Personal Info
Birth date
1907-03-27 (118 Years)
Day of death
1989-07-20
Gender
Female
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
Also known as
Mary Lou Treen
Mary Louise Summers
Mary Treen
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.
Filmography
The Red Skelton Show
7.375
Overview:
The Red Skelton Show is an American variety show that was a television staple for two decades, from 1951 to 1971. It was second to Gunsmoke and third to The Ed Sullivan Show in the ratings during that time. Skelton, who had previously been a radio star, had appeared in several motion pictures as well. Although his television series is largely associated with CBS, where it appeared for more than fifteen years, it actually began and ended on NBC. During its run, the program received three Emmy Awards, for Skelton as best comedian and the program as best comedy show during its initial season, and an award for comedy writing in 1961.The Andy Griffith Show
7.6
Overview:
The Andy Griffith Show is an American sitcom first televised on CBS between October 3, 1960 and April 1, 1968. Andy Griffith portrays the widowed sheriff of the fictional small community of Mayberry, North Carolina. His life is complicated by an inept, but well-meaning deputy, Barney Fife, a spinster aunt and housekeeper, Aunt Bee, and a precocious young son, Opie. Local ne'er-do-wells, bumbling pals, and temperamental girlfriends further complicate his life. Andy Griffith stated in a Today Show interview, with respect to the time period of the show: "Well, though we never said it, and though it was shot in the '60s, it had a feeling of the '30s. It was when we were doing it, of a time gone by." The series never placed lower than seventh in the Nielsen ratings and ended its final season at number one. It has been ranked by TV Guide as the 9th-best show in American television history. Though neither Griffith nor the show won awards during its eight-season run, series co-stars Knotts and Bavier accumulated a combined total of six Emmy Awards. The show, a semi-spin-off from an episode of The Danny Thomas Show titled "Danny Meets Andy Griffith", spawned its own spin-off series, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., a sequel series, Mayberry R.F.D., and a reunion telemovie, Return to Mayberry. The show's enduring popularity has generated a good deal of show-related merchandise. Reruns currently air on TV Land, and the complete series is available on DVD. All eight seasons are also now available by streaming video services such as Netflix.Wagon Train
6.3
Overview:
The series initially starred veteran movie supporting actor Ward Bond as the wagon master, later replaced upon his death by John McIntire, and Robert Horton as the scout, subsequently replaced by lookalike Robert Fuller a year after Horton had decided to leave the series. The series was inspired by the 1950 film Wagon Master directed by John Ford and starring Ben Johnson, Harry Carey Jr. and Ward Bond, and harkens back to the early widescreen wagon train epic The Big Trail starring John Wayne and featuring Bond in his first major screen appearance playing a supporting role. Horton's buckskin outfit as the scout in the first season of the television series resembles Wayne's, who also played the wagon train's scout in the earlier film.Happy Days
7.6
Overview:
In 1950s Milwaukee the Cunningham family must contend with Fonzie, a motorcycle riding Casanova.The Jack Benny Program
7.813
Overview:
Laugh along with funnyman Jack Benny as he brings his underplayed humor to TV along with regular performers from his radio show days.Bonanza
7.5
Overview:
The High-Sierra adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch while helping the surrounding community.Love, American Style
6.056
Overview:
An anthology comedy series featuring a line up of different celebrity guest stars appearing in anywhere from one, two, three, and four short stories or vignettes within an hour about versions of love and romance.Perry Mason
7.7
Overview:
The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.Four Star Playhouse
6.333
Overview:
