Mary Treen
Born March 27, 1907 (Age: 119)
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Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
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.
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.
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Filmography
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 79
Goodbye, Franklin High
1978
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as Teacher
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Age: 71
Paradise, Hawaiian Style
1966
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as Mrs. Belden
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Age: 59
Who's Minding the Store?
1963
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as Mattress Customer
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Age: 56
Fun in Acapulco
1963
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as Mrs. Stevers (uncredited)
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Age: 56
Girls! Girls! Girls!
1962
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as Mrs. Figgot
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Age: 55
The Errand Boy
1961
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as Commissary Cashier
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Age: 54
Bachelor in Paradise
1961
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as Mrs. Bruce Freedman (uncredited)
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Age: 54
All in a Night's Work
1961
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as Miss Schuster
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Age: 53
Career
1959
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as Marie, Secretary to Shirley Drake
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Age: 52
I Married a Monster from Outer Space
1958
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as Mother Bradley (uncredited)
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Age: 51
Rock-a-Bye Baby
1958
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as Nurse
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Age: 51
Bundle of Joy
1956
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as Matron
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Age: 49
Calling Homicide
1956
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as Flo Burton - Script Girl (uncredited)
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Age: 49
The Birds and the Bees
1956
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as Mrs. Burnside
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Age: 49
When Gangland Strikes
1956
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as Emily Parsons
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Age: 48
Clipped Wings
1953
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as Mildred
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Age: 46
Let's Do It Again
1953
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as Nelly
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Age: 46
The Fuller Brush Girl
1950
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as Woman Selling Magazine (uncredited)
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Age: 43
Young Daniel Boone
1950
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as Helen Bryan
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Age: 42
She Wouldn't Say Yes
1945
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as Train Passenger at Bar
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Age: 38
Blonde from Brooklyn
1945
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as Diane Peabody
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Age: 38
Don Juan Quilligan
1945
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as Lucy Blake
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Age: 38
High Powered
1945
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as Cassie McQuade
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Age: 37
My Heart Belongs to Daddy
1942
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as Dawn
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Age: 35
Stand By All Networks
1942
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as Nora Cassidy
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Age: 35
Between Us Girls
1942
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as Mary Belle
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Age: 35
They All Kissed the Bride
1942
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as Susie Johnson
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Age: 35
No Image
Soaring Stars
1942
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as Autograph Seeker
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Age: 35
The Night Before the Divorce
1942
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as Olga
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Age: 34
Pacific Blackout
1941
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as Irene
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Age: 34
The Great Man's Lady
1941
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as Persis
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Age: 34
You Belong to Me
1941
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as Doris
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Age: 34
Father Takes a Wife
1941
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as Secretary
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Age: 34
Tall, Dark and Handsome
1941
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as Martha
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Age: 33
Blue of the Night
1931
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as Gamma Gamma Gamma Girl in Nightclub with Glasses
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Age: 24
Viennese Nights
1930
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as Shocked Woman on Street (uncredited)
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Age: 23
Surprise
1930
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as Mary - Oswald's Wife
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Age: 22