Mary Treen
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.
Filmography (178 Appearances)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Wait Till Your Mother Gets Home
Goodbye, Franklin High
The Love Boat
The Strongest Man in the World
Happy Days
Love, American Style
The Bill Cosby Show
Here's Lucy
Paradise, Hawaiian Style
Green Acres
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
Who's Minding the Store?
Fun in Acapulco
Girls! Girls! Girls!
The Errand Boy
Bachelor in Paradise
Hazel
The Joey Bishop Show
All in a Night's Work
Surfside 6
The Andy Griffith Show
Career
Dennis the Menace
Bonanza
I Married a Monster from Outer Space
The Donna Reed Show
Rock-a-Bye Baby
The Sad Sack
The Joker is Wild
Perry Mason
Wagon Train
Last Stagecoach West
Public Pigeon No. 1
Gun Duel in Durango
Down Liberty Road
Bundle of Joy
Calling Homicide
Hey, Jeannie!
The Birds and the Bees
When Gangland Strikes
The Wonderful World of Disney
December Bride
Willy
Letter to Loretta
Clipped Wings
Let's Do It Again
The Ford Television Theatre
Four Star Playhouse
Dreamboat
Sailor Beware
Room for One More
The Stooge
The Red Skelton Show
The Jack Benny Program
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
The Fuller Brush Girl
The Colgate Comedy Hour
The Gene Autry Show
Young Daniel Boone
And Baby Makes Three
The Life of Riley
Let's Live a Little
The Snake Pit
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
Shed No Tears
Merton of the Movies
A Likely Story
It's a Wonderful Life
One Exciting Week
Swing Parade of 1946
Strange Impersonation
From This Day Forward
A Guy Could Change
She Wouldn't Say Yes
Blonde from Brooklyn
Don Juan Quilligan
High Powered
Tahiti Nights
Casanova Brown
Swing in the Saddle
I Love a Soldier
The Navy Way
Hands Across the Border
Mystery Broadcast
Thank Your Lucky Stars
So Proudly We Hail
Flight for Freedom
Hit Parade of 1943
They Got Me Covered
The Powers Girl
Lady Bodyguard
My Heart Belongs to Daddy
Stand By All Networks
Between Us Girls
They All Kissed the Bride
Soaring Stars
The Night Before the Divorce
Pacific Blackout
The Great Man's Lady
You Belong to Me
Father Takes a Wife
Tall, Dark and Handsome
Kitty Foyle
Rodeo Dough
Black Diamonds
Swing with Bing
Queen of the Mob
Girl in 313
Double Alibi
Danger On Wheels
First Love
Dad for a Day
Babes in Arms
Rhumba Rhythm at the Hollywood La Conga
When Tomorrow Comes
A Star Is Shorn
Happily Buried
Three Smart Girls Grow Up
Pride of the Navy
Strange Faces
I'll Give a Million
Young Fugitives
Always Goodbye
Kentucky Moonshine
Rascals
Sally, Irene and Mary
Swing It, Sailor!
Change of Heart
Missing Witnesses
Second Honeymoon
Mr. Dodd Takes the Air
Talent Scout
Ever Since Eve
Marry the Girl
Dance Charlie Dance
The Go-Getter
A Day at Santa Anita
They Gave Him a Gun
Maid of Salem
God's Country and the Woman
Fugitive in the Sky
The Captain's Kid
Down the Stretch
Love Begins at Twenty
Jailbreak
Public Enemy's Wife
Murder by an Aristocrat
The Golden Arrow
Romance in the Air
Brides Are Like That
Snowed Under
Colleen
Freshman Love
The Murder of Dr. Harrigan
Dangerous
Miss Pacific Fleet
Broadway Hostess
Shipmates Forever
The Case of the Lucky Legs
I Live for Love
Page Miss Glory
Broadway Gondolier
Don't Bet on Blondes
Front Page Woman
'G' Men
The Case of the Curious Bride
Traveling Saleslady
A Night at the Ritz
Sweet Music
Red Hot Tires
Maybe It's Love
Babbitt
Happiness Ahead
Blue of the Night
Viennese Nights
Surprise