Four Star Playhouse is an American television anthology series that ran from 1952 to 1956, sponsored in its first bi-weekly season by The Singer Company; Bristol-Myers became an alternate sponsor when it became a weekly series in the fall of 1953. The original premise was that Charles Boyer, Ida Lupino, David Niven, and Dick Powell would take turns starring in episodes. However, several other performers took the lead from time to time, including Ronald Colman and Joan Fontaine. Blake Edwards was among the writers and directors who contributed to the series. Edwards created the recurring character of illegal gambling house operator Willie Dante for Dick Powell to play on this series. The character was later revamped and spun off in his own series starring Howard Duff, then-husband of Lupino. The pilot for Meet McGraw, starring Frank Lovejoy, aired here, as did another episode in which Lovejoy recreated his role of Chicago newspaper reporter Randy Stone, from the radio drama Nightbeat.The Love Boat
6.262
Overview:
Passengers who search for romantic nights aboard a beautiful ship travelling to tropical or mysterious countries, decide to pass their vacation aboard the "Love Boat", where Gopher, Dr. Bricker, Isaac, Julie, and Captain Stubing try their best to please them, and sometimes help them fall in love. Things are not always so easy, but in the end, love wins.The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
6.941
Overview:
Burns and Allen, an American comedy duo consisting of George Burns and his wife, Gracie Allen, worked together as a comedy team in vaudeville, films, radio and television and achieved great success over four decades.The Donna Reed Show
6.2
Overview:
Revolves around typical family problems, such as firing a clumsy housekeeper, throwing a retirement bash for a colleague, and finding quality time away from the children.The Colgate Comedy Hour
6.8
Overview:
The Colgate Comedy Hour is an American comedy-musical variety series that aired live on the NBC network from 1950 to 1955. The show starred many notable comedians and entertainers of the era, including Eddie Cantor, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, Fred Allen, Donald O'Connor, Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, Bob Hope, Jimmy Durante, Ray Bolger, Gordon MacRae, Ben Blue, Robert Paige, Tony Curtis, Burt Lancaster, Broadway dancer Wayne Lamb and Spike Jones and His City Slickers.Dennis the Menace
6.5
Overview:
This 1959-1963 television situation comedy series follows the lives of the Mitchell family, Henry, Alice, and their only child Dennis, an energetic, trouble-prone, mischievous, but well-meaning boy, who often tangles with his peace-and-quiet-loving neighbor George Wilson, a retired salesman, or, later, with George's brother John, a writer. Dennis is basically a good, well-intentioned boy who always tries to help people, but who winds up making situations worse – often at Mr. Wilson's expense.The Ford Television Theatre
7.333
Overview:
This show started in New York City, with Broadway actors and actresses. It then moved to Hollywood, California, where Hollywood actors and actresses headed the cast.December Bride
5.5
Overview:
December Bride is an American sitcom that aired on the CBS television network from 1954 to 1959, adapted from the original CBS radio network series that aired from June 1952 through September 1953.The Joey Bishop Show
5.8
Overview:
The Joey Bishop Show is an American sitcom starring entertainer Joey Bishop. The series premiered in September 1961 on NBC where it aired for three seasons. The series then moved to CBS for its final season. Executive produced by Danny Thomas, The Joey Bishop Show is a spin-off of Thomas' series The Danny Thomas Show.Surfside 6
5
Overview:
Surfside 6 was an ABC television series which aired from 1960 to 1962. The show centered on a Miami Beach detective agency set on a houseboat and featured Troy Donahue as Sandy Winfield II; Van Williams as Kenny Madison; and Lee Patterson as Dave Thorne. Diane McBain co-starred as socialite Daphne Dutton, whose yacht was berthed next to their houseboat. Margarita Sierra also had a supporting role as Cha Cha O'Brien, an entertainer who worked at The Boom Boom Room, a popular Miami Beach hangout at the Fontainebleau Hotel, directly across the street from Surfside 6. Surfside 6 was in fact a real address in Miami Beach, where an unrelated houseboat was moored at the time; it can also be seen in the sweeping aerial establishing shot of the Fontainebleu in 1964's Goldfinger.Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
7.15
