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Mary Treen (I) (1907–1989)

About as reliable as one could ever find, character actress Mary Treen was a familiar face to most and could always be counted on to bring a bit of levity to any film scene. A minor actress for much of her career, she managed to secure a plain, unassuming niche for herself in 40s, 50s and 60s Hollywood... See full bio »

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Filmography

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1981 The Fall Guy (TV series)
Cantina Owner
Colt's Angels (1981) … Cantina Owner
 
1981 The Dukes of Hazzard (TV series)
Aunt Clara Coltrane
Sadie Hogg Day (1981) … Aunt Clara Coltrane
 
1978 Goodbye, Franklin High
Teacher
 
1977 The Love Boat (TV series)
Sister #2
Dear Beverly/The Strike/Special Delivery (1977) … Sister #2
 
1976 Laverne & Shirley (TV series)
Nana Shotz
The Society Party (1976) … Nana Shotz
 
1975 Happy Days (TV series)
Miss Prism
Howard's 45th Fiasco (1975) … Miss Prism
 
1974 Here's Lucy (TV series)
Mary Winters
Lucy Fights the System (1974) … Mary Winters
 
1972 The Brady Bunch (TV series)
Kay
Goodbye, Alice, Hello (1972) … Kay
 
1971 The Bill Cosby Show (TV series)
Mrs. Drucker
A Dirty Business (1971) … Mrs. Drucker
 
1968 Gomer Pyle: USMC (TV series)
Woman #1
The Carriage Waits (1968) … Woman #1
 
1967 Please Don't Eat the Daisies (TV series)
Mabel
Help Wanted, Desperately (1967) … Mabel
 
1966 Green Acres (TV series)
Telephone Operator
One of Our Assemblymen Is Missing (1966) … Telephone Operator
 
1966 Paradise, Hawaiian Style
Mrs. Belden
 
1965 Perry Mason (TV series)
Bess
The Case of the Baffling Bug (1965) … Bess
 
1958-1965 The Donna Reed Show (TV series)
Miss Winters / Mrs. Larson / Sunny Cooper
Do Me a Favor, Don't Do Me Any Favors (1965) … Mrs. Larson
Weekend (1960) … Sunny Cooper
The Beaded Bag (1958) … Miss Winters
 
1962-1965 The Joey Bishop Show (TV series)
Hilda / HIlda
Joey Discovers Jackie Clark (1965) … Hilda (credit only)
What'll You Have? (1965) … Hilda
Joey the Star Maker (1965) … Hilda
Larry's Habit (1965) … Hilda
Never Put It in Writing (1965) … Hilda
 
1963 Fun in Acapulco
Mrs Stevers (uncredited)
 
1962 Girls! Girls! Girls!
Mrs. Figgot - Hat Customer (uncredited)
 
1961-1962 Bonanza (TV series)
Annie Wilson / Mrs. Shaughnessy
The Mountain Girl (1962) … Annie Wilson
The Spitfire (1961) … Mrs. Shaughnessy
 
1962 Hazel (TV series)
Nurse
Three Little Cubs (1962) … Nurse
 
1957-1962 The Jack Benny Program (TV series)
Mrs. Jameson / Singer at Party
Jack Is Violin Teacher (1962) … Mrs. Jameson
Mary Has May Co. Reunion (1957) … Singer at Party
 
1961-1962 Pete and Gladys (TV series)
Phone Operator / Sylvia
Office Wife (1962) … Sylvia
Uncle Paul's New Wife (1961) … Phone Operator
 
1962 Ichabod and Me (TV series)
The Old Stowe Road (1962)
 
1961 The Errand Boy
Commissary Cashier
 
1961 Bachelor in Paradise
Mrs. Bruce Freedman (uncredited)
 
1961 Ada
Clubwoman with Pecan Pie (uncredited)
 
1961 Bachelor Father (TV series)
Spa Receptionist
Drop That Calorie (1961) … Spa Receptionist
 
1961 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV series)
Dress Shop Owner
Texas John Slaughter: A Trip to Tucson (1961) … Dress Shop Owner (uncredited)
Texas John Slaughter: A Holster Full of Law (1961) … Dress Shop Owner (uncredited)
 
1961 All in a Night's Work
Miss Schuster
 
1960-1961 The Andy Griffith Show (TV series)
Clara Lindsey / Rose
Those Gossipin' Men (1961) … Clara Lindsey
Ellie for Council (1960) … Clara Lindsey
The New Housekeeper (1960) … Rose
 
