Mary Treen
146 movies · 28 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Mar 27, 1907
- Died
- Jul 20, 1989 (age 82)
- Place of birth
- Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
- Also known as
- Mary Lou Treen · Mary Louise Summers
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.
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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.
Profiles IMDb
Known for
Mary Treen: movies and TV shows
Acting (174)
- 1983 Wait Till Your Mother Gets Home
as Mrs. Olsen
- 1978 Goodbye, Franklin High
as Teacher
- 1977
- 1975 The Strongest Man in the World
as Mercedes
- 1974
- 1969
- 1969
- 1968
- 1966 Paradise, Hawaiian Style
as Mrs. Belden
- 1965
- 1965
- 1964
- 1963 Who's Minding the Store?
as Mattress Customer
- 1963 Fun in Acapulco
as Mrs. Stevers (uncredited)
- 1962 Girls! Girls! Girls!
as Mrs. Figgot
- 1961 The Errand Boy
as Commissary Cashier
- 1961 Bachelor in Paradise
as Mrs. Bruce Freedman (uncredited)
- 1961
- 1961 All in a Night's Work
as Miss Schuster
- 1960
- 1960
- 1959 Career
as Marie
- 1959
- 1959
- 1958 I Married a Monster from Outer Space
as Mother Bradley (uncredited)
- 1958
- 1958 Rock-a-Bye Baby
as Nurse
- 1957 The Sad Sack
as Sgt. Hansen
- 1957 The Joker is Wild
as Heckler (uncredited)
- 1957
- 1957
- 1957
- 1957 Public Pigeon No. 1
as Mrs. Bates (uncredited)
- 1957 Gun Duel in Durango
as Miss Henderson
- 1957 Down Liberty Road
as Secretary (Uncredited)
- 1956 Bundle of Joy
as Matron
- 1956 Calling Homicide
as Flo Burton - Script Girl (uncredited)
- 1956
- 1956 The Birds and the Bees
as Mrs. Burnside
- 1956 When Gangland Strikes
as Emily Parsons
- 1955
- 1954
- 1954
- 1954
- 1953
- 1953 Clipped Wings
as Mildred
- 1953 Let's Do It Again
as Nelly
- 1952
- 1952
- 1952 Dreamboat
as Wife in Hotel Bar (uncredited)
- 1952 Sailor Beware
as Ginger
- 1952 Room for One More
as Grace Roberts (as Mary Lou Treen)
- 1951 The Stooge
as Ms. Regan (uncredited)
- 1950
- 1950
- 1950 The Fuller Brush Girl
as Woman Selling Magazine (uncredited)
- 1950
- 1950 Young Daniel Boone
as Helen Bryan
- 1949 And Baby Makes Three
as Pregnant woman
- 1949
- 1948 Let's Live a Little
as Miss Adams
- 1948 The Snake Pit
as Nurse Jones (uncredited)
- 1948 Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
as Wife (uncredited)
- 1948 Shed No Tears
as Hilda (Uncredited)
- 1947 Merton of the Movies
as Gladys (uncredited)
- 1947 A Likely Story
as Nurse (uncredited)
- 1946 It's a Wonderful Life
as Cousin Tilly
- 1946 One Exciting Week
as Mabel Taylor
- 1946 Swing Parade of 1946
as Marie Finch
- 1946 Strange Impersonation
as Talkative nurse
- 1946 From This Day Forward
as Alice Beesley
- 1946 A Guy Could Change
as Grace Conley
- 1945 She Wouldn't Say Yes
as Train Passenger at Bar
- 1945 Blonde from Brooklyn
as Diane Peabody
- 1945 Don Juan Quilligan
as Lucy Blake
- 1945 High Powered
as Cassie McQuade
- 1944 Tahiti Nights
as Mata
- 1944 Casanova Brown
as Monica Case, the Maid
- 1944 Swing in the Saddle
as Addie LaTour
- 1944 I Love a Soldier
as Cecilia 'Cissy' Grant
- 1944 The Navy Way
as Agnes
- 1944 Hands Across the Border
as Sophie Lawrence
- 1943 Mystery Broadcast
as Smitty
- 1943 Thank Your Lucky Stars
as Autograph Seeker (uncredited)
- 1943 So Proudly We Hail
as Lt. Sadie Schwartz
- 1943 Flight for Freedom
as Newspaper Woman (uncredited)
- 1943 Hit Parade of 1943
as Janie
- 1943 They Got Me Covered
as Helen
- 1943 The Powers Girl
as Nancy
- 1943 Lady Bodyguard
as Miss Tracy
- 1942 My Heart Belongs to Daddy
as Dawn
- 1942 Stand By All Networks
as Nora Cassidy
- 1942 Between Us Girls
as Mary Belle
- 1942 They All Kissed the Bride
as Susie Johnson
- 1942 Soaring Stars
