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Mary Treen

Personal Information

Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Born / DiedMar 27, 1907 (Died at 82)
Zodiac Sign♈Aries
Place of BirthSaint Louis, Missouri, USA
Career Span1930 – 1989
Known Credits175 Titles
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Mary Treen

Also known as:Mary Lou TreenMary Louise Summers
Total Works

175

145 movies • 30 shows

Avg Rating

6.5 / 10

across rated releases

Box Office

—

worldwide gross

Global Reach

#1

TMDB star index

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.

Signature Roles & Milestones

It's a Wonderful Life
8.3
as Cousin Tilly
Bonanza
7.5
Bonanza
1959•series
as Mrs. Shaughnessy
Happy Days
7.6
Happy Days
1974•series
as Miss Prism
The Love Boat
6.2
The Love Boat
1977•series
as Sister #2

Full Filmography & Credits

Showing 175 titles featuring Mary Treen

It's a Wonderful Life
8.3

as Cousin Tilly

Bonanza
7.5
1 eps
Bonanza
1959•series

as Mrs. Shaughnessy

Happy Days
7.6
1 eps
Happy Days
1974•series

as Miss Prism

The Love Boat
6.2
1 eps
The Love Boat
1977•series

as Sister #2

The Andy Griffith Show
7.6
2 eps

as Clara Lindsey

The Joker is Wild
8.1
The Joker is Wild
1957•movie

as Heckler (uncredited)

Perry Mason
7.7
1 eps
Perry Mason
1957•series

as Bess

The Snake Pit
7.1
The Snake Pit
1948•movie

as Nurse Jones (uncredited)

'G' Men
6.6
'G' Men
1935•movie

as Gregory's Secretary (uncredited)

Who's Minding the Store?
6.8

as Mattress Customer

Fun in Acapulco
5.9
Fun in Acapulco
1963•movie

as Mrs. Stevers (uncredited)

Rock-a-Bye Baby
6.9
Rock-a-Bye Baby
1958•movie

as Nurse

Green Acres
7.2
1 eps
Green Acres
1965•series

as Telephone Operator

The Strongest Man in the World
6.2

as Mercedes

I Married a Monster from Outer Space
6.0

as Mother Bradley (uncredited)

Girls! Girls! Girls!
5.4

as Mrs. Figgot

The Errand Boy
6.2
The Errand Boy
1961•movie

as Commissary Cashier

Kitty Foyle
6.6
Kitty Foyle
1940•movie

as Pat

Dangerous
6.6
Dangerous
1935•movie
Paradise, Hawaiian Style
5.1

as Mrs. Belden

Room for One More
6.6
Room for One More
1952•movie

as Grace Roberts (as Mary Lou Treen)

Babes in Arms
6.4
Babes in Arms
1939•movie

as Receptionist (uncredited)

Thank Your Lucky Stars
6.2

as Autograph Seeker (uncredited)

The Stooge
6.6
The Stooge
1951•movie

as Ms. Regan (uncredited)

The Wonderful World of Disney
7.9
2 eps

as Dress Shop Owner (uncredited)

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
7.1
1 eps

as Woman #1

The Sad Sack
5.7
The Sad Sack
1957•movie

as Sgt. Hansen

Sailor Beware
6.2
Sailor Beware
1952•movie

as Ginger

Dennis the Menace
6.6
1 eps
Dennis the Menace
1959•series

as Cook

Here's Lucy
6.7
1 eps
Here's Lucy
1968•series

as Mary Winters

Wagon Train
6.6
1 eps
Wagon Train
1957•series

as Bessie Treymore (uncredited)

So Proudly We Hail
5.7
So Proudly We Hail
1943•movie

as Lt. Sadie Schwartz

Casanova Brown
6.4
Casanova Brown
1944•movie

as Monica Case, the Maid

Bachelor in Paradise
6.3

as Mrs. Bruce Freedman (uncredited)

All in a Night's Work
6.0

as Miss Schuster

Hazel
6.8
1 eps
Hazel
1961•series

as Nurse

Strange Impersonation
6.1

as Talkative nurse

The Case of the Curious Bride
6.0

as Telegraph Office Clerk (uncredited)

Love, American Style
6.2
1 eps

as Miss Crenshaw

The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
7.2
1 eps

as Mrs. Curtis

Dreamboat
6.1
Dreamboat
1952•movie

as Wife in Hotel Bar (uncredited)

The Red Skelton Show
7.4
2 eps

as Girl in Park

The Bill Cosby Show
5.5
1 eps
The Bill Cosby Show
1969•series

as Mrs. Drucker

The Donna Reed Show
6.5
1 eps
The Donna Reed Show
1958•series

as Mrs. Larson

Bundle of Joy
6.4
Bundle of Joy
1956•movie

as Matron

Shed No Tears
5.1
Shed No Tears
1948•movie

as Hilda (Uncredited)

You Belong to Me
6.1
You Belong to Me
1941•movie

as Doris

First Love
7.6
First Love
1939•movie

as Agnes, Barbara's Maid

Swing Parade of 1946
4.6

as Marie Finch

Front Page Woman
5.9
Front Page Woman
1935•movie

as Nurse (uncredited)

