Mary Treen
Age: 82 | From: St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Person Details
Birthday: 1907-03-27 18:33:09
Death: 1989-07-20 18:33:09
Aliases: Mary Lou Treen
Gender: Female
Place of birth: St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 52
TV Involvements: 7
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Perry Mason
(1957) Bess
Bonanza
(1959) Mrs. Shaughnessy
It's a Wonderful Life
(1946) Cousin Tilly
The Snake Pit
(1948) Nurse Jones
'G' Men
(1935) Gregory's Secretary (uncredited)
The Joker Is Wild
(1957) Heckler (uncredited)
I Married a Monster from Outer Space
(1958) Mother Bradley (uncredited)
Girl in 313
(1940) Jenny, Hotel MaidActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 1978 | Teacher | |
| 1977 | Sister #2 | |
| 1975 | Mercedes | |
| 1974 | Miss Prism | |
| 1969 | Clerk | |
| Miss Crenshaw | ||
| Mrs. Drucker | ||
| 1968 | Mary Winters | |
| 1966 | Mrs. Belden | |
| 1965 | Telephone Operator | |
| Mabel | ||
| 1964 | Woman #1 | |
| 1963 | Mattress Customer | |
| Mrs. Stevers (uncredited) | ||
| 1962 | Mrs. Figgot | |
| 1961 | Commissary Cashier | |
| Mrs. Bruce Freedman (uncredited) | ||
| Nurse | ||
| Hilda | ||
| Miss Schuster | ||
| 1960 | Hotel Plaza Desk Clerk (uncredited) | |
| Clara Lindsey | ||
| Rose Pine | ||
| 1959 | Marie, Secretary to Shirley Drake | |
| Cook | ||
| Annie Wilson | ||
| Mrs. Shaughnessy | ||
| 1958 | Mother Bradley (uncredited) | |
| Miss Winters | ||
| Sunny Cooper | ||
| Mrs. Larson | ||
| Nurse | ||
| 1957 | Sgt. Hansen | |
| Heckler (uncredited) | ||
| Bess | ||
| Bessie Treymore (uncredited) | ||
| N/A | ||
| Miss Henderson | ||
| 1956 | Matron | |
| Flo Burton - Script Girl (uncredited) | ||
| Katie | ||
| Mrs. Burnside | ||
| Emily Parsons | ||
| 1954 | Dress Shop Owner (uncredited) | |
| Mrs. Schultz | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1953 | Aunt Gladys | |
| Mildred | ||
| Nelly | ||
| 1952 | N/A | |
| Madeline | ||
| Wife in Hotel Bar | ||
| Ginger | ||
| Grace Roberts (as Mary Lou Treen) | ||
| 1951 | Ms. Regan (uncredited) | |
| Girl in Park | ||
| 1950 | Singer at Party | |
| Mrs. Jameson | ||
| Mrs. Curtis | ||
| Woman Selling Magazine (uncredited) | ||
| Self (uncredited) | ||
| Adele Tompkins | ||
| Netty Blinkensop | ||
| Helen Bryan | ||
| 1949 | Pregnant woman | |
| Millie - Stevenson's Secretary | ||
| 1948 | Miss Adams | |
| Nurse Jones | ||
| Wife (uncredited) | ||
| Hilda (Uncredited) | ||
| 1947 | Gladys (uncredited) | |
| Nurse (uncredited) | ||
| 1946 | Cousin Tilly | |
| Mabel Taylor | ||
| Marie Finch | ||
| Talkative nurse | ||
| Alice Beesley | ||
| Grace Conley | ||
| 1945 | Train Passenger at Bar | |
| Diane Peabody | ||
| Lucy Blake | ||
| Cassie McQuade | ||
| 1944 | Mata | |
| Monica Case, the Maid | ||
| Addie LaTour | ||
| Cecilia 'Cissy' Grant | ||
| Agnes | ||
| Sophie Lawrence | ||
| 1943 | Smitty | |
| Lt. Sadie Schwartz | ||
| Newspaper Woman (uncredited) | ||
| Janie | ||
| Helen | ||
| Nancy | ||
| Miss Tracy | ||
| 1942 | Dawn | |
| Nora Cassidy | ||
| Mary Belle | ||
| Susie Johnson | ||
| Autograph Seeker | ||
| Persis | ||
| Olga | ||
| 1941 | Irene | |
| Doris | ||
| Secretary | ||
| Martha | ||
| 1940 | Pat | |
| Mary | ||
| Nina Norton | ||
| Herself | ||
| Billy's Nurse | ||
| Jenny, Hotel Maid | ||
| Hospital Switchboard Operator | ||
| Esme | ||
| 1939 | Agnes, Barbara's Maid | |
| Employment Agency Receptionist | ||
| Receptionist (uncredited) | ||
| Mary | ||
| Patsy | ||
| Waitress | ||
| Secretary | ||
| Undetermined Role (uncredited) | ||
| 1938 | Nanette | |
| Kathy | ||
| Al's Bride-to-Be (uncredited) | ||
| Sugar Hatfield | ||
| Waiting Room Patient | ||
| Miss Barkow | ||
| Gertie Burns | ||
| 1937 | Woman Waiting in Lane's Office (uncredited) | |
| Elsie | ||
| Fan with Locket (uncredited) | ||
| Janet Morris | ||
| Employment Clerk | ||
| Nurse locked in room | ||
| Jennie Wolfe | ||
| Mrs. Blair | ||
| N/A | ||
| Saxe | ||
| Susy Abbott | ||
| Miss Flint | ||
| 1936 | Agatha Ormsby | |
| Libby, the Housekeeper | ||
| Nurse | ||
| Alice Gillingwater | ||
| Gladys Joy | ||
| Telephone Operator | ||
| Florrie the maid | ||
| Appleby's Secretary (uncredited) | ||
| Jennie | ||
| Secretary Taking Mike's Dictation (uncredited) | ||
| Miss Hively (uncredited) | ||
| Squirmy | ||
| Nurse Margaret Brody | ||
| 1935 | N/A | |
| Violet Johnson - Butch's Girl (uncredited) | ||
| Nurse (uncredited) | ||
| Cowboy's Girl (uncredited) | ||
| Spudsy's Wife | ||
| Clementine | ||
| Beauty Shop Operator | ||
| 2nd Irate Caller | ||
| Owen's Secretary | ||
| Nurse (uncredited) | ||
| Gregory's Secretary (uncredited) | ||
| Telegraph Office Clerk (uncredited) | ||
| Miss Wells | ||
| Isabelle | ||
| Woman at train station (uncredited) | ||
| Maggie | ||
| Secretary (uncredited) | ||
| 1934 | Miss McGoun | |
| Bob's Friend Celebrating New Year's Eve | ||
| 1931 | Gamma Gamma Gamma Girl in Nightclub with Glasses | |
| 1930 | Shocked Woman on Street (uncredited) | |
| Mary - Oswald's Wife | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