1960 Surfside 6 (TV series)
Hotel Plaza Desk Clerk
Bride and Seek (1960) … Hotel Plaza Desk Clerk (uncredited)
 
1960 Dennis the Menace (TV series)
Cook
Man of the House (1960) … Cook
 
1960 Wagon Train (TV series)
Bessie Treymore
Trial for Murder: Part 1 (1960) … Bessie Treymore (uncredited)
 
1960 The DuPont Show with June Allyson (TV series)
Hazel
The Doctor and the Redhead (1960) … Hazel
 
1959-1960 The Ann Sothern Show (TV series)
Mary Conway
One for the Books (1960) … Mary Conway
 
1960 The Loretta Young Show (TV series)
Aunt Gladys
Off-Duty Affair (1960) … Aunt Gladys
 
1959 Bourbon Street Beat (TV series)
Clairibelle
Mrs. Viner Vanishes (1959) … Clairibelle
 
1959 Career
Marie, Secretary to Shirley Drake
 
1959 Don't Give Up the Ship
Mother at Wedding Party (uncredited)
 
1959 M Squad (TV series)
Mary Cosgrove
Voluntary Surrender (1959) … Mary Cosgrove
 
1958 I Married a Monster from Outer Space
Mother Bradley (uncredited)
 
1958 Rock-a-Bye Baby
Nurse
 
1957 The Sad Sack
Sgt. Hansen
 
1957 The Joker Is Wild
Heckler (uncredited)
 
1957 Date with the Angels (TV series)
Maternity Nurse
Everybody's Baby (1957) … Maternity Nurse
 
1957 The Last Stagecoach West
Miss Feeney, Bryceson's Secretary (uncredited)
 
1957 Gun Duel in Durango
Miss Henderson - Spinster
 
1957 Hey, Jeannie! (TV series)
Katie
Jeannie the Policewoman (1957) … Katie
 
1957 Hold That Hypnotist
Hotel Maid (uncredited)
 
1957 Public Pigeon No. One
Mrs. Bates (uncredited)
 
1956 Bundle of Joy
Matron
 
1956 Calling Homicide
Flo Burton - Script Girl
 
1956 The Birds and the Bees
Mrs. Burnside
 
1956 When Gangland Strikes
Emily Parsons
 
1956 The Go-Getter
Miss Wellington, aptitude tester
 
1955 Climax! (TV series)
 
1954-1955 The Red Skelton Hour (TV series)
Girl in Park
The Cop and the Anthem (1955) … Girl in Park
The Cop and the Anthem (1954) … Girl in Park
 
1955 Crossroads (TV series)
Broadway Trust (1955)
 
1954-1955 Willy (TV series)
Emily Dodger / Emly Dodger
Willy and Hurricane Harvey (1955) … Emily Dodger
Willy and Eccentric Henrietta (1955) … Emily Dodger
Willy and El Flamenco (1955) … Emily Dodger
Franklin's Shoe Business (1955) … Emily Dodger
Willy's Painting (1955) … Emily Dodger
 
1955 Stage 7 (TV series)
Louise
Billy and the Bride (1955) … Louise
 
1955 The Eternal Sea
Admitting Nurse (uncredited)
 
1955 Four Star Playhouse (TV series)
Madeline
A Kiss for Mr. Lincoln (1955) … Madeline
 
1955 It's a Great Life (TV series)
Thelma Purcell
A Job for Kathy (1955) … Thelma Purcell
 
1955 The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (TV series)
Mrs. Curtis
George's Mother-in-Law Trouble (1955) … Mrs. Curtis
 
1953 Clipped Wings
Mildred
 
1953 The Caddy (uncredited)
 
1953 Let's Do It Again
Nelly - the Maid
 
1952 The Stooge
Ms. Regan (uncredited)
 
1952 Dreamboat
Wife in Bar (uncredited)
 
1952 The Gene Autry Show (TV series)
Adele Tompkins / Netty Blinkensop
Six Gun Romeo (1952) … Adele Tompkins
Blazeaway (1952) … Netty Blinkensop
 
1952 Sailor Beware
Ginger
 
1952 Room for One More
Mrs. Grace Roberts (as Mary Lou Treen)
 
1950 The Fuller Brush Girl
Woman Selling Magazine (uncredited)
 
1950 Young Daniel Boone
Helen Bryan
 
1949 And Baby Makes Three
Mrs. Bennett (uncredited)
 
1949 The Life of Riley (TV series)
Millie - Stevenson's Secretary
Assistant Manager (1949) … Millie - Stevenson's Secretary
 