When Tomorrow Comes
5.4

as Waitress (uncredited)

The Jack Benny Program
7.8
1 eps

as Mrs. Jameson

Career
6.7
Career
1959•movie

as Marie

From This Day Forward
5.4

as Alice Beesley

Ever Since Eve
5.8
Ever Since Eve
1937•movie

as Employment Clerk

The Colgate Comedy Hour
6.9
1 eps

as Self (uncredited)

The Great Man's Lady
6.3

as Persis

The Case of the Lucky Legs
6.0

as Spudsy's Wife

The Golden Arrow
6.3
The Golden Arrow
1936•movie

as Appleby's Secretary (uncredited)

Calling Homicide
6.1
Calling Homicide
1956•movie

as Flo Burton - Script Girl (uncredited)

Tall, Dark and Handsome
6.1

as Martha

The Fuller Brush Girl
6.1

as Woman Selling Magazine (uncredited)

Four Star Playhouse
6.8
1 eps
Four Star Playhouse
1952•series

as Madeline

They Got Me Covered
6.2

as Helen

Please Don't Eat the Daisies
6.8
1 eps

as Mabel

Girl in 313
5.6
Girl in 313
1940•movie

as Jenny, Hotel Maid

Red Hot Tires
6.0
Red Hot Tires
1935•movie

as Maggie

They All Kissed the Bride
5.9

as Susie Johnson

Mr. Dodd Takes the Air
5.4

as Fan with Locket (uncredited)

Flight for Freedom
5.8
Flight for Freedom
1943•movie

as Newspaper Woman (uncredited)

Gun Duel in Durango
5.6

as Miss Henderson

Always Goodbye
7.2
Always Goodbye
1938•movie

as Al's Bride-to-Be (uncredited)

Three Smart Girls Grow Up
7.2

as Secretary

Traveling Saleslady
6.1

as Miss Wells

Maid of Salem
6.2
Maid of Salem
1937•movie

as Susy Abbott

Second Honeymoon
6.4
Second Honeymoon
1937•movie

as Elsie

The Navy Way
6.2
The Navy Way
1944•movie

as Agnes

Mystery Broadcast
6.6
Mystery Broadcast
1943•movie

as Smitty

Broadway Hostess
6.0
Broadway Hostess
1935•movie

as Nurse (uncredited)

I'll Give a Million
6.1

as Nanette

Page Miss Glory
6.7
Page Miss Glory
1935•movie

as Beauty Shop Operator

Hit Parade of 1943
5.7
Hit Parade of 1943
1943•movie

as Janie

My Heart Belongs to Daddy
5.0

as Dawn

Public Enemy's Wife
6.4

as Telephone Operator

Letter to Loretta
6.6
1 eps
Letter to Loretta
1953•series

as Aunt Gladys

Hands Across the Border
6.0

as Sophie Lawrence

The Murder of Dr. Harrigan
5.8

as Nurse Margaret Brody

She Wouldn't Say Yes
6.4

as Train Passenger at Bar

They Gave Him a Gun
6.7

as Saxe

Stand By All Networks
5.2

as Nora Cassidy

And Baby Makes Three
5.1

as Pregnant woman

Down the Stretch
6.0
Down the Stretch
1936•movie

as Nurse

I Live for Love
5.7
I Live for Love
1935•movie

as Clementine

Broadway Gondolier
6.0
Broadway Gondolier
1935•movie

as 2nd Irate Caller

Fugitive in the Sky
6.3

as Agatha Ormsby

A Likely Story
4.8
A Likely Story
1947•movie

as Nurse (uncredited)

Jailbreak
6.7
Jailbreak
1936•movie

as Gladys Joy

Babbitt
6.3
Babbitt
1934•movie

as Miss McGoun

Father Takes a Wife
6.8

as Secretary

Wait Till Your Mother Gets Home
5.0

as Mrs. Olsen

The Gene Autry Show
4.7
1 eps
The Gene Autry Show
1950•series

as Adele Tompkins

God's Country and the Woman
5.2

as Miss Flint

Let's Do It Again
4.2
Let's Do It Again
1953•movie

as Nelly

Kentucky Moonshine
5.2
Kentucky Moonshine
1938•movie

as Sugar Hatfield

Pacific Blackout
6.6
Pacific Blackout
1941•movie

as Irene

The Birds and the Bees
7.4

as Mrs. Burnside

The Powers Girl
7.0
The Powers Girl
1943•movie

as Nancy

Rodeo Dough
6.4
Rodeo Dough
1940•movie

as Mary

Merton of the Movies
6.3

as Gladys (uncredited)

Happiness Ahead
6.6
Happiness Ahead
1934•movie

as Bob's Friend Celebrating New Year's Eve

The Night Before the Divorce
5.6

as Olga

Danger On Wheels
4.6
Danger On Wheels
1940•movie

as Esme

Snowed Under
7.4
Snowed Under
1936•movie

as Secretary Taking Mike's Dictation (uncredited)