as Autograph Seeker
- 1942 The Night Before the Divorce
as Olga
- 1941 Pacific Blackout
as Irene
- 1941 The Great Man's Lady
as Persis
- 1941 You Belong to Me
as Doris
- 1941 Father Takes a Wife
as Secretary
- 1941 Tall, Dark and Handsome
as Martha
- 1940 Kitty Foyle
as Pat
- 1940 Rodeo Dough
as Mary
- 1940 Black Diamonds
as Nina Norton
- 1940 Queen of the Mob
as Billy's Nurse
- 1940 Girl in 313
as Jenny, Hotel Maid
- 1940 Double Alibi
as Hospital Switchboard Operator
- 1940 Danger On Wheels
as Esme
- 1939 First Love
as Agnes, Barbara's Maid
- 1939 Dad for a Day
as Employment Agency Receptionist
- 1939 Babes in Arms
as Receptionist (uncredited)
- 1939
- 1939 When Tomorrow Comes
as Waitress (uncredited)
- 1939 A Star Is Shorn
as Patsy
- 1939 Happily Buried
as Waitress
- 1939 Three Smart Girls Grow Up
as Secretary
- 1939 Pride of the Navy
as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
- 1938 Strange Faces
as Lorry May
- 1938 I'll Give a Million
as Nanette
- 1938 Young Fugitives
as Kathy
- 1938 Always Goodbye
as Al's Bride-to-Be (uncredited)
- 1938 Kentucky Moonshine
as Sugar Hatfield
- 1938 Rascals
as Waiting Room Patient
- 1938 Sally, Irene and Mary
as Miss Barkow
- 1938 Swing It, Sailor!
as Gertie Burns
- 1938 Change of Heart
as Stenographer
- 1937 Missing Witnesses
as Woman Waiting in Lane's Office (uncredited)
- 1937 Second Honeymoon
as Elsie
- 1937 Mr. Dodd Takes the Air
as Fan with Locket (uncredited)
- 1937 Talent Scout
as Janet Morris
- 1937 Ever Since Eve
as Employment Clerk
- 1937 Marry the Girl
as Nurse locked in room
- 1937 Dance Charlie Dance
as Jennie Wolfe
- 1937 A Day at Santa Anita
as Mary Treen (uncredited)
- 1937 The Go-Getter
as Mrs. Blair
- 1937 They Gave Him a Gun
as Saxe
- 1937 Maid of Salem
as Susy Abbott
- 1937 God's Country and the Woman
as Miss Flint
- 1936 Fugitive in the Sky
as Agatha Ormsby
- 1936 The Captain's Kid
as Libby, the Housekeeper
- 1936 Down the Stretch
as Nurse
- 1936 Love Begins at Twenty
as Alice Gillingwater
- 1936 Jailbreak
as Gladys Joy
- 1936 Public Enemy's Wife
as Telephone Operator
- 1936 Murder by an Aristocrat
as Florrie
- 1936 The Golden Arrow
as Appleby's Secretary (uncredited)
- 1936 Romance in the Air
as Blondie
- 1936 Brides Are Like That
as Jennie
- 1936 Snowed Under
as Secretary Taking Mike's Dictation (uncredited)
- 1936 Colleen
as Miss Hively (uncredited)
- 1936 Freshman Love
as Squirmy
- 1936 The Murder of Dr. Harrigan
as Nurse Margaret Brody
- 1935
- 1935 Miss Pacific Fleet
as Violet Johnson - Butch's Girl (uncredited)
- 1935 Broadway Hostess
as Nurse (uncredited)
- 1935 Shipmates Forever
as Cowboy's Girl (uncredited)
- 1935 The Case of the Lucky Legs
as Spudsy's Wife
- 1935 I Live for Love
as Clementine
- 1935 Page Miss Glory
as Beauty Shop Operator
- 1935 Broadway Gondolier
as 2nd Irate Caller
- 1935 Don't Bet on Blondes
as Owen's Secretary
- 1935 Front Page Woman
as Nurse (uncredited)
- 1935 'G' Men
as Gregory's Secretary (uncredited)
- 1935 The Case of the Curious Bride
as Telegraph Office Clerk (uncredited)
- 1935 Traveling Saleslady
as Miss Wells
- 1935 A Night at the Ritz
as Isabelle
- 1935 Sweet Music
as Woman at train station (uncredited)
- 1935 Red Hot Tires
as Maggie
- 1935 Maybe It's Love
as Secretary (uncredited)
- 1934 Babbitt
as Miss McGoun
- 1934 Happiness Ahead
as Bob's Friend Celebrating New Year's Eve
- 1931 Blue of the Night
as Gamma Gamma Gamma Girl in Nightclub with Glasses
- 1930 Viennese Nights
as Shocked Woman on Street (uncredited)
- 1930 Surprise
as Mary - Oswald's Wife
Talk shows and appearances (5)
- 1987
- 1961 The Joey Bishop Show
123 episodes
- 1951 The Red Skelton Show
2 episodes
- 1950 The Colgate Comedy Hour
1 episode
- 1940