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Mary Treen
Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
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 brou…
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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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1987
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1983
Wait Till Your Mother Gets Home
Movie Mrs. Olsen
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1978
Goodbye, Franklin High
Movie Teacher
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1977
The Love Boat
TV show Sister #2
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1975
The Strongest Man in the World
Movie Mercedes
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1974
Happy Days
TV show Miss Prism
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1969
Love, American Style
TV show Miss Crenshaw
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1969
The Bill Cosby Show
TV show Mrs. Drucker
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1968
Here's Lucy
TV show Mary Winters
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1966
Paradise, Hawaiian Style
Movie Mrs. Belden
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1965
Green Acres
TV show Telephone Operator
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1965
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
TV show Mabel
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1964
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
TV show Woman #1
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1963
Who's Minding the Store?
Movie Mattress Customer
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1963
Fun in Acapulco
Movie Mrs. Stevers (uncredited)
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1962
Girls! Girls! Girls!
Movie Mrs. Figgot
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1961
The Errand Boy
Movie Commissary Cashier
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1961
Bachelor in Paradise
Movie Mrs. Bruce Freedman (uncredited)
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1961
Hazel
TV show Nurse
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1961
The Joey Bishop Show
TV show Hilda
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1961
All in a Night's Work
Movie Miss Schuster
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1960
Surfside 6
TV show Hotel Plaza Desk Clerk (uncredited)
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1960
The Andy Griffith Show
TV show Clara Lindsey
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1959
Career
Movie Marie
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1959
Dennis the Menace
TV show Cook
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1959
Bonanza
TV show Mrs. Shaughnessy
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1958
I Married a Monster from Outer Space
Movie Mother Bradley (uncredited)
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1958
The Donna Reed Show
TV show Miss Winters
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1958
Rock-a-Bye Baby
Movie Nurse
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1957
The Sad Sack
Movie Sgt. Hansen
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1957
The Joker is Wild
Movie Heckler (uncredited)
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1957
Perry Mason
TV show Bess
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1957
Wagon Train
TV show Bessie Treymore (uncredited)
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1957
Last Stagecoach West
Movie
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1957
Public Pigeon No. 1
Movie Mrs. Bates (uncredited)
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1957
Gun Duel in Durango
Movie Miss Henderson
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1957
Down Liberty Road
Movie Secretary (Uncredited)
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1956
Bundle of Joy
Movie Matron
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1956
Calling Homicide
Movie Flo Burton - Script Girl (uncredited)
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1956
Hey, Jeannie!
TV show Katie