Overview:
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. is an American situation comedy that originally aired on CBS from September 25, 1964, to May 2, 1969. The series was a spinoff of The Andy Griffith Show, and the pilot was aired as the finale of the fourth season of The Andy Griffith Show on May 18, 1964. The show ran for five seasons and a total of 150 episodes. In 2006, CBS Home Entertainment began releasing the series on DVD. The final season was released in November 2008. The series was created by Aaron Ruben, who also produced the show with Sheldon Leonard and Ronald Jacobs. Filmed and set in California, it stars Jim Nabors as Gomer Pyle, a naive but good-natured gas-station attendant from the town of Mayberry, North Carolina, who enlists in the United States Marine Corps. Frank Sutton plays Gomer's high-octane, short-fused Gunnery Sergeant Vince Carter, and Ronnie Schell plays Gomer's friend Gilbert "Duke" Slater. Allan Melvin played in the recurring role of Gunnery Sergeant Carter's rival, Sergeant Charley Hacker. The series never discussed nor addressed the then-current Vietnam War, instead focusing on the relationship between Gomer and Sergeant Carter. The show retained high ratings throughout its run.The Bill Cosby Show
5.417
Overview:
The Bill Cosby Show is an American situation comedy that aired for two seasons on NBC's Sunday night schedule from 1969 until 1971, under the sponsorship of Procter & Gamble. There were 52 episodes made in the series. It marked Bill Cosby's first solo foray in television, after his co-starring role with Robert Culp in I Spy. The series also marked the first time an African American starred in his or her own eponymous comedy series.Hazel
6.8
Overview:
Hazel is an American sitcom about a fictional live-in maid named Hazel Burke and her employers, the Baxters. The five-season, 154-episode series aired in primetime from September 28, 1961 until April 11, 1966 and was produced by Screen Gems. The show aired on NBC for its first four seasons, and then on CBS for its final season. The first season, except for one color episode was in black and white, the remainder in color. The show was based on the popular single-panel comic strip by cartoonist Ted Key, which appeared in the Saturday Evening Post.The Wonderful World of Disney
7.774
Overview:
Walt Disney Productions has produced an anthology television series under several different titles since 1954. The original version of the series premiered on ABC, Wednesday night, October 27, 1954. The show, which was hosted by Walt Disney until his death and then from 1996 to 2002 by then-CEO Michael Eisner (with one-off hosts or no hosts during other periods) has since aired continually as either a weekly program or an irregular series of specials on several networks and streaming services, most recently on ABC and Disney+. The show is the second longest showing prime-time program on American television, behind its rival, Hallmark Hall of Fame. However, Hallmark Hall of Fame was a weekly program only during its first five seasons, while Disney remained a weekly program for more than forty years.The Life of Riley
7.5
Overview:
Riley worked in an aircraft plant in California, but viewers usually saw him at home, cheerfully disrupting life with his malapropisms and ill timed intervention into minor problems. His stock answer to every turn of fate became a catch phrase: 'What a revoltin' development this is!"Green Acres
7.3
Overview:
Green Acres is an American sitcom starring Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor as a couple who move from New York City to a rural country farm. Produced by Filmways as a sister show to Petticoat Junction, the series was first broadcast on CBS, from September 15, 1965 to April 27, 1971. Receiving solid ratings during its six-year run, Green Acres was cancelled in 1971 as part of the "rural purge" by CBS. The sitcom has been in syndication and is available in DVD and VHS releases. In 1997, the two-part episode "A Star Named Arnold is Born" was ranked #59 on TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time.Hey, Jeannie!
5.5
Overview:
