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Mary Treen 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.
Birth Name
Mary Louise Summers
Born
Wednesday, 27 March 1907
Died
Thursday, 20 July 1989
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| TV's Western Heroes | (archive footage) | 2013 |
| The Republic Pictures Story | Janie (clip from Hit Parade of 1943 (1943)) | 1991 |
| All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan | Self | 1985 |
| Wait Till Your Mother Gets Home! | 1983 | |
| The Fall Guy | Cantina Owner | 1981 |
| The Dukes of Hazzard | Aunt Clara Coltrane | 1979 |
| Goodbye, Franklin High | Teacher | 1978 |
| The Love Boat | Sister #2 | 1977 |
| Laverne & Shirley | Nana Shotz | 1976 |
| The Strongest Man in the World | Mercedes | 1975 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| TV's Western Heroes | (archive footage) | 2013 |
| The Republic Pictures Story | Janie (clip from Hit Parade of 1943 (1943)) | 1991 |
| All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan | Self | 1985 |
| Wait Till Your Mother Gets Home! | 1983 | |
| The Fall Guy | Cantina Owner | 1981 |
| The Dukes of Hazzard | Aunt Clara Coltrane | 1979 |
| Goodbye, Franklin High | Teacher | 1978 |
| The Love Boat | Sister #2 | 1977 |
| Laverne & Shirley | Nana Shotz | 1976 |
| The Strongest Man in the World | Mercedes | 1975 |
| Happy Days | Miss Prism | 1974 |
| The Rookies | Apt. Manager | 1972 |
| Love, American Style | Clerk (segment "Love and the Motel Mixup") / Miss Crenshaw (segment "Love and the Check") | 1969 |
| The Brady Bunch | Kay | 1969 |
| The Bill Cosby Show | Mrs. Drucker | 1969 |
| Here's Lucy | Mary Winters | 1968 |
| Paradise, Hawaiian Style | Mrs. Belden | 1966 |
| My Brother the Angel | Lady With Purse | 1965 |
| Green Acres | Telephone Operator | 1965 |
| Please Don't Eat the Daisies | Mabel | 1965 |
| Gomer Pyle: USMC | Woman #1 | 1964 |
| Fun in Acapulco | Mrs Stevers | 1963 |
| Who's Minding the Store? | Mattress Customer | 1963 |
| Girls! Girls! Girls! | Mrs. Figgot - Hat Customer / Mrs. Figgot | 1962 |
| The Errand Boy | Commissary Cashier | 1961 |
| Bachelor in Paradise | Mrs. Bruce Freedman | 1961 |
| Hazel | Nurse | 1961 |
| Ichabod and Me | Maude Colby | 1961 |
| The Joey Bishop Show | Hilda / Hilda Hinkelmeyer | 1961 |
| Ada | Clubwoman with Pecan Pie | 1961 |
| All in a Night's Work | Miss Schuster | 1961 |
| Surfside 6 | Hotel Plaza Desk Clerk | 1960 |
| The Andy Griffith Show | Clara Lindsey / Rose | 1960 |
| Pete and Gladys | Sylvia / Phone Operator | 1960 |
| Career | Marie, Secretary to Shirley Drake | 1959 |
| Bourbon Street Beat | Clairibelle | 1959 |
| Dennis the Menace | Cook | 1959 |
| The DuPont Show with June Allyson | Hazel | 1959 |
| Bonanza | Mrs. Shaughnessy / Annie Wilson | 1959 |
| Don't Give Up the Ship | Mother at Wedding Party | 1959 |
| The Ann Sothern Show | Mary Conway | 1958 |
| I Married a Monster from Outer Space | Mother Bradley | 1958 |
| The Donna Reed Show | Sunny Cooper / Mrs. Larson / Miss Winters | 1958 |
| Rock-a-Bye Baby | Nurse | 1958 |
| The Sad Sack | Sgt. Hansen | 1957 |
| Goodyear Theatre | Kate | 1957 |
| The Joker Is Wild | Heckler | 1957 |
| Perry Mason | Bess | 1957 |
| M Squad | Mary Cosgrove | 1957 |
| Wagon Train | Bessie Treymore | 1957 |
| Bachelor Father | Spa Receptionist | 1957 |
| Last Stagecoach West | Miss Feeney, Bryceson's Secretary | 1957 |
| Date with the Angels | Maternity Nurse | 1957 |
| Gun Duel in Durango | Miss Henderson / Spinster | 1957 |
| Public Pigeon No. 1 | Mrs. Bates | 1957 |
| Hold That Hypnotist | Hotel Maid | 1957 |
| Bundle of Joy | Matron | 1956 |
