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