- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- June 7, 1896
- Place of Birth
- Mattoon, Illinois, USA
- Died
- June 22, 1979
Hope Summers
Hope Summers could portray a friendly neighbor or companion as she did for Frances Bavier's Aunt Bee character on many episodes of The Andy Griffith Show (1960) or a seemingly amiable Satanist in Rosemary's Baby (1968). Born in Mattoon, Illinois, she developed an early interest in the theater. Graduating from Northwestern School of Speech in Evanston, Illinois, she subsequently taught speech and diction there. This, in turn, led to her the head position in the Speech Department at Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois, teaching students privately on the side as well. In the 1930s Hope began to focus on acting. She found work in community and stock theaters in Illinois and earned some notice for putting on one-woman shows such as "Backstage of Broadway." She made use of her vocal eloquence by building up her resumé on radio, performing in scores of dramatic shows, including "Authors' Pl…
Filmography
movieEvil Town
1987 · Alice Wylie (as Hope Summer)
movieSmokey and the Good Time Outlaws
1978 · Marcie
movieFoul Play
1978 · Ethel
Another Day
tvAnother Day
1978
tvSnip
1976 · Aunt Polly
tvStarsky & Hutch
1975
tvWelcome Back, Kotter
1975
movieDr. Shagetz
1975 · Alice Wylie
movieDeath Sentence
1974 · Emily Boylan
tvChico and the Man
1974
tvLittle House on the Prairie
1974 · Addie Bjornesen
movieOur Time
1974 · Biology Teacher
movieIndict and Convict
1974 · Mrs. Potter
movieCharley Varrick
1973 · Mess Vesta
movieAce Eli and Rodger of the Skies
1973 · Laura
tvM*A*S*H
1972 · Nurse Meg Cratty
movieWhere Does It Hurt?
1972 · Nurse Throttle
movieGet to Know Your Rabbit
1972 · Mrs. Beeman
tvNight Gallery
1970
movieThe Learning Tree
1969 · Mrs. Kiner
tvMayberry R.F.D.
1968 · Clara Edwards
tvAdam-12
1968 · Clara Fisher
tvHawaii Five-O
1968 · Minnie Leona Moroney
movie5 Card Stud
1968 · Customer in General Store (uncredited)
movieThe Shakiest Gun in the West
1968 · Celia
movieRosemary's Baby
1968 · Mrs. Gilmore
tvThe Second Hundred Years
1967 · Mrs. Hansen
moviePenelope
1966 · Shop Lady (uncredited)
tvThat Girl
1966
tvLove on a Rooftop
1966
tvThe Pruitts of Southampton
1966
movieThe Ghost and Mr. Chicken
1966 · Susanna Blush
movieThe Hallelujah Trail
1965 · Mrs. Hasselrad
tvGomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
1964
tvBewitched
1964
movieOne Man's Way
1964 · Mrs. Elwood Thompson
tvThe Travels of Jaimie McPheeters
1963 · Mrs. Rutledge
Glynis
tvGlynis
1963
tvPetticoat Junction
1963 · Mabel Denton
movieSpencer's Mountain
1963 · Mother Ida
tvThe Beverly Hillbillies
1962
movieThe Couch
1962 · Mrs. Quimby
movieThe Children's Hour
1961 · Agatha
tvThe Dick Van Dyke Show
1961
tvThe New Breed
1961 · Mrs. McCurtin
tvDr. Kildare
1961 · Madge
movieClaudelle Inglish
1961 · Ernestine Peasley (uncredited)
movieHomicidal
1961 · Martha Adrims (Uncredited)
movieAngel Baby
1961 · Woman at Revival Meeting (uncredited)
movieParrish
1961 · Mary (uncredited)
tvThe Andy Griffith Show
1960 · Clara Edwards
tvMy Three Sons
1960
movieInherit the Wind
1960 · Mrs. Krebs - Righteous Townswoman
movieHound-Dog Man
1959 · Jewell Crouch
movieEdge of Eternity
1959 · Motel Attendant
tvDennis the Menace
1959 · Mrs. Burns
tvThe Third Man
1959 · Irate woman
tvLaw of the Plainsman
1959 · Mrs. Dodge
movieI Want to Live!
1958 · Ethel - Policewoman on Bus (uncredited)
tvThe Rifleman
1958 · , Hattie Denton
tvPeter Gunn
1958
movieZero Hour!
1957 · Older Woman
tvMaverick
1957
tvThe Thin Man
1957
tvAlfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · Marie Tallendier, Maid
tvGunsmoke
1955 · Ellen Cade, Della, Jen
movieSon of Man
1954 · Miss Johnson
tvLetter to Loretta
1953 · Nurse O'Brien
tvGeneral Electric Theater
1953 · Elizabeth, Mrs. Wagner, Aunt
tvPrivate Secretary
1953
tvSchlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951 · , Old Lady
movieBetter Use of Leisure Time
1950 · Mrs. Michaels (uncredited)