| Calling Homicide | Flo Burton, script girl / Flo Burton - Script Girl | 1956 |
| Hey, Jeannie! | Katie | 1956 |
| The Birds and the Bees | Mrs. Burnside | 1956 |
| When Gangland Strikes | Emily Parsons | 1956 |
| Crossroads | Nurse | 1955 |
| The Eternal Sea | Admitting Nurse | 1955 |
| Stage 7 | Louise | 1955 |
| The Magical World of Disney | Dress Shop Owner / Mercedes | 1954 |
| December Bride | Mrs. Schultz | 1954 |
| Shower of Stars | Cleaning lady in boarding house skit | 1954 |
| Willy | Emily Dodger | 1954 |
| It's a Great Life | Thelma Purcell | 1954 |
| The Loretta Young Show | Aunt Gladys | 1953 |
| Clipped Wings | Mildred | 1953 |
| Let's Do It Again | Nelly / Nelly - the Maid | 1953 |
| I Married Joan | Harriet | 1952 |
| Four Star Playhouse | Madeline | 1952 |
| Dreamboat | Wife in Bar | 1952 |
| Room for One More | Grace Roberts (as Mary Lou Treen) / Grace Roberts | 1952 |
| Sailor Beware | Ginger | 1952 |
| The Stooge | Ms. Regan | 1951 |
| The Red Skelton Hour | Girl in Park | 1951 |
| The Jack Benny Program | Mrs. Jameson / Singer at Party | 1950 |
| The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show | Mrs. Curtis | 1950 |
| The Fuller Brush Girl | Woman Selling Magazine | 1950 |
| The Colgate Comedy Hour | Self | 1950 |
| The Gene Autry Show | Netty Blinkensop / Adele Tompkins | 1950 |
| Young Daniel Boone | Helen Bryan | 1950 |
| And Baby Makes Three | Pregnant woman / Mrs. Bennett | 1949 |
| The Life of Riley | Millie - Stevenson's Secretary | 1949 |
| Let's Live a Little | Miss Adams | 1948 |
| The Snake Pit | Nurse Jones | 1948 |
| Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven | Wife | 1948 |
| Shed No Tears | Hilda - the Maid / Hilda (Uncredited) | 1948 |
| Merton of the Movies | Gladys | 1947 |
| A Likely Story | Nurse | 1947 |
| It's a Wonderful Life | Cousin Tilly | 1946 |
| One Exciting Week | Mabel Taylor | 1946 |
| Swing Parade of 1946 | Marie Finch | 1946 |
| Strange Impersonation | Talkative Nurse | 1946 |
| From This Day Forward | Alice Beesley | 1946 |
| A Guy Could Change | Grace Conley | 1946 |
| She Wouldn't Say Yes | Train Passenger at Bar | 1945 |
| Blonde from Brooklyn | Diane Peabody | 1945 |
| Don Juan Quilligan | Lucy Blake | 1945 |
| High Powered | Cassie McQuade | 1945 |
| Tahiti Nights | Mata | 1944 |
| I Love a Soldier | Cecilia 'Cissy' Grant | 1944 |
| Casanova Brown | Monica Case / Monica Case, the Maid | 1944 |
| Swing in the Saddle | Addie LaTour | 1944 |
| The Navy Way | Agnes | 1944 |
| Hands Across the Border | Sophie Lawrence | 1944 |
| Mystery Broadcast | Smitty | 1943 |
| Thank Your Lucky Stars | Fan | 1943 |
| So Proudly We Hail! | Lt. Sadie Schwartz | 1943 |
| Flight for Freedom | Newspaper Woman | 1943 |
| Hit Parade of 1943 | Janie | 1943 |
| They Got Me Covered | Helen | 1943 |
| The Powers Girl | Nancy | 1943 |
| Lady Bodyguard | Miss Tracy | 1943 |
| My Heart Belongs to Daddy | Dawn | 1942 |
| Stand by All Networks | Nora Cassidy | 1942 |
| Between Us Girls | Mary Belle | 1942 |
| They All Kissed the Bride | Susie Johnson | 1942 |
| Ship Ahoy | Nurse | 1942 |
| True to the Army | Mae | 1942 |
| The Night Before the Divorce | Olga - the Maid / Olga | 1942 |
| Roxie Hart | Secretary | 1942 |
| Pacific Blackout | Irene | 1941 |
| The Great Man's Lady | Persis | 1941 |
| You Belong to Me | Doris | 1941 |
| Father Takes a Wife | Secretary | 1941 |
| The Flame of New Orleans | Party Guest | 1941 |
| Tall, Dark and Handsome | Martha, Sales Girl / Martha | 1941 |
| Kitty Foyle | Pat Day / Pat | 1940 |
| Rodeo Dough | Mary | 1940 |
| Dulcy | Miss Twill | 1940 |
| Black Diamonds | Nina Norton | 1940 |
| Swing with Bing | Herself / Self | 1940 |