The Go-Getter
6.2
The Go-Getter
1937•movie

as Mrs. Blair

Shipmates Forever
6.6
Shipmates Forever
1935•movie

as Cowboy's Girl (uncredited)

Blue of the Night
5.8
Blue of the Night
1931•movie

as Gamma Gamma Gamma Girl in Nightclub with Glasses

Don't Bet on Blondes
5.8

as Owen's Secretary

Queen of the Mob
6.2
Queen of the Mob
1940•movie

as Billy's Nurse

The Joey Bishop Show
6.0
123 eps

as Hilda

Colleen
5.8
Colleen
1936•movie

as Miss Hively (uncredited)

Sweet Music
6.8
Sweet Music
1935•movie

as Woman at train station (uncredited)

I Love a Soldier
6.0
I Love a Soldier
1944•movie

as Cecilia 'Cissy' Grant

Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
5.8

as Wife (uncredited)

Sally, Irene and Mary
6.8

as Miss Barkow

High Powered
5.2
High Powered
1945•movie

as Cassie McQuade

Brides Are Like That
6.1

as Jennie

Goodbye, Franklin High
3.0

as Teacher

Double Alibi
5.2
Double Alibi
1940•movie

as Hospital Switchboard Operator

Let's Live a Little
7.0

as Miss Adams

Happily Buried
5.2
Happily Buried
1939•movie

as Waitress

Last Stagecoach West
5.5
Hey, Jeannie!
6.2
1 eps
Hey, Jeannie!
1956•series

as Katie

The Ford Television Theatre
7.8
1 eps
December Bride
6.2
1 eps
December Bride
1954•series

as Mrs. Schultz

Crossroads
6.8
1 eps
Crossroads
1955•series

as Nurse

Dad for a Day
6.7
Dad for a Day
1939•movie

as Employment Agency Receptionist

Young Fugitives
3.7
Young Fugitives
1938•movie

as Kathy

Blonde from Brooklyn
6.7

as Diane Peabody

Missing Witnesses
7.0
Missing Witnesses
1937•movie

as Woman Waiting in Lane's Office (uncredited)

Talent Scout
6.7
Talent Scout
1937•movie

as Janet Morris

Freshman Love
7.0
Freshman Love
1936•movie

as Squirmy

Love Begins at Twenty
6.3

as Alice Gillingwater

The Captain's Kid
6.7
The Captain's Kid
1936•movie

as Libby, the Housekeeper

Lady Bodyguard
6.0
Lady Bodyguard
1943•movie

as Miss Tracy

Public Pigeon No. 1
6.3

as Mrs. Bates (uncredited)

The Life of Riley
8.0
1 eps
The Life of Riley
1949•series

as Millie

Surfside 6
6.3
1 eps
Surfside 6
1960•series

as Hotel Plaza Desk Clerk (uncredited)

When Gangland Strikes
6.0

as Emily Parsons

Maybe It's Love
7.0
Maybe It's Love
1935•movie

as Secretary (uncredited)

Marry the Girl
6.5
Marry the Girl
1937•movie

as Nurse locked in room

Swing It, Sailor!
7.5
Swing It, Sailor!
1938•movie

as Gertie Burns

A Day at Santa Anita
6.0

as Mary Treen (uncredited)

Murder by an Aristocrat
5.0

as Florrie

Dance Charlie Dance
8.0

as Jennie Wolfe

One Exciting Week
6.5
One Exciting Week
1946•movie

as Mabel Taylor

Between Us Girls
7.5
Between Us Girls
1942•movie

as Mary Belle

Change of Heart
7.0
Change of Heart
1938•movie

as Stenographer

A Night at the Ritz
6.5

as Isabelle

Miss Pacific Fleet
7.0
Miss Pacific Fleet
1935•movie

as Violet Johnson - Butch's Girl (uncredited)

Viennese Nights
6.0
Viennese Nights
1930•movie

as Shocked Woman on Street (uncredited)

Surprise
1.0
Surprise
1930•movie

as Mary - Oswald's Wife

Don Juan Quilligan
7.0
Don Juan Quilligan
1945•movie

as Lucy Blake

Rascals
7.0
Rascals
1938•movie

as Waiting Room Patient

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
6.5

as Self (archive footage)

A Star Is Shorn
8.0
A Star Is Shorn
1939•movie

as Patsy

Swing in the Saddle
9.0

as Addie LaTour

Tahiti Nights
9.0
Tahiti Nights
1944•movie

as Mata

Clipped Wings
7.0
Clipped Wings
1953•movie

as Mildred

Black Diamonds
7.0
Black Diamonds
1940•movie

as Nina Norton

A Guy Could Change
7.0
A Guy Could Change
1946•movie

as Grace Conley

Young Daniel Boone
10.0
Young Daniel Boone
1950•movie

as Helen Bryan

Romance in the Air
10.0
Romance in the Air
1936•movie

as Blondie

Strange Faces
10.0
Strange Faces
1938•movie

as Lorry May

Down Liberty Road
9.0
Down Liberty Road
1957•movie

as Secretary (Uncredited)