Hey, Jeannie! is an American situation comedy starring Jeannie Carson as a young Scottish woman living in New York City. Twenty-six episodes aired on CBS from September 8, 1956 to May 4, 1957 in the Saturday slot following The Gale Storm Show and preceding the western series Gunsmoke. Six additional episodes aired in 1958 in syndication. Reruns of Hey, Jeannie! aired during the summer of 1960 under the title The Jeannie Carson Show.The Gene Autry Show
4.2
Overview:
The Gene Autry Show is an American western/cowboy television series which aired for 91 episodes on CBS from July 23, 1950 until August 7, 1956, originally sponsored by Wrigley's Doublemint chewing gum.Letter to Loretta
6.5
Overview:
Letter to Loretta is an American anthology drama series telecast on NBC from September 1953 to June 1961 for a total of 165 episodes. The filmed show was hosted by Loretta Young who also played the lead in various episodes. Letter to Loretta was sponsored by Procter & Gamble from 1953 through 1960. The final season's sponsor was Warner-Lambert's Listerine.Acting
1988James Stewart: A Wonderful Life as Self (archive footage)
1983Wait Till Your Mother Gets Home as Mrs. Olsen
1978Goodbye, Franklin High as Teacher
1977The Love Boat (1 Episode) as Sister #2
1975The Strongest Man in the World as Mercedes
1974Happy Days (1 Episode) as Miss Prism
1969Love, American Style (1, 1 Episode) as Miss Crenshaw, Clerk
1969The Bill Cosby Show (1 Episode) as Mrs. Drucker
1968Here's Lucy (1 Episode) as Mary Winters
1966Paradise, Hawaiian Style as Mrs. Belden
1965Green Acres (1 Episode) as Telephone Operator
1965Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1 Episode) as Mabel
1964Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. (1 Episode) as Woman #1
1963Who's Minding the Store? as Mattress Customer
1963Fun in Acapulco as Mrs. Stevers (uncredited)
1962Girls! Girls! Girls! as Mrs. Figgot
1961The Errand Boy as Commissary Cashier
1961Bachelor in Paradise as Mrs. Bruce Freedman (uncredited)
1961Hazel (1 Episode) as Nurse
1961The Joey Bishop Show (123 Episodes) as Hilda
1961All in a Night's Work as Miss Schuster
1960Surfside 6 (1 Episode) as Hotel Plaza Desk Clerk (uncredited)
1960The Andy Griffith Show (2, 1 Episode) as Clara Lindsey, Rose Pine
1959Career as Marie, Secretary to Shirley Drake
1959Dennis the Menace (1 Episode) as Cook
1959Bonanza (1, 1 Episode) as Mrs. Shaughnessy, Annie Wilson
1958I Married a Monster from Outer Space as Mother Bradley (uncredited)
1958The Donna Reed Show (1, 1, 1 Episode) as Mrs. Larson, Sunny Cooper, Miss Winters
1958Rock-a-Bye Baby as Nurse
1957The Sad Sack as Sgt. Hansen
1957The Joker is Wild as Heckler (uncredited)
1957Perry Mason (1 Episode) as Bess
1957Wagon Train (1 Episode) as Bessie Treymore (uncredited)
1957Last Stagecoach West as Unknown
1957Public Pigeon No. 1 as Mrs. Bates (uncredited)
1957Gun Duel In Durango as Miss Henderson
1956Bundle of Joy as Matron
1956Calling Homicide as Flo Burton - Script Girl (uncredited)
1956Hey, Jeannie! (1 Episode) as Katie
1956The Birds and the Bees as Mrs. Burnside
1956When Gangland Strikes as Emily Parsons
1954The Wonderful World of Disney (2 Episodes) as Dress Shop Owner (uncredited)
1954December Bride (1 Episode) as Mrs. Schultz
1954Willy (25 Episodes) as Unknown
1953Letter to Loretta (1 Episode) as Aunt Gladys
1953Clipped Wings as Mildred
1953Let's Do It Again as Nelly
1952The Ford Television Theatre (1 Episode) as Unknown
1952Four Star Playhouse (1 Episode) as Madeline
1952Dreamboat as Wife in Hotel Bar
1952Sailor Beware as Ginger
1952Room for One More as Grace Roberts (as Mary Lou Treen)
1951The Stooge as Ms. Regan (uncredited)
1951The Red Skelton Show (2 Episodes) as Girl in Park
1950The Jack Benny Program (1, 1 Episode) as Singer at Party, Mrs. Jameson
1950The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1 Episode) as Mrs. Curtis
1950The Fuller Brush Girl as Woman Selling Magazine (uncredited)
1950The Colgate Comedy Hour (1 Episode) as Self (uncredited)
1950The Gene Autry Show (1, 1 Episode) as Adele Tompkins, Netty Blinkensop
1950Young Daniel Boone as Helen Bryan
1949And Baby Makes Three as Pregnant woman
1949The Life of Riley (1 Episode) as Millie - Stevenson's Secretary
1948Let's Live a Little as Miss Adams
1948The Snake Pit as Nurse Jones
1948Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven as Wife (uncredited)
1948Shed No Tears as Hilda (Uncredited)
1947Merton of the Movies as Gladys (uncredited)
1947A Likely Story as Nurse (uncredited)
1946It's a Wonderful Life as Cousin Tilly
1946One Exciting Week as Mabel Taylor