1948 Let's Live a Little
Miss Adams
 
1948 The Snake Pit
Nurse Jones (uncredited)
 
1948 Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
Wife (uncredited)
 
1948 Shed No Tears
Hilda - the Maid (uncredited)
 
1947 Merton of the Movies
Gladys (uncredited)
 
1947 A Likely Story
Nurse (uncredited)
 
1946 One Exciting Week
Mabel Taylor
 
1946 Strange Impersonation
Talkative nurse
 
1946 From This Day Forward
Alice Beesley
 
1946 A Guy Could Change
Grace Conley
 
1945 She Wouldn't Say Yes
Train Passenger at Bar
 
1945 The Blonde from Brooklyn
Diane Peabody
 
1945 Don Juan Quilligan
Lucy Blake
 
1945 High Powered
Cassie McQuade
 
1944 Tahiti Nights
Mata
 
1944 Casanova Brown
Monica Case, the Maid
 
1944 I Love a Soldier
Cecilia 'Cissy' Grant
 
1944 Swing in the Saddle
Addie LaTour
 
1944 The Navy Way
Agnes
 
1944 Hands Across the Border
Sophie Lawrence
 
1943 Mystery Broadcast
Smitty
 
1943 Thank Your Lucky Stars
Fan (uncredited)
 
1943 So Proudly We Hail!
Lt. Sadie Schwartz
 
1943 Hit Parade of 1943
Janie
 
1943 They Got Me Covered
Helen
 
1943 Flight for Freedom
Newspaper Woman (uncredited)
 
1943 The Powers Girl
Nancy
 
1943 Lady Bodyguard
Miss Tracy (uncredited)
 
1942 My Heart Belongs to Daddy
Dawn (uncredited)
 
1942 Stand By All Networks
Nora Cassidy
 
1942 Between Us Girls
Mary Belle
 
1942 They All Kissed the Bride
Susie Johnson
 
1942 Soaring Stars (short)
Autograph Seeker
 
1942 Ship Ahoy
Nurse (uncredited)
 
1942 The Great Man's Lady
Persis
 
1942 True to the Army
Mae
 
1942 The Night Before the Divorce
Olga, the Maid
 
1942 Roxie Hart
Secretary (uncredited)
 
1941 Pacific Blackout
Irene (Operator 37)
 
1941 You Belong to Me
Doris
 
1941 Father Takes a Wife
Secretary (Credits)/Miss Patterson, Junior's Secretary
 
1941 The Flame of New Orleans
Party Guest (uncredited)
 
1941 Tall, Dark and Handsome
Martha, Sales Girl
 
1940 Kitty Foyle
Pat
 
1940 Rodeo Dough (short)
Mary
 
1940 Dulcy
Miss Twill (uncredited)
 
1940 Black Diamonds
Nina Norton
 
1940 Queen of the Mob
Billy's Nurse (uncredited)
 
1940 Girl in 313
Jenny, Hotel Maid
 
1940 Double Alibi
Switchboard Operator
 
1940 Danger on Wheels
Esme
 
1939 First Love
Agnes, Barbara's Maid
 
1939 Dad for a Day (short)
Receptionist
 
1939 Babes in Arms
Receptionist (uncredited)
 
1939 When Tomorrow Comes
Waitress (uncredited)
 
1939 For Love or Money
Amy, The Maid
 
1939 A Star Is Shorn (short)
 
1939 Happily Buried (short)
Waitress (uncredited)
 
1939 Three Smart Girls Grow Up
Secretary (uncredited)
 
1939 Pride of the Navy
Undetermined Role (uncredited)
 
1938 Strange Faces
Lorry May
 
1938 I'll Give a Million
Nanette (uncredited)
 
1938 Young Fugitives
Kathy
 
1938 Always Goodbye
Bride-to-be (uncredited)
 
1938 Rascals
Patient (uncredited)
 
1938 Kentucky Moonshine
'Sugar' Hatfield
 
1938 Sally, Irene and Mary
Miss Barkow
 
1938 Swing It, Sailor!
Gertie Burns
 
1938 Change of Heart
Stenographer (uncredited)
 
1937 Missing Witnesses
Mother at Railroad Station (uncredited)
 
1937 Harris in the Spring (short)
Girl at table (uncredited)
 
1937 Second Honeymoon
Elsie
 
1937 Dance Charlie Dance
Jennie Wolfe, Arden's Agent
 
1937 Mr. Dodd Takes the Air
Fan with Locket (uncredited)
 
1937 Talent Scout
Janet Morris
 
1937 Marry the Girl
Kidnapped Nurse (uncredited)
 
1937 Ever Since Eve
Employment Clerk
 
1937 The Go Getter
Mrs. Mary Blair
 
1937 They Gave Him a Gun
Saxe (as Mary Lou Treen)
 
