Mary Treen

Mary Treen (born Mary Louise Summers; March 27, 1907 – July 20, 1989) was an American film and television actress. A minor actress for much of her career, she managed to secure a plain, unassuming niche for herself in dozens of movies and television shows in a Hollywood career spanning five decades, from 1930 to 1981.

Early life Treen was born Mary Louise Summers in St. Louis, and she grew up in California. She was the daughter of attorney Don C. Summers and actress Helene Sullivan Summers. In 1908, when she 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 stepfather, a physician. She attended Westlake School for Girls and, later, a convent school where she tried out successfully in school plays.

Career Treen first worked in show business as a dancer, part of the Fanchon and Marco revues. (another source says more than 100

Her longest-running role was as Hilda, the maid and baby nurse in 64 episodes of the NBC and CBS sitcom The Joey Bishop Show from 1962 to 1965. Personal life and death Treen was married and divorced. including actor Mort Mills.

Partial filmography Film

Viennese Nights (1930) – Shocked Woman on Street (uncredited) Crooner (1932) – One of Teddy's Fans (uncredited) Jimmy the Gent (1934) – Nurse (scenes deleted) Happiness Ahead (1934) – Bob's Comedienne Friend The St. Louis Kid (1934) – Giddy Girl (scenes deleted) Babbitt (1934) – Miss McGoun, Babbitt's Secretary Maybe It's Love (1935) – Secretary (uncredited) Red Hot Tires (1935) – Maggie Sweet Music (1935) – Girl at the Railroad (uncredited) A Night at the Ritz (1935) – Isabelle, Hassler's Secretary Traveling Saleslady (1935) – Miss Wells The Case of the Curious Bride (1935) – Telegraph Office Clerk (uncredited) G Men (1935) – Gregory's Secretary (uncredited) Go into Your Dance (1935) – Silent Showgirl (uncredited) The Girl from 10th Avenue (1935) – Secretary (uncredited) Front Page Woman (1935) – Nurse (uncredited) Don't Bet on Blondes (1935) – Owen's secretary Broadway Gondolier (1935) – 2nd Irate Caller (uncredited) Page Miss Glory (1935) – Beauty Shop Operator I Live for Love (1935) – Clementine – Donna's Maid The Case of the Lucky Legs (1935) – Spudsy's Wife Shipmates Forever (1935) – Cowboy's Girl (uncredited) I Found Stella Parish (1935) – Sob Sister (uncredited) Miss Pacific Fleet (1935) – Violet Johnson – Butch's Girl (uncredited) Broadway Hostess (1935) – Nurse (uncredited) Dangerous (1935) – Huree – a Nurse (uncredited) The Murder of Dr. Harrigan (1936) – Nurse Margaret Brody Freshman Love (1936) – Squirmy Colleen (1936) – Miss Hively – Cedric's Secretary (uncredited) Brides Are Like That (1936) – Jennie Snowed Under (1936) – Secretary Taking Mike's Dictation (uncredited) The Singing Kid (1936) – Secretary (scenes deleted) The Golden Arrow (1936) – Appleby's Secretary (uncredited) Murder by an Aristocrat (1936) – Florrie Public Enemy's Wife (1936) – Telephone Operator (uncredited) Jailbreak (1936) – Gladys Joy Love Begins at 20 (1936) – Alice Gillingwater Stage Struck (1936) – Ms. Warren (uncredited) Down the Stretch (1936) – Nurse The Captain's Kid (1936) – Libby, the Housekeeper Fugitive in the Sky (1936) – Agatha Ormsby God's Country and the Woman (1937) – Miss Flint Maid of Salem (1937) – Susy Abbott They Gave Him a Gun (1937) – Saxe The Go Getter (1937) – Mrs. Blair Ever Since Eve (1937) – Employment Clerk Dance Charlie Dance (1937) – Jennie Wolfe – Arden's Agent Marry the Girl (1937) – Kidnapped Nurse (uncredited) Talent Scout (1937) – Janet Morris Mr. Dodd Takes the Air (1937) – Fan with Locket (uncredited) Second Honeymoon (1937) – Elsie Missing Witnesses (1937) – Woman Waiting in Lane's Office (uncredited) Change of Heart (1938) – Stenographer (uncredited) Swing It, Sailor! (1938) – Gertie Burns Sally, Irene and Mary (1938) – Miss Barkow Kentucky Moonshine (1938) – 'Sugar' Hatfield Rascals (1938) – Patient (uncredited) Always Goodbye (1938) – Al's Bride-to-Be (uncredited) Young Fugitives (1938) – Kathy I'll Give a Million (1938) – Nanette (uncredited) Strange Faces (1938) – Lorry May Pride of the Navy (1939) – Minor Role (uncredited) Three Smart Girls Grow Up (1939) – Secretary (uncredited) For Love or Money (1939) – Amy, The Maid When Tomorrow Comes (1939) – Waitress (uncredited) Babes in Arms (1939) – Receptionist (uncredited) Dad for a Day (1939, Short) – Employment Agency Receptionist (uncredited) First Love (1939) – Agnes, Barbara's Maid Danger on Wheels (1940) – Esme Double Alibi (1940) – Hospital Switchboard Operator Girl in 313 (1940) – Jenny, Hotel Maid Queen of the Mob (1940) – Billy's Nurse Black Diamonds (1940) – Nina Norton Dulcy (1940) – Miss Twill (uncredited) Kitty Foyle (1940) – Pat Day Tall, Dark and Handsome (1941) – Martha, Sales Girl The Flame of New Orleans (1941) – Party Guest (uncredited) Father Takes a Wife (1941) – Secretary You Belong to Me (1941) – Doris Pacific Blackout (1941) – Irene Roxie Hart (1942) – Secretary (uncredited) The Night Before the Divorce (1942) – Olga – the Maid True to the Army (1942) – Mae Ship Ahoy (1942) – Nurse (uncredited) The Great Man's Lady (1942) – Persis They All Kissed the Bride (1942) – Susie Johnson Between Us Girls (1942) – Mary Belle Stand By All Networks (1942) – Nora Cassidy My Heart Belongs to Daddy (1942) – Dawn (uncredited) Lady Bodyguard (1943) – Miss Tracy The Powers Girl (1943) – Nancy Flight for Freedom (1943) – Newspaper Woman (uncredited) They Got Me Covered (1943) – Helen Hit Parade of 1943 (1943) – Janie So Proudly We Hail! (1943) – Lt. Sadie Schwartz Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943) – Fan (uncredited) Mystery Broadcast (1943) – Smitty Hands Across the Border (1944) – Sophie Lawrence The Navy Way (1944) – Agnes Swing in the Saddle (1944) – Addie LaTour I Love a Soldier (1944) – Cecilia 'Cissy' Grant Casanova Brown (1944) – Monica Case Tahiti Nights (1944) – Mata High Powered (1945) – Cassie McQuade Don Juan Quilligan (1945) – Lucy Blake Blonde from Brooklyn (1945) – Diane Peabody She Wouldn't Say Yes (1945) – Train Passenger at Bar A Guy Could Change (1946) – Grace Conley From This Day Forward (1946) – Alice Beesley Strange Impersonation (1946) – Talkative Nurse Swing Parade of 1946 (1946) – Marie Finch One Exciting Week (1946) – Mabel Taylor It's a Wonderful Life (1946) – Cousin Tilly A Likely Story (1947) – Nurse (uncredited) Merton of the Movies (1947) – Gladys (uncredited) Shed No Tears (1948) – Hilda – the Maid (uncredited) Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven (1948) – Wife (uncredited) The Snake Pit (1948) – Nurse Jones (uncredited) Let's Live a Little (1948) – Miss Adams And Baby Makes Three (1949) – Mrs. Bennett (uncredited) Young Daniel Boone (1950) – Helen Bryan The Fuller Brush Girl (1950) – Woman Selling Magazine (uncredited) The Stooge (1951) – Ms. Regan (uncredited) Room for One More (1952) – Grace Roberts Sailor Beware (1952) – Ginger Dreamboat (1953) – Wife in Bar (uncredited) Let's Do It Again (1953) – Nelly – the Maid Clipped Wings (1953) – Mildred The Eternal Sea (1955) – Admitting Nurse (uncredited) When Gangland Strikes (1956) – Emily Parsons The Birds and the Bees (1956) – Mrs. Burnside Calling Homicide (1956) – Flo Burton – Script Girl (uncredited) Bundle of Joy (1956) – Matron The Go-Getter (1956) – Miss Wellington, aptitude tester Public Pigeon No. 1 (1957) – Mrs. Bates (uncredited) Hold That Hypnotist (1957) – Hotel Maid (uncredited) Gun Duel in Durango (1957) – Spinster The Last Stagecoach West (1957) – Miss Feeney, Bryceson's Secretary (uncredited) The Joker Is Wild (1957) – Heckler (uncredited) The Sad Sack (1957) – Sgt. Hansen Rock-A-Bye Baby (1958) – Nurse I Married a Monster from Outer Space (1958) – Mother Bradley (uncredited) Don't Give Up the Ship (1959) – Mother at Wedding Party (uncredited) Career (1959) – Marie, Secretary to Shirley Drake All in a Night's Work (1961) – Miss Schuster Ada (1961) – Clubwoman with Pecan Pie (uncredited) Bachelor in Paradise (1961) – Mrs. Bruce Freedman (uncredited) The Errand Boy (1961) – Commissary Cashier Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962) – Mrs. Figgot – Hat Customer (uncredited) Fun in Acapulco (1963) – Mrs Stevers (uncredited) Who's Minding the Store? (1963) – Mattress Customer Paradise, Hawaiian Style (1966) – Mrs. Belden The Strongest Man in the World (1975) – Mercedes Goodbye, Franklin High (1978) – Teacher

