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