as Irene
1941
6.3
The Great Man's Lady
as Persis
1941
6.3
You Belong to Me
as Doris
1941
5.8
Father Takes a Wife
as Secretary
1941
6.1
Tall, Dark and Handsome
as Martha
1941
5.7
Kitty Foyle
as Pat
1940
6.5
Rodeo Dough
as Mary
1940
5.3
Black Diamonds
as Nina Norton
1940
0.0
🎬
Swing with Bing
as Herself
1940
4.0
Queen of the Mob
as Billy's Nurse
1940
5.0
Girl in 313
as Jenny, Hotel Maid
1940
5.4
Double Alibi
as Hospital Switchboard Operator
1940
4.0
Danger On Wheels
as Esme
1940
3.8
First Love
as Agnes, Barbara's Maid
1939
7.5
Dad for a Day
as Employment Agency Receptionist
1939
6.0
Babes in Arms
as Receptionist (uncredited)
1939
6.4
Rhumba Rhythm at the Hollywood La Conga
as Mary
1939
3.5
When Tomorrow Comes
as Waitress (uncredited)
1939
5.1
A Star Is Shorn
as Patsy
1939
0.0
Happily Buried
as Waitress
1939
4.5
Three Smart Girls Grow Up
as Secretary
1939
7.1
🎬
Pride of the Navy
as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
1939
0.0
I'll Give a Million
as Nanette
1938
5.7
Young Fugitives
as Kathy
1938
1.0
Always Goodbye
as Al's Bride-to-Be (uncredited)
1938
6.8
Kentucky Moonshine
as Sugar Hatfield
1938
4.8
Rascals
as Waiting Room Patient
1938
6.0
Sally, Irene and Mary
as Miss Barkow
1938
6.0
Swing It, Sailor!
as Gertie Burns
1938
5.0
Change of Heart
as Stenographer
1938
5.0
Missing Witnesses
as Woman Waiting in Lane's Office (uncredited)
1937
5.5
Second Honeymoon
as Elsie
1937
5.8
Mr. Dodd Takes the Air
as Fan with Locket (uncredited)
1937
5.4
Talent Scout
as Janet Morris
1937
6.0
Ever Since Eve
as Employment Clerk
1937
5.5
Marry the Girl
as Nurse locked in room
1937
5.0
Dance Charlie Dance
as Jennie Wolfe
1937
6.0
The Go-Getter
as Mrs. Blair
1937
5.8
A Day at Santa Anita
as Mary Treen (uncredited)
1937
5.0
They Gave Him a Gun
as Saxe
1937
6.2
Maid of Salem
as Susy Abbott
1937
5.9
God's Country and the Woman
as Miss Flint
1937
4.2
Fugitive in the Sky
as Agatha Ormsby
1936
6.0
The Captain's Kid
as Libby, the Housekeeper
1936
6.0
Down the Stretch
as Nurse
1936
5.5
Love Begins at Twenty
as Alice Gillingwater
1936
6.0
Jailbreak
as Gladys Joy
1936
6.4
Public Enemy's Wife
as Telephone Operator
1936
5.8
Murder by an Aristocrat
as Florrie
1936
3.0
The Golden Arrow
as Appleby's Secretary (uncredited)
1936
6.1
Romance in the Air
as Blondie
1936
0.0
Brides Are Like That
as Jennie
1936
4.8
Snowed Under
as Secretary Taking Mike's Dictation (uncredited)
1936
7.0
Colleen
as Miss Hively (uncredited)
1936
5.3
Freshman Love
as Squirmy
1936
6.0
The Murder of Dr. Harrigan
as Nurse Margaret Brody
1936
5.6
Dangerous
1935
6.6
Miss Pacific Fleet
as Violet Johnson - Butch's Girl (uncredited)
1935
4.0
Broadway Hostess
as Nurse (uncredited)
1935
5.3
Shipmates Forever
as Cowboy's Girl (uncredited)
1935
6.5
The Case of the Lucky Legs
as Spudsy's Wife
1935
5.6
I Live for Love
as Clementine
1935
4.8
Page Miss Glory
as Beauty Shop Operator
1935
6.3
Broadway Gondolier
as 2nd Irate Caller
1935
5.4
Don't Bet on Blondes
as Owen's Secretary
1935
5.0
Front Page Woman
as Nurse (uncredited)
1935
5.8
'G' Men
as Gregory's Secretary (uncredited)
1935
6.6
The Case of the Curious Bride
as Telegraph Office Clerk (uncredited)
1935
6.0
Traveling Saleslady
as Miss Wells
1935
5.5
A Night at the Ritz
as Isabelle
1935
3.0
Sweet Music
as Woman at train station (uncredited)
1935
5.7
Red Hot Tires
as Maggie
1935
5.8
Maybe It's Love
as Secretary (uncredited)
1935
6.0
Babbitt
as Miss McGoun
1934
6.0
Happiness Ahead
as Bob's Friend Celebrating New Year's Eve
1934
6.0
Blue of the Night
as Gamma Gamma Gamma Girl in Nightclub with Glasses
1931
5.7
Viennese Nights
as Shocked Woman on Street (uncredited)
1930
2.0
Surprise
as Mary - Oswald's Wife
1930
1.0