Television The Life of Riley as Millie in "Assistant Manager" (1949) starring Jackie Gleason as Riley The Gene Autry Show (2 episodes, 1952) Willy (series regular, 1954–1955) as Emily Dodger Crossroads in "Broadway Trust" (1955) The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show as Mrs. Curtis in "George's Mother-in-Law Trouble" (1955) Four Star Playhouse as Madeline in "A Kiss for Mr. Lincoln" (1955) It's a Great Life as Thelma Purcell in "A Job for Kathy" (1955) Climax! in "The Day They Gave the Babies Away" (1955) Hey, Jeannie! as Katie in "Jeannie the Policewoman" (1957) The Jack Benny Program (1957, 1962, 2 episodes) The Donna Reed Show (1958–1965, 3 episodes) Bourbon Street Beat as Clairibelle in "Mrs. Viner Vanishes" (1959) M Squad as Mary Cosgrove in "Voluntary Surrender" (1959) starring Lee Marvin Dennis the Menace (1960, season 2 episode 6) The Ann Sothern Show (1959–1960, 2 episodes) The DuPont Show with June Allyson as Hazel in "The Doctor and the Redhead" (1960) The Loretta Young Show as Aunt Gladys in "Off-Duty Affair" (1960) The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1962, 3 episodes) Pete and Gladys (1961–1962, 2 episodes) with Harry Morgan and Cara Williams Bonanza (1961–1962, 2 episodes) Ichabod and Me in "The Old Stowe Road" and "Women's Rights" (1962) The Joey Bishop Show (1962–1965) Perry Mason as Bess in "The Case of the Baffling Bug" (1965) Please Don't Eat the Daisies as Mabel in "Help Wanted, Desperately" (1967) The Brady Bunch as Kay in "Goodbye, Alice, Hello" (1972) Here's Lucy as Mary Winters in "Lucy Fights the System" (1974) Laverne and Shirley as Nana Shotz in "The Society Party" (1976) The Love Boat as Sister #2 in "Dear Beverly; Strike; Special Delivery" (1977) The Dukes of Hazzard as Aunt Clara Coltrane in "Sadie Hogg Day" (1981)