14岁参加舞台比赛胜出，开始舞蹈演员生涯，后来她晚上在百老汇出演歌舞剧，白天在派拉蒙公司出演电影，1935年与弗雷德•阿斯泰尔合作，先后拍摄了一系列歌舞佳片，1940年因《女人万岁》获得奥斯卡最佳女主角奖。代表作：《风流舰队》、《锦绣...
原名伊丽莎白·沙利文，生于英国。少年时曾随美国舞蹈家伊莎多拉．邓肯的剧团在巴黎表演舞蹈。1927年首影，两年后与查尔斯．劳顿结婚，1934年一起来到好莱坞。她扮演的角色范围很广。曾因《到马厩去》（1949）和《控方证人》（1958）两次获得奥斯卡最佳女配角金像奖提名，并以《控方证人》获取957年最佳女配角金球奖。著有回忆录《查尔斯和我》。
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. She was born Mary Louise Treen in St. Louis, Missouri in 1907, her father dying while she was still an infant. Raised in California by her mother, who once performed under the stage name Helene Sullivan, and her stepfather, a physician, she attended the Westlake School for Girls as well as a convent where she tried out successfully in school plays.