| Queen of the Mob | Billy's Nurse | 1940 |
| Girl in 313 | Jenny, Hotel Maid | 1940 |
| Double Alibi | Hospital Switchboard Operator | 1940 |
| Danger on Wheels | Esme | 1940 |
| First Love | Agnes, Barbara's Maid | 1939 |
| Babes in Arms | Receptionist | 1939 |
| Rhumba Rhythm at the Hollywood La Conga | Mary | 1939 |
| When Tomorrow Comes | Waitress | 1939 |
| For Love or Money | Amy, The Maid | 1939 |
| A Star Is Shorn | Patsy | 1939 |
| Three Smart Girls Grow Up | Secretary | 1939 |
| Pride of the Navy | Undetermined Role | 1939 |
| Strange Faces | Lorry May | 1938 |
| I'll Give a Million | Nanette | 1938 |
| Young Fugitives | Kathy | 1938 |
| Always Goodbye | Al's Bride-to-Be | 1938 |
| Kentucky Moonshine | 'Sugar' Hatfield / Sugar Hatfield | 1938 |
| Rascals | Patient / Waiting Room Patient | 1938 |
| Sally, Irene and Mary | Miss Barkow | 1938 |
| Swing It, Sailor! | Gertie Burns | 1938 |
| Change of Heart | Stenographer | 1938 |
| Missing Witnesses | Woman Waiting in Lane's Office | 1937 |
| Harris in the Spring | Girl at Table | 1937 |
| Second Honeymoon | Elsie | 1937 |
| Mr. Dodd Takes the Air | Fan with Locket | 1937 |
| Talent Scout | Janet Morris | 1937 |
| Ever Since Eve | Employment Clerk | 1937 |
| Marry the Girl | Nurse locked in room / Kidnapped Nurse | 1937 |
| Dance Charlie Dance | Jennie Wolfe - Arden's Agent / Jennie Wolfe | 1937 |
| A Day at Santa Anita | Mary Treen | 1937 |
| The Go Getter | Mrs. Blair | 1937 |
| They Gave Him a Gun | Saxe | 1937 |
| Maid of Salem | Susy Abbott | 1937 |
| God's Country and the Woman | Miss Flint | 1937 |
| Fugitive in the Sky | Agatha Ormsby | 1936 |
| The Captain's Kid | Libby, the Housekeeper / Libby | 1936 |
| Down the Stretch | Nurse | 1936 |
| Stage Struck | Ms. Warren | 1936 |
| Love Begins at 20 | Alice Gillingwater | 1936 |
| Jailbreak | Gladys Joy | 1936 |
| Public Enemy's Wife | Telephone Operator | 1936 |
| Murder by an Aristocrat | Florrie | 1936 |
| The Golden Arrow | Appleby's Secretary | 1936 |
| The Singing Kid | Secretary | 1936 |
| Snowed Under | Secretary Taking Mike's Dictation | 1936 |
| Brides Are Like That | Jennie | 1936 |
| Colleen | Miss Hively - Cedric's Secretary | 1936 |
| The Murder of Dr. Harrigan | Nurse Margaret Brody | 1936 |
| Freshman Love | Squirmy | 1935 |
| Dangerous | Huree - a Nurse | 1935 |
| Miss Pacific Fleet | Violet Johnson - Butch's Girl | 1935 |
| Broadway Hostess | Nurse | 1935 |
| I Found Stella Parish | Sob Sister | 1935 |
| Shipmates Forever | 1935 | |
| I Live for Love | Clementine - Donna's Maid / Clementine | 1935 |
| The Case of the Lucky Legs | Spudsy's Wife | 1935 |
| Page Miss Glory | Beauty Shop Operator | 1935 |
| Broadway Gondolier | 2nd Irate Caller | 1935 |
| Don't Bet on Blondes | Owen's secretary | 1935 |
| Front Page Woman | Nurse | 1935 |
| The Girl from 10th Avenue | Secretary | 1935 |
| 'G' Men | Gregory's Secretary | 1935 |
| Go Into Your Dance | Silent Showgirl | 1935 |
| The Case of the Curious Bride | Telegraph Office Clerk | 1935 |
| Traveling Saleslady | Miss Wells | 1935 |
| A Night at the Ritz | Isabelle, Hassler's Secretary | 1935 |
| Sweet Music | Girl at the Railroad | 1935 |
| Red Hot Tires | Maggie | 1935 |
| Maybe It's Love | Secretary | 1935 |
| Babbitt | Miss McGoun, Babbitt's Secretary / Miss McGoun | 1934 |
| The St. Louis Kid | Giddy Girl | 1934 |
| Happiness Ahead | Bob's Comedienne Friend / Bob's Friend Celebrating New Year's Eve | 1934 |
| Jimmy the Gent | Nurse | 1934 |
| Crooner | One of Teddy's Fans | 1932 |
| Blue of the Night | Gamma Gamma Gamma Girl in Nightclub with Glasses | 1931 |
| Viennese Nights | Shocked Woman on Street | 1930 |