1937 Maid of Salem
Susy Abbott
 
1937 God's Country and the Woman
Miss Flint
 
1936 Fugitive in the Sky
Agatha Ormsby
 
1936 The Captain's Kid
Libby, the Housekeeper
 
1936 Down the Stretch
Nurse
 
1936 Stage Struck
Ms. Warren (uncredited)
 
1936 Love Begins at Twenty
Alice Gillingwater
 
1936 Jailbreak
Gladys Joy
 
1936 Public Enemy's Wife
Telephone Operator (uncredited)
 
1936 Murder by an Aristocrat
Florrie
 
1936 The Golden Arrow
Appleby's Secretary (uncredited)
 
1936 Romance in the Air (short)
Blondie
 
1936 The Singing Kid
Secretary (scenes deleted)
 
1936 Snowed Under
Secretary Taking Mike's Dictation (uncredited)
 
1936 Brides Are Like That
Jennie
 
1936 Colleen
Miss Hively - Cedric's Secretary (uncredited)
 
1936 Freshman Love
Squirmy
 
1936 The Murder of Dr. Harrigan
Nurse Margaret Brody
 
1935 Dangerous
Huree - a Nurse (uncredited)
 
1935 Miss Pacific Fleet
Violet Johnson, Butch's Girl (uncredited)
 
1935 Broadway Hostess
Nurse (uncredited)
 
1935 I Found Stella Parish
Sob Sister (uncredited)
 
1935 Shipmates Forever
Cowboy's Girl (uncredited)
 
1935 The Case of the Lucky Legs
Spudsy's Wife
 
1935 I Live for Love
Clementine - Donna's Maid
 
1935 Page Miss Glory
Beauty Shop Operator
 
1935 Romance of the West (short)
 
1935 Broadway Gondolier
2nd Irate Caller (uncredited)
 
1935 Don't Bet on Blondes
Owen's secretary
 
1935 Front Page Woman
Nurse (uncredited)
 
1935 The Girl from 10th Avenue
Secretary (uncredited)
 
1935 Go Into Your Dance
Silent Showgirl (uncredited)
 
1935 'G' Men
Gregory's Secretary (uncredited)
 
1935 The Case of the Curious Bride
Telegraph Office Clerk (uncredited)
 
1935 Traveling Saleslady
Miss Wells
 
1935 A Night at the Ritz
Isabelle, Hassler's Secretary
 
1935 Sweet Music
Girl at the Railroad (uncredited)
 
1935 Red Hot Tires
Maggie
 
1935 Maybe It's Love
Secretary (uncredited)
 
1934 Babbitt
Miss McGoun, Babbitt's Secretary
 
1934 The St. Louis Kid
Giddy Girl (scenes deleted)
 
1934 Happiness Ahead
Bob's Comedienne Friend
 
1934 Jimmy the Gent
Nurse (scenes deleted)
 
1933 Blue of the Night (short)
Gamma Gamma Gamma Girl in Nightclub with Glasses (uncredited)
 
1932 Crooner
One of Teddy's Fans (uncredited)
 
1930 Viennese Nights
Shocked Woman on Street (uncredited)
 
1930 Surprise (short)
Mary - Oswald's Wife (uncredited)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (3 titles)
1957 The Jack Benny Program (TV series)
Mary Has May Co. Reunion (1957) (performer: "Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair" - uncredited)
 
1946 Swing Parade of 1946 (performer: "A Tender Word Will Mend It All", "Just a Little Fond Affection")
 
1936 Freshman Love (performer: "The Collegiana" 1936 - uncredited, "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" - uncredited)
 
Show ShowSelf (1 title)
1937 A Day at Santa Anita (short)
Herself (uncredited)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (1 title)

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Personal Details


Alternate Names:

Mary Louise Treen | Mary Lou Treen

Height:

5' 9" (1.75 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

I'm very proud to be able to work with stars, but I've never wanted to be one. They are nearly always driven, ruthless people and, I suspect, terribly unhappy basically. See more »

Trivia:

Treen performed onstage in vaudeville and musicals before switching to film in the 1930s See more »

Star Sign:

Aries