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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
Bachelor in Paradise
Mrs. Bruce Freedman (uncredited)
Strange Impersonation
Talkative nurse
The Sad Sack
Sgt. Hansen
Bundle of Joy
Matron
Calling Homicide
Flo Burton - Script Girl (uncredited)
Girl in 313
Jenny, Hotel Maid
When Gangland Strikes
Emily Parsons
Casanova Brown
Monica Case, the Maid
The Stooge
Ms. Regan (uncredited)
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
Pride of the Navy
Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Flight for Freedom
Newspaper Woman (uncredited)
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
The Case of the Lucky Legs
Spudsy's Wife
Mystery Broadcast
Smitty
Stand By All Networks
Nora Cassidy
Gun Duel In Durango
Miss Henderson
From This Day Forward
Alice Beesley
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
Paradise, Hawaiian Style
Mrs. Belden
Career
Marie, Secretary to Shirley Drake
Dad for a Day
Employment Agency Receptionist
Kentucky Moonshine
Sugar Hatfield
Swing It, Sailor!
Gertie Burns
I Love a Soldier
Cecilia 'Cissy' Grant
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
Wife (uncredited)
Always Goodbye
Al's Bride-to-Be (uncredited)
Pacific Blackout
Irene
Rock-a-Bye Baby
Nurse
Kitty Foyle
Pat
Sally, Irene and Mary
Miss Barkow
Young Fugitives
Kathy
Blonde from Brooklyn
Diane Peabody
A Day at Santa Anita
Murder by an Aristocrat
Florrie the maid
The Birds and the Bees
Mrs. Burnside
Girls! Girls! Girls!
Mrs. Figgot
Ever Since Eve
Employment Clerk
A Star Is Shorn
Patsy
The Powers Girl
Nancy
The Fuller Brush Girl
Woman Selling Magazine (uncredited)
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
Soaring Stars
Autograph Seeker
Fugitive in the Sky
Agatha Ormsby
Dance Charlie Dance
Jennie Wolfe
Dangerous
'G' Men
Gregory's Secretary (uncredited)
Swing in the Saddle
Addie LaTour
Page Miss Glory
Beauty Shop Operator
Three Smart Girls Grow Up
Secretary
First Love
Agnes, Barbara's Maid
High Powered
Cassie McQuade
Babes in Arms
Receptionist (uncredited)
Rodeo Dough
Mary
Hit Parade of 1943
Janie
Missing Witnesses
Woman Waiting in Lane's Office (uncredited)
Traveling Saleslady
Miss Wells
Tahiti Nights
Mata
One Exciting Week
Mabel Taylor
A Likely Story
Nurse (uncredited)
The Joker is Wild
Heckler (uncredited)
Maid of Salem
Susy Abbott
Merton of the Movies
Gladys (uncredited)
The Snake Pit
Nurse Jones
Jailbreak
Gladys Joy
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
Swing Parade of 1946
Marie Finch
Room for One More
Grace Roberts (as Mary Lou Treen)
Love Begins at Twenty
Alice Gillingwater
Change of Heart
Stenographer
Danger On Wheels
Esme
Brides Are Like That
Jennie
A Night at the Ritz
Isabelle
Clipped Wings
Mildred
Thank Your Lucky Stars
Autograph Seeker (uncredited)
Rhumba Rhythm at the Hollywood La Conga
Mary
Black Diamonds
Nina Norton
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 Case of the Curious Bride
Telegraph Office Clerk (uncredited)
The Golden Arrow
Appleby's Secretary (uncredited)
Don Juan Quilligan
Lucy Blake
Rascals
Waiting Room Patient
Goodbye, Franklin High
Teacher
The Strongest Man in the World
Mercedes
Double Alibi
Hospital Switchboard Operator
Front Page Woman
Nurse (uncredited)
The Go-Getter
Mrs. Blair
Lady Bodyguard
Miss Tracy
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
Who's Minding the Store?
Mattress Customer
The Errand Boy
Commissary Cashier
Sailor Beware
Ginger
Let's Live a Little
Miss Adams
The Navy Way
Agnes
Happily Buried
Waitress
They All Kissed the Bride
Susie Johnson
Public Enemy's Wife
Telephone Operator
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
Wait Till Your Mother Gets Home
Shows
The Andy Griffith Show
Clara Lindsey
The Joey Bishop Show
Hilda
Willy
The Gene Autry Show
Adele Tompkins
Hey, Jeannie!
Katie
The Andy Griffith Show
Rose Pine
Four Star Playhouse
Madeline
Here's Lucy
Mary Winters
Perry Mason
Bess
Bonanza
Mrs. Shaughnessy
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)
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
Woman #1
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
Bonanza
Annie Wilson
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)
The Wonderful World of Disney
Dress Shop Owner (uncredited)
The Love Boat
Sister #2
Love, American Style
Clerk