1946Swing Parade of 1946 as Marie Finch
1946Strange Impersonation as Talkative nurse
1946From This Day Forward as Alice Beesley
1946A Guy Could Change as Grace Conley
1945She Wouldn't Say Yes as Train Passenger at Bar
1945Blonde from Brooklyn as Diane Peabody
1945Don Juan Quilligan as Lucy Blake
1945High Powered as Cassie McQuade
1944Tahiti Nights as Mata
1944Casanova Brown as Monica Case, the Maid
1944Swing in the Saddle as Addie LaTour
1944I Love a Soldier as Cecilia 'Cissy' Grant
1944The Navy Way as Agnes
1944Hands Across the Border as Sophie Lawrence
1943Mystery Broadcast as Smitty
1943Thank Your Lucky Stars as Autograph Seeker (uncredited)
1943So Proudly We Hail as Lt. Sadie Schwartz
1943Flight for Freedom as Newspaper Woman (uncredited)
1943Hit Parade of 1943 as Janie
1943They Got Me Covered as Helen
1943The Powers Girl as Nancy
1943Lady Bodyguard as Miss Tracy
1942My Heart Belongs to Daddy as Dawn
1942Stand By All Networks as Nora Cassidy
1942Between Us Girls as Mary Belle
1942They All Kissed the Bride as Susie Johnson
1942Soaring Stars as Autograph Seeker
1942The Night Before the Divorce as Olga
1941Pacific Blackout as Irene
1941The Great Man's Lady as Persis
1941You Belong to Me as Doris
1941Father Takes a Wife as Secretary
1941Tall, Dark and Handsome as Martha
1940Kitty Foyle as Pat
1940Rodeo Dough as Mary
1940Black Diamonds as Nina Norton
1940Swing with Bing as Herself
1940Queen of the Mob as Billy's Nurse
1940Girl in 313 as Jenny, Hotel Maid
1940Double Alibi as Hospital Switchboard Operator
1940Danger On Wheels as Esme
1939First Love as Agnes, Barbara's Maid
1939Dad for a Day as Employment Agency Receptionist
1939Babes in Arms as Receptionist (uncredited)
1939Rhumba Rhythm at the Hollywood La Conga as Mary
1939A Star Is Shorn as Patsy
1939Happily Buried as Waitress
1939Three Smart Girls Grow Up as Secretary
1939Pride of the Navy as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
1938I'll Give a Million as Nanette
1938Young Fugitives as Kathy
1938Always Goodbye as Al's Bride-to-Be (uncredited)
1938Kentucky Moonshine as Sugar Hatfield
1938Rascals as Waiting Room Patient
1938Sally, Irene and Mary as Miss Barkow
1938Swing It, Sailor! as Gertie Burns
1938Change of Heart as Stenographer
1937Missing Witnesses as Woman Waiting in Lane's Office (uncredited)
1937Second Honeymoon as Elsie
1937Mr. Dodd Takes the Air as Fan with Locket (uncredited)
1937Talent Scout as Janet Morris
1937Ever Since Eve as Employment Clerk
1937Marry the Girl as Nurse locked in room
1937Dance Charlie Dance as Jennie Wolfe
1937A Day at Santa Anita as Mary Treen (uncredited)
1937The Go-Getter as Mrs. Blair
1937They Gave Him a Gun as Saxe
1937Maid of Salem as Susy Abbott
1937God's Country and the Woman as Miss Flint
1936Fugitive in the Sky as Agatha Ormsby
1936The Captain's Kid as Libby, the Housekeeper
1936Down the Stretch as Nurse
1936Love Begins at Twenty as Alice Gillingwater
1936Jailbreak as Gladys Joy
1936Public Enemy's Wife as Telephone Operator
1936Murder by an Aristocrat as Florrie the maid
1936The Golden Arrow as Appleby's Secretary (uncredited)
1936Romance in the Air as Blondie
1936Brides Are Like That as Jennie
1936Snowed Under as Secretary Taking Mike's Dictation (uncredited)
1936Colleen as Miss Hively (uncredited)
1936Freshman Love as Squirmy
1936The Murder of Dr. Harrigan as Nurse Margaret Brody
1935Dangerous as Unknown
1935Miss Pacific Fleet as Violet Johnson - Butch's Girl (uncredited)
1935Broadway Hostess as Nurse (uncredited)
1935Shipmates Forever as Cowboy's Girl (uncredited)
1935The Case of the Lucky Legs as Spudsy's Wife
1935I Live for Love as Clementine
1935Page Miss Glory as Beauty Shop Operator
1935Broadway Gondolier as 2nd Irate Caller
1935Don't Bet on Blondes as Owen's Secretary
1935Front Page Woman as Nurse (uncredited)
1935'G' Men as Gregory's Secretary (uncredited)
1935The Case of the Curious Bride as Telegraph Office Clerk (uncredited)
1935Traveling Saleslady as Miss Wells
1935A Night at the Ritz as Isabelle
1935Sweet Music as Woman at train station (uncredited)
1935Red Hot Tires as Maggie
1935Maybe It's Love as Secretary (uncredited)
1934Babbitt as Miss McGoun
1934Happiness Ahead as Bob's Friend Celebrating New Year's Eve
1931Blue of the Night as Gamma Gamma Gamma Girl in Nightclub with Glasses
1930Viennese Nights as Shocked Woman on Street (uncredited)
1930Surprise as Mary - Oswald's Wife